importing panther chameleons

[reptileman]

I was wondering if anyone here has had success with getting panther chameleons imported from madagascar. A friend of mine has a lot of money and he really wants to work with nosy mitsios or nosy falys and he cant find anyone that can supply him with a breeding group of them. I have been interested in falys as well so we decided to put our money together to buy a large group of them from an exporter. I have learned of all the regulations and what I need to have to legaly bring them into the country now my only issue is finding someone who is trustworthy that can guarentee locales and not just stuff random chams in a box. IF anyone knows any body let me know I plan on trying to import around 20 total if I can find someone

 

[laurie]

Talk to Jared Cain (cainschams) or maybe Chris Anderson, as he has been to maddy several times.

 

[Cainschams]

Here is what I wrote in another thread.

depending on how many animals you are to get it may be cheaper to actually get your breeding stock in the US. Not even adding for sick or dead animals. As Trace said many exporters want you to get loads of different animals to fill an order. If I were to get back into panther chameleons and wanted fresher blood I would buy captive hatched specimen and probably most from Jim at chameleon company. He produces a lot of captive hatched specimen and has great prices and animals. There are also others who are breeding wild caughts or hatching out captive clutches from WC gravid females. Also others getting in WC shipments. Let them do the work and pay a little more for a healthy WC is the easiest way. Just got to look around.

I do, however, see and feel the same about importing for a hobby as I do the same. Its nice to get those fresh bloodlines or rarer species being bred in other countries. I will only import CB animals as I think there are enough WCs coming in to the US already. But that is besides the point. There are lots of scammers out there as you have been warned. There are even exporters who have good reputations with some and rip off others. My advice is is take your time, look around, research exporters and build a good relationship with them prior to buying. I would look in other countries for people producing animals from WCs who are willing to wholesale export if you want fresh bloodlines of panthers.

Here is the site with any information you will need on import/export in the US. If you have a question you cant find an answer to call the customer service line. I dont mind answering any questions but I do get irritated when the answer is clearly on the website or just a phone call to an authority away. Just being honest
http://www.fws.gov/

I know it might be harder to find Faly or Mitsio like this but I highly doubt anyone is going to just give up their reliable sources that they did all the work to find and trust.