Meet Brazil - My first chameleon - 6 month old Sambava x Ambanja panther chameleon

[rmichaelk]

Hi Everyone,
Here are a few pictures of Brazil, my very first chameleon. He is a Sambava x Ambanja cross bred by Elliot and Sandy at Chameleonsnorthwest.com. He is now about 7 months old.

He lives in a 18" x 18" x 36" cage with a halogen lamp for heat (85 - 90F basking spot) and a Reptisun 5.0 for UVB. I plan on moving him to a 2" x 24" x 48" cage in the next month or two.

He eats crickets, roaches (lobster, dubia and Turkistan), butterworms and pretty soon silkworms. I plan on adding flies and pillbugs to his menu in the coming months.

Thanks for looking.

Michael

 

[Chameleon Loco]

Maybe a little nosy be in him

Wow he is stunning cant wait to see him in a couple of months when he really colors out

 

[PantherVeileD]

nice i like the blues...

 

[schendricks]

Wow, he's gorgeous.

 

[weezyboi94]

nice cham...Name is just awesome.

 

[ShaunaLynnA]

Love the name and you have a gorgeous cham there!

 

[hallenhe]

He's handsome, and has a pretty nice set-up, too. Congrats on him!

 

[rmichaelk]

Thank you

Thanks for the compliments everyone. My kids came up with the name but they don't want to tell me why they came up with that name

And I have no clue if there is some Nosy Be in him, maybe.

I wanted to add, for those who might be considering, that Elliot and Sandy were great to talk to. They were willing to hold him for a full month before shipping to me and patiently answered the numerous mails I sent to them. Great folks to deal with.

Michael

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Hes awesome. I can't wait til my Nosy Faly gets here next week. The damn weather needs to warm up so that he can be shipped.

 

[jessica]

He looks great Michael!!

 

[boj3434]

Yes chameleons northwest is amazing thats where I got mine and my girlfriends from. They are great and sell great chameleons. I really like the colors and def put some more pics up in a couple of months.

 

[rmichaelk]

He looks great Michael!!

Thanks Jessica. I am sure all the pampering at your end helped him a lot .

 

[calistar]

Beautiful

Very nice.Great setup also..Can i ask what the cups in the cage for?

 

[Lancecham]

Very nice.Great setup also..Can i ask what the cups in the cage for?

Probably for cup feeding

 

[rmichaelk]

Hi Calistar,
Yeh I use the cup for feeding crickets. This way I don't have loose crickets in the cage (or house) plus to minimize the risk of them biting the chameleon. I am not sure how often it happens but I wasn't ready to take any chances.

The cup, with a screen at the bottom, doesn't work good for roaches because they cling to the screen and just sit still so my chameleon doesn't go after them.

Hope this helps. Check out this link http://www.screameleons.com/site/3525/default.aspx.

Michael

 

[spearsre]

awesome

Nice blue and greens! Great and exotic looking.

 

[katepalmer]

WOW what amazing colours ....

 

[sandrachameleon]

He looks great. I look forward to seeing photos as he matures. He looks like he will have lovely bars.