Might Be Getting a Male Veiled Soon.

PrettyInInk87

PrettyInInk87

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Just thought I would share... Taking him in from someone who has been put in a situation where they are not able to care for him anymore. :( Doing some research right now and getting prepared for him to call my home his new home. :)
 
well good for you and your soon to be new buddy, Glad there are people out there willing to help those in need :)
 
PrettyInInk87 said:
Just thought I would share... Taking him in from someone who has been put in a situation where they are not able to care for him anymore. :( Doing some research right now and getting prepared for him to call my home his new home. :)
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Does he have any health issues?
 
Eltortu said:
Good luck, sometimes "adopting" an animal is more like taking care of someone else's problem.
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Yes true, but when the "pet" is healthy and well taken care of there really isn't a problem. His problem is not being able to afford him or care for a sickness, it's family issues. If I can take him in and help a fellow Cham keeper out, I am more than happy to do so. He is also more than welcome to come visit his little dude any time he wishes. :D He's sticking to one Cham for now.

He will be coming to me with most of his supplies, only thing I might have to pick up is a ficus. I'm getting a 24x24x48 cage from LLL tomorrow and will have that ready for him before he is brought to me. I was planning on putting my baby Panther in it but he's only 3 and a half months old and I have plenty of time to save up for another.;)
 
PrettyInInk87 said:
No he doesn't... He is healthy as a healthy Cham can be. I'm adopting him from a fellow forum member. :)
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hehe heey what's up. Yes, he has definitely been on a good diet with all of the vitamins and d3 given sparingly, as well as light dusting of non-d3 calcium with every feeding. I used high quality gutload(plenty of cricket crack), offered crickets, superworms, hornworms, butterworms, and occasional mealworms. His urates look good and I would recommend getting a drainage system as soon as possible because he would benefit from frequent misting, seeing that he is a shy drinker. Like I said, I never see him drink but he must be drinking because he has been fine since I got him in August.

Since you mentioned health, I have to tell you this RIGHT NOW so there are no surprises when u pick him up!! He recently had one incident getting close to the lamp. As you know, recently my mom will put his cage outside and I have to bring him back in in my constant struggle to keep him indoors. Well it was cold outside one day so I brought his basking spot closer to the lamp. I recently learned about "cold shock" and how when they get cold they will attempt to soak as much heat as possible even without reacting to the excessive heat up top! Anyway...

He got light burns on the edges of his casque as well as the edgy areas on the very top of his head, but his spine looks fine. Two days later he shed in that area, as well as the skin around his eyes, without any sort of problems. So right now those areas are brownish. I just checked up on him sleeping: the majority of his casque is lively green and unaffected except JUST the edges there and the edgy parts on his head(above the eyes). I would just assume these areas won't be green again because I don't know if they will ever go away(could be necrotic and scarred permanently, and probably this is the case)!! Otherwise, he is totally healthy and still looks fine despite this, as you will see.

I doubt it will get worse or prone to infection because it looks quite minor honestly. IF BY ANY CHANCE it seems to get worse, tell me ASAP, but he should be fine if you use the proper bulbs and distances. Like I said, use no more than a 60w bulb and measure the temperature where the top of his casque would be at the basking spot, and definitely put atleast one or two branches a little below the basking branch, so he can choose to thermoregulate on a gradient as he wishes. I wish I could have prevented this but thanks to my Mom I had to try to manage to get him to bask in the cold weather somehow.

He is starting to get bigger, so I would not depend on ficus alone for him to climb on(he broke some of my dry ficus branches because of that lol!). I'd go hunt for some branches! I only have one leaf-covered branch and small fake plant for you (sorry).

My mom is letting me keep my K. Multituberculata because I can keep him outside along with the MistKing(YES!!!).

My brother has not answered the phone still, but I am pretty sure I can get back both of the reptisun 5.0's, housings, as well as two 60w heat lamps and reflective domes for you tomorrow. Just warning you, I have over 50 hornworms for you, so I would dedicated the next couple days to feeding those off to your Geckos and your new Veiled lol.

I got Xerxes from FLchams. Go to the site and look at veiled's for sale. Xerxes is from Newton's bloodline. You got to let me know when he starts showing blues so I can come over and see him!

If you have any other questions before tomorrow night, message me on Facebook.
 
Eltortu said:
Good luck, sometimes "adopting" an animal is more like taking care of someone else's problem.
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Absolutely. I have been fighting with my family day and night over the chameleons. My brother took ALL my lamps as well as my small cage and threw out my crickets, waxworms, mealworms and almost 100 butterworms.

I got my chameleons late summer without my Mom's permission when she was out of the country, and the past month that she has been back has been HELL for trying to keep my chameleons.

I had to rebuy my entire food supply once, because my brother threw out all the food he could find. I even had to make my own cage temporarily because my brother took my small one. Oh, yesterday he took all my UV and heat lamps and even if I bought more it wouldn't matter because I can't keep the veiled outside because he will get cold.

Tonight my mom found a cricket in her room. So now those have to go outside. My brother picked up my 24x24x48 to put it outside rather than dragging it, so now the cage is bent and crooked and he refuses to fix it or pay for a new one.

I am still convincing my mom that silkworms and hornworms CAN'T ESCAPE A CLOSED DELI CUP but I can probably keep those in an incubator.

Sheesh.


Thankfully I can keep my K. multi, who needs to be outside for the nighttime temperature drop anyway.

This really does suck, and I even considered moving out for the sake of avoiding family problems and so I can keep my chameleons, but its too much damn money.

Things could always be worse, so I am THANKFUL.
 
EmanSami said:
He got light burns on the edges of his casque as well as the edgy areas on the very top of his head, but his spine looks fine. Two days later he shed in that area, as well as the skin around his eyes, without any sort of problems. So right now those areas are brownish.
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Does a brown area mean its burnt as my baby veiled has a brown ridge running along the edge of his casque and down his spine which he has had since i got him. he hasnt shed since i got him either. Its not a dark brown and he seems to make his tail and other parts turn the same colour when hes cold?
 
PrettyInInk87 said:
Just thought I would share... Taking him in from someone who has been put in a situation where they are not able to care for him anymore. :( Doing some research right now and getting prepared for him to call my home his new home. :)
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Aww, congrats on the rehoming! I found my gorgeous Tommy on a local version of ebay a year ago now and he is the most wonderful, friendly boy ever. Even after being passed through 5 owners he is still so calm and placid. He also, as far as I am aware, had no health issues, although he now has some paralysis in his front leg, it is not due to how he was kept before - xrays show his bone density to be very good, so at least I know that he was supplemented properly with his previous owners.

Good luck with the rehoming process!
 
Itwas and Gabbie: I might be a bit wrong. I have looked at many pictures of veiled chams and it seems they have the darker edges in those spots, here is an example...

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mine looks like that, except the edges are darker.
 
That's a good looking boy you have there Lily!:)

On another note, Yaaaaaaay!! Eman gets to keep his little dude! :D Just a tad bit bummed but WAY happier that you'll get to keep your little guy. Always here to lend a hand. ;)
 
yayyyyyyyyy!!! idk why im yaying but there it is :D :p
and lily you little man is gorgeous!! hope mine becomes as handsome as yours someday :)
 
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