Mistakes made????
- Thread starter KarmenCham
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Mike Fisher
Established Member
I gasped when I read thisHow did you collect them all?
I didn't have an exact count, so I just did my best. I found a dead one that got trapped in a deli cup a couple weeks later, and a dried up skeleton turned up a few years later when I did some deep cleaning.
KarmenCham
Member
Really pleased that wasn't me, What sort of enclosure did you have to house that many?
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
Nobody does everything right on their first Chameleon no matter how much preparation and research they do (just my opinion). So with this in mind I am really curious as to what mistakes you or friends made (case you don't want to admit it was you
Mealworms. I fed my first chameleon ALOT of mealworms because they were cheap / easy to breed for myself. I'd say half his diet, in his early years, was mealworms. I also provided part of his water via dripping icecubes - another bad idea. There weren't many resources to learn from way back then. Its remarkable he lived so long as he did - which I suspect was because he also had a range of wild caught feeders and no expense spared for regular vet visits.
pacificwynd
New Member
oh my gosh.... I sometimes have nightmares like this...
Mike Fisher
Established Member
48"W X 36" D X 96" H screen cage. It was four clutches of veiled hatchlings.
KarmenCham
Member
Wow, So did you make that one yourself?
Mike Fisher
Established Member
Yes, I owned a chameleon cage company at the time. The magnetic door catches worked great when you remembered to close them all of the way.
ataraxia
Avid Member
Just a few days ago...
Cleaning cages, thought i had the cage secured on my male oustaleti. I never come home for lunch but on this day i just thought what the heck im in the mood for a deli lunch meat sandwich. I come home and see the oust's door open. I gasped and ran for the open topped totes. To my disbelief.........There he sat. I yelled a few cuss words on the top of my lungs. I knew what had happened. One B.thamnobates male and 7 young panthers were consumed.
A mistake that still makes me sick of my negligence.
Cleaning cages, thought i had the cage secured on my male oustaleti. I never come home for lunch but on this day i just thought what the heck im in the mood for a deli lunch meat sandwich. I come home and see the oust's door open. I gasped and ran for the open topped totes. To my disbelief.........There he sat. I yelled a few cuss words on the top of my lungs. I knew what had happened. One B.thamnobates male and 7 young panthers were consumed.
A mistake that still makes me sick of my negligence.
KarmenCham
Member
ate another cham? never thought they would do that
never thought they would do that
Mike Fisher
Established Member
Sorry to hear that. It gets better with time. Maybe this will help take the sting out....
I came back from the first day of a reptile expo where I had a booth set up. I never leave animals in cages there, so I brought them home in those plastic shoebox containers with loose fitting lids. I dropped them off and decided to go back out for Taco Bell. Came home and the cat had knocked over the stack and made a snack out of 30+ two month old bearded dragons. Didn't eat them, just mutilated them and left parts all over the house. Needless to say, I didn't have much to sell the next day.
