andy d
New Member
My first cham (Willy, a flap-necked chameleon) that I bought last summer ended up passing away after a couple months 
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I did months of research before I bought him and care was down to the book. I didn't realize however, that when brought him home he apparently was blind in one eye. Also after a couple weeks he developed an addiction to meal worms (I'm thinking they were easier to hunt than crickets). I followed advise form LLLreptile and members on this forum and a petshop owner who has kept chams successfully to care for his eye and tried to wean him off the mealworms back to crickets. The process wasn't successful. After a couple weeks he stopped cup feeding and even refused hand feeding. He eventually refused all food (even silkworms) which led to sad times.
The whole ordeal got me doubting my care techniques, but I know that I did everything I could and followed all research/advice almost religiously. I've been debating on whether I should get another chameleon. I truly appreciated and enjoyed having one though.
Should I try again?
I did months of research before I bought him and care was down to the book. I didn't realize however, that when brought him home he apparently was blind in one eye. Also after a couple weeks he developed an addiction to meal worms (I'm thinking they were easier to hunt than crickets). I followed advise form LLLreptile and members on this forum and a petshop owner who has kept chams successfully to care for his eye and tried to wean him off the mealworms back to crickets. The process wasn't successful. After a couple weeks he stopped cup feeding and even refused hand feeding. He eventually refused all food (even silkworms) which led to sad times.
The whole ordeal got me doubting my care techniques, but I know that I did everything I could and followed all research/advice almost religiously. I've been debating on whether I should get another chameleon. I truly appreciated and enjoyed having one though.
Should I try again?