kongchi
New Member
Hi guys,
I finally cracked and did it.
I found this beautiful/handsome girl/guy on craigslist. I sent the seller a text and asked for pictures and I was saddened by what I saw. This little one's cage had one log, a string of fake plants, wood chips and dirt. He was also missing his horn. He wanted a lot for it but I told him that I was familiar with keeping chameleons and I would be happy to adopt him. It took a few days of reasoning but I managed to adopt him. He came with a cage.
When I arrived home I immediately put him in an outdoor basking tree and went to work with his cage. Dumping out all the wood chips and dirt, throwing out all the fake plants, spraying it down and cleaning it, it was a lot of work. After all that was done, I finally had time to hang out with my new Melleri.
I was surprised as to how mellow he/she is. When I first stuck my hand into his cage he gaped and raised his fist at me, I thought "too soon" so I let him be, after I was done with his cage, I went over and hand fed him, man, I'm not used to black mouths. I then dripped a lot of water onto the tree he was basking on and boy, he drank for literally 6 minutes straight. New thing I learned, when melleri drink, they stick their tongues out really far, almost an inch out of their mouths.
Anyhow enough of this story, here are the pics.
I had gloves on because I was cleaning out his cage.
The cage he came with.
I finally cracked and did it.
I found this beautiful/handsome girl/guy on craigslist. I sent the seller a text and asked for pictures and I was saddened by what I saw. This little one's cage had one log, a string of fake plants, wood chips and dirt. He was also missing his horn. He wanted a lot for it but I told him that I was familiar with keeping chameleons and I would be happy to adopt him. It took a few days of reasoning but I managed to adopt him. He came with a cage.
When I arrived home I immediately put him in an outdoor basking tree and went to work with his cage. Dumping out all the wood chips and dirt, throwing out all the fake plants, spraying it down and cleaning it, it was a lot of work. After all that was done, I finally had time to hang out with my new Melleri.
I was surprised as to how mellow he/she is. When I first stuck my hand into his cage he gaped and raised his fist at me, I thought "too soon" so I let him be, after I was done with his cage, I went over and hand fed him, man, I'm not used to black mouths. I then dripped a lot of water onto the tree he was basking on and boy, he drank for literally 6 minutes straight. New thing I learned, when melleri drink, they stick their tongues out really far, almost an inch out of their mouths.
Anyhow enough of this story, here are the pics.




I had gloves on because I was cleaning out his cage.



The cage he came with.
