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[YvetteH]

Hello everyone,
I am a S.African who lives in the United States. One of the things I miss the most about living in S.AFrica is finding chameleons in my back yard. They are most certainly one of my favorite creatures. I hope to someday own one and that is why I have joined this forum so that I can learn as much as possible before taking on the responsibility of owning my own chameleon. I am a pet photographer and I would love nothing more than to be able to photograph chameleons. (My Avatar is a picture I took of a chameleon crossing the road in a game reserve last year in Africa.) In the meantime, I spend my time painting them. I look forward to learning more about chameleons from this forum.

One of my recent paintings - African Chameleon

 

[Fred]

Hello everyone,
I am a S.African who lives in the United States. One of the things I miss the most about living in S.AFrica is finding chameleons in my back yard. They are most certainly one of my favorite creatures. I hope to someday own one and that is why I have joined this forum so that I can learn as much as possible before taking on the responsibility of owning my own chameleon. I am a pet photographer and I would love nothing more than to be able to photograph chameleons. (My Avatar is a picture I took of a chameleon crossing the road in a game reserve last year in Africa.) In the meantime, I spend my time painting them. I look forward to learning more about chameleons from this forum.

One of my recent paintings.

WELCOME!!! Glad to hear u are being so responsible and doing ur homework first!! As u will soon discover this forum has everything u need (besides a good herp vet)there are many reputable breeders on here so that when the time is right u can get a happy healthy cham!! The search portion of this thread will help answer any questions u may have, and pilfering through random threads will answer questions u may not know u had!! Enjoy and look forward to seeing u on here!! I think ur artwork is phenominal!!! Great Job!! You are very talented!! So are u in the US for work, school, new home? Either way- WELCOME!! Keep us up on your artwork- we love to see anything that has to do with chams along with any pics of africa would be cool!!

 

[YvetteH]

WELCOME!!! Glad to hear u are being so responsible and doing ur homework first!! As u will soon discover this forum has everything u need (besides a good herp vet)there are many reputable breeders on here so that when the time is right u can get a happy healthy cham!! The search portion of this thread will help answer any questions u may have, and pilfering through random threads will answer questions u may not know u had!! Enjoy and look forward to seeing u on here!! I think ur artwork is phenominal!!! Great Job!! You are very talented!! So are u in the US for work, school, new home? Either way- WELCOME!! Keep us up on your artwork- we love to see anything that has to do with chams along with any pics of africa would be cool!!

Thanks for the great welcome Fred. 8 years ago my hubby was offered a job in Texas and we moved over here with our 3 children. I am one of those that if I am going to take something on I need to know absolutely everything about it. I currently own two dogs, two cockatiels, a bunny and a hermit crab. I have also been involved with wildlife rehabilitation, having looked after 26 young squirrels at one time and raised a possum. So I am a definite animal lover and owning a chameleon would just put the cherry on the cake...so to speak as they are one of my favorite animals. I am glad you liked the art work. I collect all things chameleon so I will slowly take pictures of my collections and post them here....at least until I can own a chameleon and post pics of that.

 

[blackbetty]

I agree, thats beautiful..very unique! And Welcome!

 

[Fred]

Thanks for the great welcome Fred. 8 years ago my hubby was offered a job in Texas and we moved over here with our 3 children. I am one of those that if I am going to take something on I need to know absolutely everything about it. I currently own two dogs, two cockatiels, a bunny and a hermit crab. I have also been involved with wildlife rehabilitation, having looked after 26 young squirrels at one time and raised a possum. So I am a definite animal lover and owning a chameleon would just put the cherry on the cake...so to speak as they are one of my favorite animals. I am glad you liked the art work. I collect all things chameleon so I will slowly take pictures of my collections and post them here....at least until I can own a chameleon and post pics of that.

U sound like me, HUGE animal lover of everykind!! Where in S.Africa? Its on my to go list!!! We did Costa Rica last couple of years!! Thanks for sharing!! We will be looking forward to your collection!! Esp. the cham when the time is right!!

 

[YvetteH]

I agree, thats beautiful..very unique! And Welcome!

Thanks you for the welcome. Glad you like the picture.