snookmasterone
Member
my first clutch of oustalets eggs from florida wild caught parents are finally starting to hatch--- looking for new homes in a month or so---
Oustalets hatching
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TreeTopChameleons
Established Member
Hey I have chameleons hatching too! Babies should be ready to go in about 15 mins....just waiting for the last one to climb out of his egg.....SERIOUSLY PEOPLE?! Hatchlings should not be sold within a month or even 2 of being hatched out! As much crap as everyone gives the sellers of new hatched chameleons, and every other day you still see these types of ads being put into the forums! Shameful if you ask me!
laurie
Retired Moderator
I couldn't have said it better my self.
spawn
Member
I have to take issue with the last few statements. Not because I disagree necessarily, but the reasoning behind it?
You know I've done frogs for a LONG time, and people said the same thing years ago. "Oh don't ship baby froglets, don't ship tadpoles, they're fragile!" Fast forward a few months when some people tried it out - tadpoles and froglets ship better than adult frogs in most cases (less skittish; less mass to do damage to themselves/noserub in the packaing; tadpoles can just float in the water fine with no aeration for more than 24 hours).
Now I haven't been doing chams for too long, and I realize they being reptiles are different animals with different needs and constitutions than frogs, but have people actually experienced poor shipping with baby chams?
I'm sorry I just can't seem to shake the feeling of the 40 year old soccer moms who anthropomorphize their chams like they're children and it's just too much babying (pardon the pun). Tell me I'm wrong, please...
You know I've done frogs for a LONG time, and people said the same thing years ago. "Oh don't ship baby froglets, don't ship tadpoles, they're fragile!" Fast forward a few months when some people tried it out - tadpoles and froglets ship better than adult frogs in most cases (less skittish; less mass to do damage to themselves/noserub in the packaing; tadpoles can just float in the water fine with no aeration for more than 24 hours).
Now I haven't been doing chams for too long, and I realize they being reptiles are different animals with different needs and constitutions than frogs, but have people actually experienced poor shipping with baby chams?
I'm sorry I just can't seem to shake the feeling of the 40 year old soccer moms who anthropomorphize their chams like they're children and it's just too much babying (pardon the pun). Tell me I'm wrong, please...
Trillian
New Member
I understand your point. I think the trouble with shipping is reliability of the courier. An older chameleon (3 months ish) is better able to tolerate a shipping problem, such as rough handling, a day's delay, temperature slightly high or low etc. Younger chameleons are a lot more vulnerable to these things and are less likely to survive a couple of days with no food.
spawn
Member
This I can definitely buy into. The baby veileds I have now have a killer metabolism and need to eat daily, if not multiple small meals a day [depending on the food].
