Hello, I know this is kind of a strange post but I want to get some ideas I have out into the world. I would love if some of you guys would like to discuss the plausibility of my ideas and maybe how I can improve or achieve them. I'm relatively new to chameleon keeping but I'm extremely exited to continue my journey and take things to the next level ASAP, even though I've only had my guy for a couple months I've noticed that I have become very passionate about chameleon husbandry I've already spent hundreds of hours researching, stressing, rambling about them to family members and, working on improving my knowledge. eventually at some point in the future of my journey I want to start doing experiments with husbandry, some examples include: researching the effects of different and exotic feeders, research the effects of different forms of entertainment, and maybe even experimenting if a chameleon can be trained and taught to do puzzles and such like how some dogs and crows can(I know its very unlikely). if and when I eventually decide to start these very ambitious projects I need to know as much as possible about what has already been done and get as much background info as possible. saying that, does anyone know where I can find research papers and stuff like that? In these experiments I plan on using the scientific method (question, research, hypothesis, test, analyze data, and present conclusions). for example in the feeder experiment, I will need a control, dependent variables, and independent variables. with the feeder experiment I will start with three eggs of the same species, once they hatch I will begin using the feeders, one will be raised on the normal diet of insects, one will be raised with a mix of insects and other invertebrates, and the last will be raised with a mix of insects and vertebrates. The insect diet will be the the control (baseline) and the others will be the independent variables (what I'm changing) and finally the dependent variable (the result) will be a multitude of things, including but not limited to; color, mood, energy, apparent taste, health, and observation of comfort in daily life. The feeder experiment is currently the only one I've actually begun to think about and research due to its likely possibility to show varied results. Of course I will immediately discontinue the experiment if harmful or negative effects are observed. I've also considered the difficulty of finding small enough vertebrates to feed to the one that's being fed with insects and vertebrates, due to this I've considered starting each one off with a normal baby diet until they are large enough to consume their respective experimental feeders. I'm extremely interested with your guy's opinions and thoughts and how my ideas can be improved or if there even viable. If you do decide to respond to this, don't be concerned if my feelings will be hurt but please try to keep the criticism constructive (meaning - don't be a dick). also if your interested with helping conduct these experiments it would absolutely be a great help and be much more fun if others are participating as well. replicating experiments and comparing respective findings is a huge part of getting accurate data and help remove any bias that may affect the final results. I look forward to your opinions on the matter!!!!!
also if you do decide to respond I would like to thank you for spending you precious time on my crazy ideas
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also if you do decide to respond I would like to thank you for spending you precious time on my crazy ideas.
