recommended reads

[jcal]

ok, now that i am diving into the chameleon world i find myself wanting all the bits of information i can gather. what books do you recommend reading that you have found helpful?

second, what's a good read that you have recently read when you arent in cham mood?

 

[sandrachameleon]

I've collected some links to stuff I've found interesting

General care / Newbie Info

• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/ryan-jarosek/119-new-arrival-bringing-home.html
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/syn/226-frequently-asked-questions.html
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/jannb/325-info-new-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html
  [*]https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/92-hydration-importance.html
  [*]https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html
  [*]https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/75-feeder-nutrition-gutloading.html
  [*]http://www.chameleonnews.com/
• http://www.chameleonsonline.com/
  [*]http://www.adcham.com/
• http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
• http://www.chromachameleons.com/index.php?page=care
• http://www.zorabellarose.com/Caresheet/VeiledChameleons.pdf
• http://chamworld.blogspot.com/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/general-care-true-chameleons-5943/
• http://www.rockymountainrudis.com/rudis/care/care_index.htm
• http://www.screameleons.com/How_to_care_for_chameleons.htm
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/82-enclosures-housing.html
• http://www.chamaeleonidae.com
• http://www.animalarkshelter.org/cin/
• http://www.exoticpetvet.com/breeds/chameleons.htm
• http://www.geocities.com/chamjacksonii/

More in-depth Info / Vets / Health

• http://adcham.com/html/husbandry/glossary.html
• http://www.chameleonnews.com/Reference.html
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/68-lighting-links.html
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/nutritional-information/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/232-tongue-troubles.html
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/152-health-issues-reference-links.html
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/168-parasites.html
• http://www.herpvetconnection.com
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/area-area-country-vet-list-32880/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/where-order-lab-supplies-23459/
• http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/navc/2006/SAE/603.pdf?LA=1
• http://wvc.omnibooksonline.com/data/papers/2006_V411.pdf
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/studies-papers-etc-36718/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/links/chameleon-websites-2/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/sites-39522/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/more-chameleon-sites-37040/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/more-chameleon-articles-43030/#post400708
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/chameleon-articles-again-47106/
• https://www.chameleonforums.com/more-papers-about-chameleons-48741/
• http://www.allcreaturesvetcare.com/lizard_chameleon.php
• http://www.chameleonnews.com/Reference.html

 

[hallenhe]

The books I bought before getting a chameleon:
Chameleons: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual. Bartlett and Bartlett. Mine is 1995; I think there's a more recent edition.
Care and Breeding of Chameleons - Panther, Jackson's, Veiled and Parson's Chameleons. de Vosjoli and Ferguson, eds. 1995.

Since getting chameleons:
The Chameleon Handbook. LeBerre, Bartlett and Bartlett. 2000.
These first three are all broad, introductory, get-started kinds of books. Also:
Chameleons in the Garden. Lovein. 2007. Lots and lots of photos of wild Jackson's chameleons living on the Big Island of Hawai'i.
Stump-tailed Chameleons - Miniature Dragons of the Rainforest. Necas and Schmidt. 2004.
Chameleons of Africa - An Atlas. Tilbury. 2010.
Stump-tailed deals only (and thoroughly) with pygmies, including natural history as well as husbandry. Chameleons of Africa is mostly natural history, and not really how-to-keep-them. Very thorough (but excludes Madagascar species); not cheap.
And I like Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. Pianka and Vitt. 2003, which is a good overall book about All Things Lizard.

Non-chameleon - I always like Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (kind of fantasy - there are dragons and magic - very funny, with very likeable characters).

 

[kinyonga]

There are lots of good books, etc. listed here....
http://web.archive.org/web/20060113131322/www.adcham.com/html/books-articles.html

 

[jcal]

thanks for the info everyone. kept me busy for a while and learned lots of stuff

 

[carol5208]

I think just spending endless hours on the forum is the best education out there! You cannot beat experience!!!!

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

The books I bought before getting a chameleon:
Chameleons: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual. Bartlett and Bartlett. Mine is 1995; I think there's a more recent edition.
^this one has a lot of inaccurate information if you really read it! Good for some basics though.
Care and Breeding of Chameleons - Panther, Jackson's, Veiled and Parson's Chameleons. de Vosjoli and Ferguson, eds. 1995.
^Like this one a lot

I just got "Chameleons, Nature's Hidden Jewels" by Petr Necas and highly recommend it too! Great info, tons of pics and info on many of the species. Jmo

 

[jcal]

ill have to check out that book. i went to barnes and noble but their selection was...blah. ill have to check borders or order from the net.