Swimming!

[SilverWolf]

Please do not worry I am not going to just try or experiment with this with my chameleon. But I remember seeing this video, and I am just curious, have you ever seen your chameleon swim? Do you let them swim?

Perhaps a bit of a silly question, as of course you'd see them swim, how else would they without you letting them? lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlCNPHYJRM0

 

[Emasse22]

Haha, Give the little guy a try, all chameleons are different so you never know what they might like

 

[ridgebax1]

I have seen this video before and it is very cool. When Omar was a baby I had to give him a bath (I don't remember what he got into or on him) so I ran some warmish water in my sink and he about lost his mind when I put him in the water! Obviously they can if they have to, but I doubt it is for pleasure. I had actually been planning to try and make a little floating "island" with a perch so he could float in my pool and really soak up some UV! Unfortunately the universe had other plans for him. So instead of having some fun, I buried him in my rose garden yesterday.

 

[SilverWolf]

I have seen this video before and it is very cool. When Omar was a baby I had to give him a bath (I don't remember what he got into or on him) so I ran some warmish water in my sink and he about lost his mind when I put him in the water! Obviously they can if they have to, but I doubt it is for pleasure. I had actually been planning to try and make a little floating "island" with a perch so he could float in my pool and really soak up some UV! Unfortunately the universe had other plans for him. So instead of having some fun, I buried him in my rose garden yesterday.

That sounds like such a cool idea. But a chameleon surrounded by chlorine? Unless your pool has no chlorine. What happened?

 

[Leslie11]

Loss

I am so sorry for your loss. What exactly caused his death? The water?

 

[xephyr17]

I've never seen one swim... I wouldn't imagine they'd be very good at it.

I'm going to put Ender in the shower tomorrow. Maybe he'll get some bath time, too xD

 

[pieter dhoop]

here a picture



i saw pictures of a F. pardalis swimming also. But i can't find them for the moment.

 

[TCMontium]

Actually they can't "swim", they are just floating because their skin is water-proof (maybe not at all but not like mammal's skin). Their hands are the worst shaped hands to swim! So, when a chameleon falls into water, it float and freaks out, trying to walk but can't, he/she will be extremely stressed because of this non-walkable (bad english) place! So, forcing a chameleon to swim is just a torture for him/her.

 

[ridgebax1]

I never did make a floatie for Omar. He died from a URI even with treatment.
It was only a thought since my pool gets great sun. I would have never actually put him in the water nor would I have not paid attention to him if he was on his island.

 

[ridgebax1]

That sounds like such a cool idea. But a chameleon surrounded by chlorine? Unless your pool has no chlorine. What happened?

I do maintain my chlorine at a fairly low level; private pools do not have to be highly chlorinated like a public pool. Omar got a terrible burn from escaping from his cage and then got a URI.