The first step is admitting you have a problem...

[WayneL333]

Well one week into this hobby and I have an Ambilobe pair from kammers and another cb male coming in a week. Every time I see a new baby for sale in the classified section or every time I see one online, I think to myself, I gotta have it! Nosy be, Nosy faly, Ambanja...I want a pair of them all!

How do I kick this addiction?!? How do you guys resist buying everything in sight? And to top it off, I'm very into saltwater reefing too. I have 2 large sw reef tanks to boot!

 

[twatts704]

Well one week into this hobby and I have an Ambilobe pair from kammers and another cb male coming in a week. Every time I see a new baby for sale in the classified section or every time I see one online, I think to myself, I gotta have it! Nosy be, Nosy faly, Ambanja...I want a pair of them all!

How do I kick this addiction?!? How do you guys resist buying everything in sight? And to top it off, I'm very into saltwater reefing too. I have 2 large sw reef tanks to boot!

Glad to hear you are into the hobby! One thing I do that I encourage you to do as well is focus on the ones you have! I know it would be awesome to have a lot of chams but they aren't like fish where you can just feed every day and admire them. They all take time and commitment. What I do is take mine outside, find a way to make the cages a little more efficient for them, make sure their supplements are perfect, gutload the feeders properly (do this a lot!), find new feeders to breed and take care of. It was one thing to buy them but as soon as I started keeping and breeding the feeders its like taking care of new animals in itself. You have to keep your feeders well fed and healthy so your cham is healthy. If the feeders look terrible then your cham will not gain much benefit from it. I know its easy to get sucked into the hobby and buy a lot of chams and I applaud you on that. But I also encourage you to make sure you can care for the ones you have successfully before you get too many. They are a challenging reptile to care for.

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

You stop when you don't have any room for more!

 

[Eltortu]

You stop when you don't have any room for more!

Word homie!

 

[WayneL333]

Thank you for the sound advice. I often jump head first into things without giving it much thought. I love challenging hobbies. That is why I was so into saltwater reefing. Successfully growing stony corals in an aquarium environment is considered to be the most challenging in the sw hobby. Anyway, I've done it well for many years now and my son got me back into chameleons.

I've given a lot of thought into feeders and I've decided to not go through the hassle of trying to breed them myself. Luckily I live in SoCal and have found many local sources to buy a multitude of different types of feeders. I know this will get expensive in the long run, but I prefer this than to breed them myself. I'll just concentrate on gut loading the 2-4 weeks of feeders that ill buy at one time.

Glad to hear you are into the hobby! One thing I do that I encourage you to do as well is focus on the ones you have! I know it would be awesome to have a lot of chams but they aren't like fish where you can just feed every day and admire them. They all take time and commitment. What I do is take mine outside, find a way to make the cages a little more efficient for them, make sure their supplements are perfect, gutload the feeders properly (do this a lot!), find new feeders to breed and take care of. It was one thing to buy them but as soon as I started keeping and breeding the feeders its like taking care of new animals in itself. You have to keep your feeders well fed and healthy so your cham is healthy. If the feeders look terrible then your cham will not gain much benefit from it. I know its easy to get sucked into the hobby and buy a lot of chams and I applaud you on that. But I also encourage you to make sure you can care for the ones you have successfully before you get too many. They are a challenging reptile to care for.

 

[Meow Kitty]

try to get into dubias early their a life saver and are easy to breed, they may seem gross but are really not that bad, cricket fraz smells 1000x times worse then a dubia bin. They also don't bite.

 

[drcrossfire]

Get your fix

Best addiction ever.

 

[WayneL333]

Get your fix

Best addiction ever.

Lol...you're not helping.

Btw,what do the decimal numbers in 'Ambilobe 2.2 Nosy Faly 1.3 Gargoyle Gecko 1.1.6 Pug 1.0' mean?

 

[drcrossfire]

Lol...you're not helping.

Btw,what do the decimal numbers in 'Ambilobe 2.2 Nosy Faly 1.3 Gargoyle Gecko 1.1.6 Pug 1.0' mean?

The decimals go males.females.unsexed

So gargoyle Geckos are one male one female 6 sexless.....

But my list isn't up to date. Should be a lot higher for all my stuff. Lol

 

[Fearaffect]

You cant ever get rid of this addiction....it will always be with you......after some exp. under your belt, I highly suggest a Kinyongia multi. as a great starter into the montanes.......montanes have TONS of personality and are very rewarding to keep......and you may find yourself not wanting any other kinda cham..........have fun and remember........you can alway turn ur garage or patio into a cham room/area!!

 

[Lovereps]

..and then, once the kids move out , you get even more rooms for more chams