thinking about buying a chameleon
- Thread starter vixen72
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Read this link. It's a guide for Veiled chameleons written by one of our Moderators, Mr Brad Ramsey. It's a good starting point for just about all species, and should answer most of your questions.
Adcham is a good source for individual species research.
If this is your first chameleon, I strongly suggest you start out with a veiled.
Adcham is a good source for individual species research.
If this is your first chameleon, I strongly suggest you start out with a veiled.
Zen Reptiles
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Many of us, myself included, read til 3am every night for weeks before getting our first chameleons. There's SO much to know, and if you read all the articles/issues that interest you over at www.chameleonnews.com (go to Past Articles for complete list of articles).
TAKE NOTES! is all I can say, there's so much knowledge that it's important to take notes for what you think is important, because you'll forget otherwise
Another great thing to do is set up the enclosure first for one month, measure the temps, figure out how to keep humidity at the desired range, etc.
If you will be breeding your own roaches or other insects, get those started too, buying food from the pet store can get REALLY expensive, and buying in bulk would go to waste with only one chameleon.
Other than that, enjoy! They're the greatest pet lizard in my opinion.
Ask lots of questions.
TAKE NOTES! is all I can say, there's so much knowledge that it's important to take notes for what you think is important, because you'll forget otherwise
Another great thing to do is set up the enclosure first for one month, measure the temps, figure out how to keep humidity at the desired range, etc.
If you will be breeding your own roaches or other insects, get those started too, buying food from the pet store can get REALLY expensive, and buying in bulk would go to waste with only one chameleon.
Other than that, enjoy! They're the greatest pet lizard in my opinion.
Ask lots of questions.
Good on you for researching before buying one!
Here are some sites (in addition to Brad's site) with good information...
http://web.archive.org/web/20060502...rnals.com/vet/index.php?show=5.Vitamin.A.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20060421.../index.php?show=6.Vitamin.D3.and.Calcium.html
http://chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=102
http://adcham.com/
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/
Here are some sites (in addition to Brad's site) with good information...
http://web.archive.org/web/20060502...rnals.com/vet/index.php?show=5.Vitamin.A.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20060421.../index.php?show=6.Vitamin.D3.and.Calcium.html
http://chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=102
http://adcham.com/
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/
