thoughts about wild caught jacksons as pets

[philscichlids]

Looking for some people's thoughts as far as buying some wild caught Jackson chams ?I have heard both good and bad reasons as to buying them ? I saw a ad about a week ago for some adult wc jacks and they looked to be very healthy . Anything I should look out for or be concerned with ?

 

[frikitiki]

Check if they have had any type of paracite treatment. If you do proceed and purchase do a stool check.

 

[NHenn]

Parasite would be the big one. If they are wild caught, odds are they will have them. So, if you already have other chameleons you will need to be extra careful and keep the new Jackson isolated from the others for at least 60 days while you have a fecal test performed and treat whatever he might have.

 

[junglefries]

First watch the fishing or roping a wc jacksons video from a week or two ago. if you are ok with what you see, then you can buy one. better to see the video first, than afterwards.

 

[italian chameleon]

First watch the fishing or roping a wc jacksons video from a week or two ago. if you are ok with what you see, then you can buy one. better to see the video first, than afterwards.

can you post a link to this video? I cant find it!

 

[MelissaB]

https://www.chameleonforums.com/pole-snagging-chams-no-wonder-wc-hate-us-118941/
Here's a link to the thread with the youtube link. It's not as bad as it could be, but it doesn't look like fun for the chams, either.

 

[Olimpia]

My very first chameleon was a WC Jackson's I got at a reptile show, I just made sure to buy one that had:
- Bright, alert eyes. Not sunken.
- Good body weight
- No scratches, injuries, breaks, or off-looking skin.
- Up and walking around the cage
Etc. Just your usual healthy cham attributes. And the little guy I picked was awesome, and didn't give me any issues for the years I had him.

Jackson's don't belong on Hawaii so you aren't removing valuable individuals from a failing, indigenous population as with other species. You still have to let them adapt to captivity like anyone else, but it's not as morally troubling as exporting endangered or near-threatened species from the wild.

 

[junglefries]

MelissaB found it. sorry wasn't paying attention.

 

[philscichlids]

Is there a way I can treat them for parasites on my own ? Can I just buy the meds for them ?

 

[Olimpia]

It's really not all that expensive to go to the vet for parasite treatments. I pay about $20 for a fecal and I think about $10 or less for a round of Panacur. So a round of treatment for "easy" parasites with 3 fecals and some meds comes in at maybe under $80-90.

That's cheaper/easier than buying a microscope, buying a book which you can use to identify the different parasites, buy medicine, calculate the correct dose, and treat. If you have multiple chameleons then it makes sense, but with just one or two probably not as much.

 

[qdude46]

If you don't want to risk buying WC, I'm pretty sure FL chams has a bunch of cb Jackson's.