What kind of chameleon [thoughts?]

[Bizzle90]

I was at a local pet store in Mississauga, Ontario...I have these three pictures, I know it will be hard to determine what locale it is from, but try and give me your thoughts!

-it was labeled as a panther chameleon
-wild caught (good or bad?)
-cheap priced compared to other panthers I've seen (not sure why)

It's kind of hard to tell in the pictures, but I'm pretty sure it's a male, asd the female in the same enclosure wasn't showing any colour like this cham...

I know it's tough to see much from the pictures as it was kind of dark in the enclosure..but it was a pale red, with darker (pale black) stripes. It also showed some pale greens..

Any idea?

Thanks!

 

[chino]

Looks like a male, wild caught means a vet visit as soon as possible to check for parasites and such, cheap..... maybe is wild caught?


Others will give more opinions.... My opinion comes from a newbie....

 

[Hoj]

if you are in canada looking for a nice cham i would try either Harry @ chroma chameleons, or Tamara & Drew at chamnation. they are all great breeder with amazzing animals and are also site sponsors,

 

[Bizzle90]

I've seen them at the reptile show, very nice stuff!

This one looks really cute, and has a nice price on it..just not sure what locale it's from!

 

[Bizzle90]

anyone have an idea?

 

[bigben2057]

It has a lower price because it is a wild caught one and was not raised in captivity and may have a disease or not get used to living in captivity and become stressed.

 

[Trace]

That's a female chameleon.

I'll echo what has been said already; if this is your first ever chameleon go with a nice captive bred animal. They are far easier to deal with. If you can wait there is a big show coming up in September in Mississauga and there will be a huge amount of CB animals to choose from.

 

[Bizzle90]

Thanks, appreciate the advice!