why dose no one answer my threads?

[Tonystandman]

This forum is made for new people and senior people. As you notice it's created by sponsors not individual keepers. There's no way you could ever respond to a for sale listing.
Primarily for people asking to take care of New chameleons or people breeding too many chameleon s.

 

[seven25am]

i never mentioned anything about a for sale listing.

 

[DeremensisBlue]

I completely respect what every one says about keeping them separate.Iv read that many places online. But on the other hand i know of this reptile /butterfly sanctuary that keeps a pair of jacksons together(in a very large cage).and they have no issue. I have yet to see the male harass the female. 99% of the time there at oppisite ends of the cage. Will i be able to tell a few weeks before the female gives birth????

This is the insidious thing about low-grade stress. You take a look at two chameleons in a cage and it looks like they are doing fine. Then the unsuspecting person walks away thinking that it is okay to keep chameleons in a cage together. The fact is that chameleons, like most any other animal, may be "fighting" even though they are not actively gaping and swaying at each other. They will show the outward signs of conflict only until one decides they have lost and then lives with a low grade stress from then on constantly knowing they have lost. the victor is not that much better off as the "victor" must constantly prove he/she is still winning. They still eat and drink, but live under stress.
Six months later one chameleon dies and its death is attributed to some bacterial infection, complication in giving birth, or some other down grade in health. The real cause of death is the suppressed immunity system that allowed the bacterial infraction to take hold or weakened the body over time. The immune system was suppressed by stress. (The same way we are more likely to get sick when under stress.) The stress was caused by co-habitation that started six months ago.

So, yes, chameleons can appear to be doing well in a cage together. And in some special circumstances it seems to be true that the chameleons are really comfortable with each other (sometimes siblings raised together from birth can do this). But we have yet to figure out the formula to consistently reproduce this condition. Some clutches are born hating each other from second 1. Some are calm. We haven't cracked chameleon personality yet. And, of course, it could all change when puberty sets in. Way too many variables.

I know you have already come to this conclusion, but I will reinforce what has been said. When starting out, maximize your chances of success by keeping them separate. It removes so many troublesome problems from the whole chameleon keeping experience!

Bill Strand