There are problems with the two recommended here. These are VERY hard to find captive bred, if not near impossible...and a first time chameleon owner should definitely not have wild caught. Acclimating them, treating for parasites, etc. is not something that you'd want to be doing the first time around.



Even if you do find them captive bred (big time longshot), these are both very touchy chams that can just drop dead on you without warning. Carpets have fairly short life spans when compared to other species of chameleons.



I would definitely look into the other three...Jackson's, Panther and Veiled. Veiled's tend to be the most hardy, then Panthers and then Jackson's...if you're going to try to order them that way. However, Jackson's are the smallest out of the three. Panthers can have the most gorgeous colors, but they, like Veiled's, get pretty large.



Good luck!



Kristen
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1.2 c. quadricornis

1.2 c.j. merumontanus

0.0.2 neonate c.j. merumontanus

1.1 r. brevicaudatus

0.0.2 red eared sliders

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