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What is the status of parson in the US is their any one still working or having successful breeding with them?
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Brian Ferriera Jr

yes, there are still a few out there. do a search on this forum for parsons, someone was selling some before. hope you got 2 grand though
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Not looking to buy haven't kept chameleons in a number of years and parson are so not for me..I was just wondering if they where still around as they where always one of my favorites I know about a year ago one of the importers that we use to buy from at the pet store I worked at had some for $400 but that's the last I have seen of them
Brian Ferriera Jr

You might check with the editors of www.chameleonnews.com. Ken Kalisch, Bill Strand and several contributors to the ezine keep them. Also check on www.adcham.com. Some of the members there have kept them and probably still do. Maybe breeding as well.

N.E.R.D. (New England Reptile Distributers) Had captive born parsons for sale recently. I think that they were going for $1200 each. They are the only people that I know of that have succesfuly bred and sold parsons. Parsons are not alowed to be exported currently because of their CITES status. They are neat chameleons, if I had the space, money, time and a ton more experience, they would be on the top of my list, but until then I can only dream!

>>N.E.R.D. (New England Reptile Distributers) Had captive born parsons for sale recently. I think that they were going for $1200 each. They are the only people that I know of that have succesfuly bred and sold parsons. Parsons are not alowed to be exported currently because of their CITES status. They are neat chameleons, if I had the space, money, time and a ton more experience, they would be on the top of my list, but until then I can only dream!

$2200-$2500 actually and NERD did not breed these animals, they imported them from Europe. I have one of those animals that they sold. Some say thats too high a price but what can you do... It makes it a little hard to get together a good breeding group. The reason they are not allowed to be exported from Madagascar is because CITES passed a recommendation in 1994/5 to bann their export along with most other species. I really enjoy working with mine.
Chris
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