I am looking fro an easy to care for Chameleon. One that hopeful;ly doesn't require too much heat. Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks for your help
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An Easy Beginner Chameleon?
FroggyToads
Oct 31, 2004 02:56 PM
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chamellio
Oct 31, 2004 03:23 PM
no chameleons are "easy or for beginners"
i suggest you start off with other lizards to buid up your experience before you eve attempt to keep one.. but however if you feel you are ready for them then i would reccomen either a veiled,jacksons or panther chamelon.. all require a different array of needs.. veileds like it hot and dry (around 90) with 30% humidity
Jacksons like it warm (around 75-85 degrees) with around 100% humidity
panthers like it (around 80-85 degrees) with 70-80% humidity.. you will however need to do a very very detailed look into what else they need like plants, diet, minerals, etc etc.. as i said NO chameleon is easy.. so bare that in mind before you attempt to take one on as a responsibility.
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4x Veiled Chameleon
1x Panther
Hollie/Willow > female veileds
Carling/Houdini > Male Veileds
Louey > Panther
Tolkien > Fischer Chameleon
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LordOfTheLizards
Oct 31, 2004 04:38 PM
Like he said there is no "Easy Cham" But as long as you do the 3 most important things when researching an animal
Research
Ask Questions
And More Research
For instance Ive been nuilding up my knowledge of chams for about 2 and a half months, but I dont even have a Chameleon yet! I'm planning to get one in a month.
There was a time when I thought keeping a cham would be to overwelming, and in this time I seriously considered a bearded dragon, but since then I've decided on a chameleon, just because you can't beat the coolness of a colour changing animal, with independent eyes, oposite toes, a super longue tongue, and a tail like a monkey. Thats why I decided on a cham.
Plus bearded dragons eat SO MUCH MORE FOOD then chams, Especially when growing a young beardie can eat as many as 30 crickets in a sitting while a cham will eat around 5-10 good sized crickets.
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0.2 Cats (Moora and Twitch)
0.1 Dogs (Maria)
soon to be 1.0 Panther Chameleon (Yoda)
