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Did you find a vet? The sites on the cham resource page has state by state listings - you might be surprised what you find. I live in a rural area but have a great herp vet just 45 minutes away. Hope she is doing OK.

lele
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info

0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.3 Mad. Hissers (2 died ;(
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha

She died last weekend. It was really sad. I never even got to take her to the vet because she died before I could. She must have been egg bound. I gave her sand and all, but she just couldn't get the job done. I think that I am done with the Chameleon deal now. They are wayyy to hard to keep alive. Thanks for all the help! Hope all goes well with your guys!

Kelley

Kelley,

Luna just died today (posted above). I had her for almost 2 years and she had 4 infertile clutches in 12 months. They were tricky, but lots of $$ and vet trips and we managed. This came as a total surprise today and I am waiting to hear back from the vet to find out what happened.

Chams do have some requirements unlike geckos, bearded dragons and some other herps that are easier to keep. You got some bad advice from a store clerk. There should be a law against selling these in chain pet stores. They are very interesting creatures (chams, not store clerks ) and are rewarding in many ways; I will never regret the time I had with her, but I also understand your feelings about not wanting to have another cham. If you ever decide to in the future, I would suggest a male, from a good breeder (you can get some great recommendations here) and lots of research, too. If/when I get another it will not be a female.

Best of luck to you with all your other critters and again, did not mean to make you feel bad about the vet thing.

lele
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info

0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.3 Mad. Hissers (2 died ;(
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha

Kelley..
I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your chameleon. I'm
sure you loved her and will miss her.

They are definitely one of the harder lizards to keep in
captivity and I can certainly understand why you would chose
not to have another one. Perhaps some day you will change your
mind after you've had time to read and learn all about them.