Our new Veiled Chameleon! **UPDATE - New Pics Added Pg 5**

[SilverPhoenix]

Awesome! I love your set-up, too!

Lots of room for your new chameleon, and very nice to look at as well!

 

[Birch Run Farm]

I'm a desert lizard person so don't know squat about chameleons but he looks thin to me. Is that the normal body shape, jutting bones (gray hound) look for chameleons?

 

[NateinFL]

You picked the right species of chameleon, they are hardy I had one in college and he was a hit. Just make sure you handle it regularly but not too much. I never handled mine and he got mean real quick.

 

[chickensioux]

I love, love love chameleons! Are they hard to keep (health, cleaning, etc.)?

 

[insiderart]

Looks a little thin to me too. Is it ok? Drinking and eating well?

 

[Bec]

They thin out like that when they are on the move and scared. I took those pictures within 15 minutes of getting him in his new home. That is totally normal, when he is hanging out on a vine, he is nice and plump! He eats like a horse, but because of Metabolic Bone Disease, you have to feed them carefully when they are young (Up to 6 months) because they will grow too fast for their bones to catch up. He is allowed 10 crickets ( which he gobbles in up very quickly) a day broken up into 2 feedings and they are dusted, depending on the day, with 1 of 3 things. Calcium with D3, regular Calcium or Herptivite vitamins. They don't drink from water bowls, they need a drip and/or a misting system. And yes, he is drinking well!


We had a HUGE male, our first in 1997, and he wasn't handled when he was young by his previous owner and he was quite intimidating. He lived to be 6 years old and passed away. We then got a male and female in 1999, handled them once day and they were fine. The female was egg bound and passed away at 2 years old and we had the male for 5 years! Chameleons are kind of sit back and watch pets rather than hold and play with pets.

Veileds are a great starter chameleon along with panthers and Pygmies. Pygmies require a different set up, they do well in a terrarium, other species are arboreal and need height and vegetation. You should never keep more than 1 of any species in the same enclosure with the exception of the Pygmies. They can be kept in pairs or trios.

 

[chickensioux]

I wonder how hard it is to take care of one of these? I could keep it in an eye dropper!

 

[Bec]

Aren't they the cutest!?! I know of an EXCELLENT breeder if you are really interested!

 

[Flippacase]

I'm ima ima ima ima cham eeeeeeliiiiiiiooooooooon!!!!!

Does he change color?

How much $ was he?

 

[farmerlor]

Awesome!!!