Veiled Chameleons
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ABbuggin
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I've got a 6 month old male veiled coming my way this Tuesday! I got a 2'x2'x3' cage, all the supplements, basking light, UV light with hood, the chameleon and a few other things for $100. :blink:
I can't wait until Tuesday! :wub:
I can't wait until Tuesday! :wub:
Peter Clausen
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Here's a personality pic. of my young male from a few months ago. The people at the pet show told us he was the red morph or red form (a reference, I think, to the the ridges on his head) of veiled chameleon. We have a female that is not quite adult yet. I hope to be calling Orin for egg-laying tips sometime in the middle of the new year!
(eating green grapes)
(eating green grapes)
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Peter Clausen
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When we first got him, we put him in the large enclosure with the female (as he is in that photo). She reacted immediately and badly, with all the dark display colors that we'd (now) expect. She was pretty upset for the following week and would not come down from her favorite perch to eat.
Yes, that was his size when we got him. The female was twice as big. I think we paid around $40 for him and were happy to find him at the local reptile show. The males seem to sell out pretty quickly, and the young females still sell fairly well at $30. Since he was the "red stripe phase" or whatever, we pounced on him. I'm still not sure that's not normal coloration, but a friend that accompanied us to the show seemed to have heard of it. We also bought the bearded dragon that day (also red phase). We ended up putting up a large piece of cardboard over the side of our female veiled's cage since she continued to express moody colors at being about 5 line-of-sight ft. from our beardie's cage. She shortly resumed normal behavior and feeding and is just waiting for the male to catch up to her in size.
Yes, that was his size when we got him. The female was twice as big. I think we paid around $40 for him and were happy to find him at the local reptile show. The males seem to sell out pretty quickly, and the young females still sell fairly well at $30. Since he was the "red stripe phase" or whatever, we pounced on him. I'm still not sure that's not normal coloration, but a friend that accompanied us to the show seemed to have heard of it. We also bought the bearded dragon that day (also red phase). We ended up putting up a large piece of cardboard over the side of our female veiled's cage since she continued to express moody colors at being about 5 line-of-sight ft. from our beardie's cage. She shortly resumed normal behavior and feeding and is just waiting for the male to catch up to her in size.
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I was asking if you got him that way because it looks very much like he was sold to you with MBD (the sides of the legs shouldn't have those bumps). With good feeding and lighting you could still get him to grow and recover almost completely --depending on the severity and age. You might not even be able to see it now. It's a bigger issue for females because of egg laying.
Peter Clausen
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I'll take a current photo of him soon and post it so you can judge his status/progress.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Dinora
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I had one of these little guys a few years ago. It was beautiful! 
Then one day it's "dinner" bit his tongue (at least that's what the vet thinks) and it got swollen and infected. The vet tried some sort of medication, but it didn't work and the little guy passed away less than 4 days after I noticed his tongue looked funny.
Stupid crickets!!! :angry:
I got all emotional and didn't get another lizard until about 2 years later: the coolest bearded dragon in the world named Mushu! B)
Then he got all uppity and got attached to a close friend of mine. Every time she came over she wanted to be the one to feed him then held him afterwards for hours. After a while he wouldn't let me pick him up but always went willingly to her! This made bath days difficult.
I hate seeing poo on his legs so I used to move him into the bathtub filled with about an inch or so of warm water while I cleaned out his home. After a while I had to wear gloves when transferring him to the tub because he would fight me so much!
After several months of this I eventually just let her take him home, aquarium, lights, and even the little aquarium I was raising crickets in. They are both still very bonded to each other. Those traitors!!! :angry:
I don't care! Cuz I have my new little mantis to keep me company! Yay!!!
Then one day it's "dinner" bit his tongue (at least that's what the vet thinks) and it got swollen and infected. The vet tried some sort of medication, but it didn't work and the little guy passed away less than 4 days after I noticed his tongue looked funny.
Stupid crickets!!! :angry:
I got all emotional and didn't get another lizard until about 2 years later: the coolest bearded dragon in the world named Mushu! B)
Then he got all uppity and got attached to a close friend of mine. Every time she came over she wanted to be the one to feed him then held him afterwards for hours. After a while he wouldn't let me pick him up but always went willingly to her! This made bath days difficult.
I hate seeing poo on his legs so I used to move him into the bathtub filled with about an inch or so of warm water while I cleaned out his home. After a while I had to wear gloves when transferring him to the tub because he would fight me so much!
After several months of this I eventually just let her take him home, aquarium, lights, and even the little aquarium I was raising crickets in. They are both still very bonded to each other. Those traitors!!! :angry:
I don't care! Cuz I have my new little mantis to keep me company! Yay!!!
Dinora, I hope you still get visiting rights at least!
Dinora
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I do, but he doesn't let me touch him anymore. So I just look. He was a sandy color when I got him but lately he's becoming more orange.
Last time I tried to pick him up he expanded his chest and became very dark - I'm guessing he's through with me! LOL
Sheesh! No accounting for taste!
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kakistos
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I also have a veiled chameleon. I really love her! My first reptile.
She was like this when I got her:
Now she is like this:
more pictures of her feeding, last week:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maartenj/3189...57612404141897/
I thought that when I would handle her every day she would not get upset when handled. it went fine, untill I went on holliday for one week and left her at the petshop to look after her. When I got her back she was hissing at me and she still does almost all of the time. I don't know if they scared her at the reptile shop? Or is it just her age? She is from august 2008.
She was like this when I got her:
Now she is like this:
more pictures of her feeding, last week:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maartenj/3189...57612404141897/
I thought that when I would handle her every day she would not get upset when handled. it went fine, untill I went on holliday for one week and left her at the petshop to look after her. When I got her back she was hissing at me and she still does almost all of the time. I don't know if they scared her at the reptile shop? Or is it just her age? She is from august 2008.
Peter Clausen
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somewhat recent photos of our younger male...
He doesn't look too thrilled with having his picture taken, lol.
But I think he's much cuter than the spiders! PS... Hmmm.... posting this almost feels like déjà vu
:lol: His legs look good in that photo.
I hatched the female maybe more than a year ago and her first ova won't be ready for 4-5 months.
Peter Clausen
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Thanks for the confirmation, Orin. They did seem a little odd looking in that older photo.
Yes, Katnapper, he had gone pale as a ghost (not the mantis) that day. By day our female is brown, black and yellow (blending into the plant we have and screened cage and sticks she likes to rest on). At night she goes to a paler green.
Awesome pets! My son is doing a project on panther chameleons for school this week. I suspect I'll eventually be manipulated into getting him one sooner than later. Oh twist my arm!
Yes, Katnapper, he had gone pale as a ghost (not the mantis) that day. By day our female is brown, black and yellow (blending into the plant we have and screened cage and sticks she likes to rest on). At night she goes to a paler green.
Awesome pets! My son is doing a project on panther chameleons for school this week. I suspect I'll eventually be manipulated into getting him one sooner than later. Oh twist my arm!
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DeadInTheBasement
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chameleons are awesome lizards.
mine veiled would change to a darker color when basking(maybe to absord more rays?) and back to pale green when it was in the cooler area of his cage. he never tried to blend in to his suroundings much as far as colors go.
mine veiled would change to a darker color when basking(maybe to absord more rays?) and back to pale green when it was in the cooler area of his cage. he never tried to blend in to his suroundings much as far as colors go.
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I wanted to get a veiled this weekend, but misting them 5 times a day didn't sound to great at this time in my life.
I could set up a misting system for it, but that would mean letting him go till the system was set up and that would seem cruel to me, so I passed on it.
The Panthers were really cool looking, but that much for a first time go at it was a bit more of a chance than I wanted to take. Some days I'm out from morning till night running back and forth across town doing service calls, with no one to mist the creatures, so I had to pass on the chameleon thing, for now. Them and the dart frogs really caught my eye this weekend.
Nice. A jungle in my house
I could set up a misting system for it, but that would mean letting him go till the system was set up and that would seem cruel to me, so I passed on it.
The Panthers were really cool looking, but that much for a first time go at it was a bit more of a chance than I wanted to take. Some days I'm out from morning till night running back and forth across town doing service calls, with no one to mist the creatures, so I had to pass on the chameleon thing, for now. Them and the dart frogs really caught my eye this weekend.
Nice. A jungle in my house
