this is a HUGE problem in egypt. Its not that everyone is cruel, but it is ignorance. They have no education on how to look after animals. parents are not interested either. the school gives money to charity, they wanted to give money to an animal charity but the parents thought the money should...
i have just come back from the vet i managed to find one that deals with exotocs and has worked in america.
the vet was nearly 2 hours away and by the time i got there he was very very ill, nearly dead and had started to go black - his eyes were black. The vet looked at him and said he was...
ok i am very happy, i have just found a grasshopper!! ( i think - it may be a cricket im not sure) i have put it in the tank but it climbed right to the top. dont think chameleon knows its there. i am taking chameleon to vet now in another city. im not sure how much experience this vet has with...
i have just put out raw meat with water on it. i know this will attrack flies but how do i then catch them, wont they just fly off when they see me coming??
he seems very very slightly better, he is no longer on his side but upright - just, eyes still closed, very wobbly.
i have put in...
i don't know how long he has been without food.i got him thursday and he hasnt eaten since then. I dont know if he has been eaten before i got him from the parent. Apparently he was eating dry cat food!!!!
i havent seen any cockroaches for ages - if i do find one i will put it in his tank...
please help i think he is dying.
he is lying on his side with his leg in the air. i thought he was dead but he has moved. i still havent found any insects, he has not eaten the fruit. what can i do, is there any other food i can try him with?? i hate this parent for putting me in this...
Please help me.
I posted on the other forum that i had recieved a chemeleon from a parent (i live in egypt).
i do not have any insect to feed him, i do not know of any suppliers who sell or ship insects to egypt. my insect trap has only attracted ants- which i know i cant feed him.
i...
sorry another question. my mam lives in the uk she said she could post whatever i wanted to me in egypt (this would take about week or so) is there anything that is a MUST HAVE???
I have used zoomeds tinned insects before for my terrapin, should i get my mam to post some tins out to me in the...
its a reptisun 5.0 compact.
another question... he doesnt seem to be moving around much - not very active. is this normal??
as i have just got him i have no idea of when the parent bought him, where she got him from, where he lived (what enclosure etc).
if the enlclosure is 4ft that...
will get some pics up today if possible.
i have put in some apple, melon, yellow bell pepper and some grated sweet potato. is this ok? I have also set up a fly trap outside - cut a drinks bottle in half and put one half back inside the other - so it is like a funnel. i have added a sugar and...
how would i catch house flies so they are still alive? also how many should i feed him? should i give him fruit and vegetables until i can get insects?
i will try to post pictures of the chameleon. I thought it was a vieled because of the appendage on his head and looking at pictures of chameleons on the internet.
Also can they eat ants or will the ants bite the chameleon?? I have lots of ants in my house!!
thank you so much for your help!!! i thought vieled chameleons came from yemen, saudi arabia???
egypt is not great for animals, i got my terrapin in similar situations.
am going to look at the link provided, thanks again!
Hi,
i need help!!!! i am a teacher at a british school in cairo egypt. today a parent bought a veiled chameleon into school as a present!!! it was in a carboard box and had been fed on dry cat food!!!!
i was given the chameleon to look after. i have very little knowledge of reptiles and...