Husbandry review questions:
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading...
I've been volunteering in Uganda at UWEC and today we got to feed the Nile crocodiles! They're being trained to jump up for their food but not overly enthusiastic so it's still very early, but very good enrichment for them, plus very fun for volunteers like me to try out haha! Not sure how to...
When is the winner announced btw? I'm in a different timezone to normal but american timezones confuse me so i never know when things are happening:ROFLMAO:
I have to say although I set out desperate to see chameleons (obvs why I chose Rwenzori) the hiking itself and the views there are incredible and worthwhile even if you don't see any chams! There's lots of monkeys there too including Columbus monkeys, black monkeys, blue monkeys, also red duiker...
I totally get it, it can be overwhelming to begin with especially when there's so much misinformation and so many pet shops will say how easy they are to look after! Don't worry, as long as you make the recommended changes I'm sure you'll do fine :) and if youre ever in Kent let me know :)
Sometimes their colour can get brighter when they feel threatened, certainly the case for males, so it's possible and likely that those colours are because she feels threatened and fearful, not relaxed and happy.
Although we would like to think it, handling chams is actually stressful for them. If she wants to come out its most likely for free range but seriously, holding them does stress them out even if her colours change. It should still be kept to a minimum just for checking health and moving her for...
oh sorry I hadn't seen that, hello fellow brit though! If you're ever in Kent Lost World Reptiles is worth a visit, amazing shop for exotics! Also you'll need to dust with D3 once every 2 weeks, and what are the dimensions of the enclosure?
I suggest you fill in the husbandry forms too so we can check everything else is ok, i think they've been posted already but if you could fill them out it would be very helpful! :)