Accidental Anoles = Repo's Meal

[Alexander1]

I think the chameleon community needs to be a little open minded when t comes to feeding small mammals and lizards to their chameleon, I brought it up before and people went crazy, but it's becoming clear that chams chomp on these little guys as soon as the opportunity is given. Eating these animals may be supplying vitamins and other possible things not found in insects.

 

[Alexander1]

I'm sure parasites come with it. I would like to know where the kidney issue comes from. Someone told me the protein may reek havoc on the kidneys during the digestion, not sure where this is from. Not saying they're wrong btw

 

[Decadancin]

I think the chameleon community needs to be a little open minded when t comes to feeding small mammals and lizards to their chameleon, I brought it up before and people went crazy, but it's becoming clear that chams chomp on these little guys as soon as the opportunity is given. Eating these animals may be supplying vitamins and other possible things not found in insects.

So, are you gutloading your feeder animals with gutloaded feeders that are gutloaded? All kidding aside, you likely are getting attacked because of emotion at least as much as reason. I personally would not do it, and I have my reasons, but remember, there is no one right answer to any husbandry question.

 

[jpowell86]

I just can't believe she stayed on your hand and didn't bail.

I can't either honestly.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I can't either honestly.

Did anyone even notice as you walked through Walmart with a chameleon on your hand?

I remember once I was flying from the US Virgin Islands to Utah with a parrot. She was in a little box under the seat and was crammed in it. She was a big Blue Throated Macaw weighing 700 grams. I took her out of the box and carried her around on my hand (wearing a harness) between flights. No one noticed I had a live parrot on my hand. How can you miss it? The bird was about 36 inches long from the top of her head to the tip of her tail. How can you miss someone carrying a parrot that size around an airport? Only one child? maybe 6 years old realized it wasn't a stuffed toy.