Apparently Panthers only live 1 year....

[rogue606]

This has got to be the worst top 10 list I've ever clicked on while wasting time at work.

http://themysteriousworld.com/top-10-shortest-living-animals-in-the-world/

Check out number 7. I wonder if they mean a Labord's.

How many of us would still attempt to keep Panthers if that was true?

Although having a small colony that dies off every year before the hatchlings come out would sort of be the ultimate keeper's challenge.

 

[Lazereth]

Well it's kinda true. Most chameleons in the wild have a much shorter life span in the wild opposed to a good taken care of chameleon in captivity. As far as what they said about changing colors is totally off.

 

[Decadancin]

But wait...

If its on the internet it has to be true !

 

[Craigwyatt]

I wonder where they got that info from. That whole little artical is crap. Sad thing about it there are a lot of people that would read it and believe it just because it's on the Internet.
I bet the person who wrote works at a petshop. They always have an answer for all questions wether they know the info or not.

 

[rogue606]

You're totally right. I'm a total novice at cham keeping but when I was asking a Petco employee about the veileds they had there, I was shocked at how terribly misinformed they were.
I'd love to get a look at the guidelines they give the animal handlers at the chain stores. 3 sub-adults housed in the same exact enclosure as a leopard gecko next to them.
I get so sad seeing how sickly they usually are in comparison to my not so little guy.
Craig the panther you sold me in August is doing amazing, he's 4-5 times the size he was when I got him and he's coloring up beautifully. Thanks again!

 

[Decadancin]

Well it's kinda true. Most chameleons in the wild have a much shorter life span in the wild opposed to a good taken care of chameleon in captivity. As far as what they said about changing colors is totally off.

Perhaps the enclosure they would use is so advanced it even has natural predators inside. That must be a very large enclosure...

 

[brownie64]

I do remember the did you know section on here did talk about a chameleon who's life span was that short, but it wasn't a panther chameleon.

 

[rogue606]

I do remember the did you know section on here did talk about a chameleon who's life span was that short, but it wasn't a panther chameleon.

Yep, its a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labord's_chameleon

"Like other Furcifer species (F. antimena, F. lateralis), F. labordi has an obligate year-long lifecycle. It lives for only about 4 to 5 months, making it the shortest lifespan ever recorded for a four legged vertebrate.[4][5] In their natural habitat, eggs hatch with the first rains in November, the growth is rapid, and adulthood is reached by January, at which time they breed. By later February or early March, females have deposited the eggs which will hatch next year, and the entire population dies until the next hatching."

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

Boy! The author or that article needs to be approached and incormed!

 

[L1z4rdB0y]

I did time in PetCo.

I would purposefully mess with customers (then quickly apologize and we'd get a laugh out of my shenanigans...usually...).
Customer had just set up a 10gal fresh tank 3 weeks before. The bacteria filtration was mid-cycle so fish were not lasting (sorry...I was primarily a fish guy in my youth). She asked me "Why are my fish dying? Some have been around since I set up the tank, but others don't last a week."

Instead of explaining The Nitrogen Cycle I asked "huh...odd. You wouldn't happen to have anything white in the tank would you? Rocks or plants?"

"My gravel is white-"
"OMG you gotta get that out of there! Didn't anyone tell you? FISH ARE ALLERGIC TO THE COLOR WHITE!!"

I thought the poor girl was going to break down. "Oh...no..." the eyes started welling up, "...my fish."

I IMMEDIATELY told her I was just kidding and not worry, then explained The Nitrogen Cycle, and calmed her down.

Apparently she writes cruddy internet articles these days.

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

Boy! The author or that article needs to be approached and incormed!

Oops: "informed"