Before and After Pet Store !!

[Mystic]

Milly is doing very well since we bought her from petsmart on the 23rd. Since female veiled chams can start laying infertile eggs as early as 4 months and she is that age. We noticed that she was a litle under weight/dehydrated. After 7 days of having her. You can greatly see a change. She is so spoiled.

Can anyone else notice a difference? or its just my eyes playing tricks

 

[Rango183]

wow awesome job i def see a difference

 

[p1u5h13r4m24]

ugh pet stores so unprofessional thank god for people like you!

 

[FranPhilip]

gorgeous little lady you have there

 

[carol5208]

I know alot of people are against "rescuing" chameleons from the pet stores(as they will just replace the stock with another) but I am all for it! She looks great and I am so glad she went to a good home!

 

[Mystic]

When we got her, we didn't know that she was under weight and dehydrated. Until I came across this site while my husband was setting Milly up in her habitat. We have learned so much from here it is amazing !!

 

[Zen Reptiles]

Though I commend you for saving her from Pet Smart.......don't be overzealous in your endeavor. Especially now that she IS in good hands.

She looked pretty healthy at Pet Smart, and now she looks a little plump considering it's only been 7 days.

There is always the argument between overfeeding & underfeeding; but really the best thing is the middle ground. Calorie restriction has long been proven to be beneficial to health and lifespan....when people overfeed themselves or their pets, that's when problems arise.

For chams, and this female veiled in particular, if you are feeding her too much she will produce too many eggs and eventually this will lead to a short lifespan which is very common in the hobby. Female veileds should be living 8 years but they commonly only live 50% of that.

Females of any species are designed to sacrifice everything for the survival of their offspring, if you are aware of this you can't manipulate it and slow it down. My female veiled died at just over 8 years old in a hole she was digging to lay her last clutch.

 

[Mystic]

thank you very much for the concern on her diet. The now picture is when she was about change to her leave me alone colors. She is a little thinner than the now. When she flares up she looks 2 to 3 times her size and puts her defense colors up. The reptile vet says she is 100% health and told me to get her lay bin ready for when she does start. She is little over 4 months.

 

[Zen Reptiles]

For a young female I would say no more than 8 appropriate sized crickets ( or equal volume to) per day.

When she is an adult, I and a lot of keepers I know and respect feed our females 5-6 per day, or 8-10 every two or three days.

Honestly the longest lived, healthiest, problem-free chameleons I have ever had are females that choose not to eat as much as the others.

She does look very healthy, but she is at the age where you can make the choices that will affect her entire life with quantity of food intake.

 

[Lathelia]

She does look better

 

[absolutbill]

What a difference 6 days has made - she's a beautiful little lady you have there. Best of luck with her!

 

[Angsty]

she looks fantastic!!

 

[deadhd5]

Wow, she is obviously much happier now!

I love seeing pics of a happy cham