WinstonChrchll
New Member
Well, I'm going to start of by saying that I'm a good person, and thats what primarily fueled this purchase. Here we go: I went to my local pet shop to pick up my veiled chameleon. He had just finished selling his last one a day before, and told me more he would have a few more (that he apparently raised himself) for sale in a few days. I put down a deposit and was going to leave. This is when the young man stopped me and and said that, if I wanted, he had just received a shipment of chameleons, and that they are only a tad more delicate than veileds. This struck me as odd and I agreed to take a look as to what he had. He then proceeded to open up a poorly packaged box and within that box another dozen or so cardboard boxes were littered carelessly. He opened one of them and pulled out a juvenile Mellers Chameleon. I was stunned.
He careless grabbed it and gripped it by the back and the animal was writing in terror. He had about a dozen or so more and was planning on selling them in store. This is when I took the time to ask him how would he keep them. This then led to a discussion on how they all were going to be kept in the same 2x2x4 for a few weeks and if not sold then put on the classifieds.
This outraged me and I was struck by a strong pity for the poor animals.
I left that store with a Mellers Chamleleon in hopes of making his life a little bit better.
Now, this was probably not the best desicion on my part, being an amatuer cham keeper, but it is a challenge I am very willing to take. Currently His cage is only a 2x2x4 but Within the next week I will have a full 2deepx6widex4tall for him. His humidity levels are peking at 80% and with lows in the 40s alternating (as suggested at melleri discovery) and his basking temp is close to 85 degrees with ambient in the 70s. Hes a tad dehydrated and underweight, this possibly from the shipping process and I plan on taking him to the vet this week as well for checkup and for medicine for parasites he may be carying.
Attached is the picture of my rescue. Hopefully I dont get burned to hard by you guys for this.
Oh and yes I know hes a bit stressed in the picture, as he doesn't seem to like me very much
He careless grabbed it and gripped it by the back and the animal was writing in terror. He had about a dozen or so more and was planning on selling them in store. This is when I took the time to ask him how would he keep them. This then led to a discussion on how they all were going to be kept in the same 2x2x4 for a few weeks and if not sold then put on the classifieds.
This outraged me and I was struck by a strong pity for the poor animals.
I left that store with a Mellers Chamleleon in hopes of making his life a little bit better.
Now, this was probably not the best desicion on my part, being an amatuer cham keeper, but it is a challenge I am very willing to take. Currently His cage is only a 2x2x4 but Within the next week I will have a full 2deepx6widex4tall for him. His humidity levels are peking at 80% and with lows in the 40s alternating (as suggested at melleri discovery) and his basking temp is close to 85 degrees with ambient in the 70s. Hes a tad dehydrated and underweight, this possibly from the shipping process and I plan on taking him to the vet this week as well for checkup and for medicine for parasites he may be carying.
Attached is the picture of my rescue. Hopefully I dont get burned to hard by you guys for this.
Oh and yes I know hes a bit stressed in the picture, as he doesn't seem to like me very much
