Denver Zoo Day

[CamoChameleonsHuman]

Got to see my very first Mellers!

 

[CamoChameleonsHuman]

Unrelated note apparently this is how you keep a Gargoyle Gecko?! Cheefed out in fog!? And yes, there was a live gecko in there. I could barely make him out on a branch.

 

[kinyonga]

To I wonder how long they've had the gecko set up like that?
Did they say if the Mellers was male or female?

 

[CamoChameleonsHuman]

To I wonder how long they've had the gecko set up like that?
Did they say if the Mellers was male or female?

I honestly thought it was a fogger malfunction. And no idea about the sex.

 

[The Wild One]

Anyone else notice that they cut its nails

 

[salty dog]

Had to look up mellers cham. What a beautiful species!! Very cool zoo experience!!

 

[Graves923]

We visited Denver Zoo while my wife and I were in the area and got to see this guy as well. Cool zoo. Bigger than I expected.

 

[AnamCara]

I honestly thought it was a fogger malfunction. And no idea about the sex.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/mellers-male-or-female.128489/post-1123205

 

[kinyonga]

@AnamCara that's why I asked if they said the sex of it. There was a person on here Kristina Francis of Melleri Discovery who could sex them...but it isn't easy.
Here's a quote from her site but I'm not sure the link will work anymore...
http://www.melleridiscovery.com/index.html
"A new and harmless sexing method is the "profile of the cloaca-tail underline". This method is still being tested, we do not yet know if it is universal. Females tend to have a lip on the back (posterior) edge of the cloaca. Females also may have prominent hips, no matter how ideal their condition and weight. Males have either no edge protruding (juvenile or off season) or have an enlarged front lip to the cloaca and enlarged hemipenal bulges (breeding season)"

A vet friend of mine posted this...
https://www.adcham.com/html/veterinary/vet-endoscopic-kramer.html

 

[GoodKarma19]

I want to say that Petr Necas recently posted a video guide on sexing Meller's. I'd have to go look for it, though (sneaking a forum break between classes, )!

 

[JoXie411]

Maybe the chameleon don’t want to be labeled y’all ever think about that

 

[AnamCara]

Maybe the chameleon don’t want to be labeled y’all ever think about that

We had a chameleon posting yesterday he was very upset on our labeling of chameleons

 

[JoXie411]

We had a chameleon posting yesterday he was very upset on our labeling of chameleons

What lol why did no one tag me to this

 

[The Wild One]

Maybe the chameleon don’t want to be labeled y’all ever think about that

Deep...

 

[AnamCara]

What lol why did no one tag me to this

It was swiftly handled by our overlords

 

[JoXie411]

It was swiftly handled by our overlords

Awww screen shots next time friend

 

[MissSkittles]

It was swiftly handled by our overlords

I wondered how intense it got as it was all gone when I woke up.

 

[AnamCara]

I wondered how intense it got as it was all gone when I woke up.

It wasnt at all, just dumb

 

[JacksJill]

The nails were one of the first things I saw. I hope that was just wear and tear and not that they were cut.

 

[PlowShredder]

Just stunning creatures!