DONT BUY CHAMS FROM PETCO!!

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pearlvision

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I bought my cham, Pearl, from Petco. He seemed fine but I knew that he would’ve died faster. Today, my mother went to mist him. He was on the floor DEAD. We kept him at the correct temperature and humidity 24/7. He wasn’t eating so we tried to force feed him. Nothing. He didn’t eat. He acted fine, though. I’m going to Petco to return his dead body and get a refund. WE ONLY HAD HIM FOR 2 WEEKS!! This problem was not just with the cham. I bought fish and they died in 1 week. It’s just sad that he didn’t get to live for 6-8 years, only 4 months.
 
pearlvision said:
I bought my cham, Pearl, from Petco. He seemed fine but I knew that he would’ve died faster. Today, my mother went to mist him. He was on the floor DEAD. We kept him at the correct temperature and humidity 24/7. He wasn’t eating so we tried to force feed him. Nothing. He didn’t eat. He acted fine, though. I’m going to Petco to return his dead body and get a refund. WE ONLY HAD HIM FOR 2 WEEKS!! This problem was not just with the cham. I bought fish and they died in 1 week. It’s just sad that he didn’t get to live for 6-8 years, only 4 months.
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Sooo sorry ! It’s always best to join Forums like this to get information we need to raise these beautiful creatures. These brick-and-mortar companies really don’t care about animals only profits. So if we stop buying...just maybe their stop selling. We can only hope :mad:
 
The same happens to me , me cham was from petco I don't now if I can blame the store but ..... they was sure about the care & the instructions that they gived to me...everything was right with him but 4 moths and half he became to get so so sick we take care of him all this time like always , he was on a treatment with a specialist exotic vet for 3 weeks , was only 5 months old , now my poor baby cham is dead too :( so sorry for your lost I know what you feel mine dies this Sunday :(
 
kaachamaleon said:
The same happens to me , me cham was from petco I don't now if I can blame the store but ..... they was sure about the care & the instructions that they gived to me...everything was right with him but 4 moths and half he became to get so so sick we take care of him all this time like always , he was on a treatment with a specialist exotic vet for 3 weeks , was only 5 months old , now my poor baby cham is dead too :( so sorry for your lost I know what you feel mine dies this Sunday :(
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I’m sorry for your loss too:(
 
thank you guys!! i understand, losing a cham is so hard :( i already bought everything so i’ll probably get another from a different place. Any good places that you bought from? i don’t mind if it’s online. Also, i went to petco today and they blamed ME for putting him at the wrong temperature!!! they told me today that he was supposed to be at 78°. First of all, he was at 78°. Second of all, they didn’t tell me this when i bought him! i had to search it up :mad:
 
pearlvision said:
thank you guys!! i understand, losing a cham is so hard :( i already bought everything so i’ll probably get another from a different place. Any good places that you bought from? i don’t mind if it’s online. Also, i went to petco today and they blamed ME for putting him at the wrong temperature!!! they told me today that he was supposed to be at 78°. First of all, he was at 78°. Second of all, they didn’t tell me this when i bought him! i had to search it up :mad:
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What are you looking for ? I assuming yours was a Vieled Cam from Petco? Personally I don’t know anyone. I have a Panther from Kammerflage located in Carona California. I live Ohio and they shipped mine overnight.i’m sure Someone will help you. their are sponsors on this website too. Do you have a picture of your cage setup? You can also check for local reptile shows in your area. Also a lot of breeders are members here, and should have what your looking for.
 
thanks monta! i will look into Kammerflage. i will take a picture in the morning since it’s almost 11 for me. if it helps, i have a net cage from reptibreeze. Also, yes i did get a veiled cham that was only a baby.
 
If you want another Jackson’s I’ll have some born in about 5 months or so but I like to keep them for at least 6 months...just a heads up
 
The same thing happened to me last night She was eating fine and just starting to shed eveything seemed to be okay until yesterday I came home and she was dead I only had her for almost 3 weeeks . I had some moss in there but I took out before she could get to it once I found out it was harmful but she never liked the bottem of her cage so she was never down there but anyway I'm sorry for your loss @pearlvision
 
I just bought these crickets three days ago and I gave the to my chameleon and she died and a day later all the crickets died ?? Tell me there's not somthing wrong with that ??? I'm thinking about going to the store I bought the crickets at and say somthing cause this was super Messed up
 

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pearlvision said:
I bought my cham, Pearl, from Petco. He seemed fine but I knew that he would’ve died faster. Today, my mother went to mist him. He was on the floor DEAD. We kept him at the correct temperature and humidity 24/7. He wasn’t eating so we tried to force feed him. Nothing. He didn’t eat. He acted fine, though. I’m going to Petco to return his dead body and get a refund. WE ONLY HAD HIM FOR 2 WEEKS!! This problem was not just with the cham. I bought fish and they died in 1 week. It’s just sad that he didn’t get to live for 6-8 years, only 4 months.
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Never buy from a pet store. They're clueless killers.

Try this site, instead:

http://www.backwaterreptiles.com/lizards/lizards-for-sale.html
 
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