It is so crazy to believe that Beman is now 6 years old. I brought him home from Petco the end of October 2018. He was roughly 4 months old and the the biggest impulse buy ever. After a crash course in all things Veiled Chameleons and many nights stressing I would kill him, here we now are. I have spent more money then I care to admit on his enclosure set up.
He is showing his age. A bit of arthritis in his front right leg with intermittent swelling. It does not seem to slow him down much which is good considering his aging is extremely stressful to me. Not knowing how much time I have left with him. I think that is the hard thing about keeping chameleons they just do not live long enough lives. I have structured the cage to be more old man friendly adding in more branches. He chooses when he wants to interact with me. Sometimes he acts like his youthful friendly self and then sometimes he is the old man yelling "Get OFF my grass!" but I love his many personalities.
Here are some of my favorite pics over the years.
He is showing his age. A bit of arthritis in his front right leg with intermittent swelling. It does not seem to slow him down much which is good considering his aging is extremely stressful to me. Not knowing how much time I have left with him. I think that is the hard thing about keeping chameleons they just do not live long enough lives. I have structured the cage to be more old man friendly adding in more branches. He chooses when he wants to interact with me. Sometimes he acts like his youthful friendly self and then sometimes he is the old man yelling "Get OFF my grass!" but I love his many personalities.
Here are some of my favorite pics over the years.