I'm back...sorta!

[Carlton]

Hi all, it's been a few years, but I decided to come back and pester you folks and check to see what's new. Hopefully more strides have been made in current husbandry so I've got new things to learn, but most of the basics I do know should still be good. I don't share my house with any chameleons currently, partly because I don't have access to any vet care and almost no access to feeders or supplies closer than a 2 hour car ride....and even at that distance the selection would be pretty dismal. That doesn't mean my time is completely my own, however. The current freeloaders include a pair of geriatric aviary birds and a truly ancient python.

Any of you old timers miss me?

 

[jannb]

I missed you and so glad to see you back!

 

[MissSkittles]

Hi and welcome back. I’ve been here for six years, so not really much of an old timer, lol, and not sure if you were her when I started. Regardless though, it’s wonderful that you’ve rejoined the forum.

 

[Carlton]

Hi and welcome back. I’ve been here for six years, so not really much of an old timer, lol, and not sure if you were her when I started. Regardless though, it’s wonderful that you’ve rejoined the forum.

Thank you both! I'll probably lurk much of the time and stick my neck out just enough to comment on the classic, long standing troubles. I see they're around too, which is kind of discouraging. A lot of terrible or incomplete husbandry information is still floating around out there and some new keepers still end up unprepared.

Wasn't it the French writer Alphonse Karr who wrote the old saying "The more things change, the more they remain the same."?

Still, the good stuff like this forum is out there if people take the time to look before leaping. But that reminds me of another old saying... it has to do with horses and water.

 

[Decadancin]

Hey Allison, welcome back! I might be an “old timer” now, so yeah, I’m still around. I don’t get to post as much as I want, but I’m always watching… (cue the monster’s inc. meme…)

 

[Eileen]

Thank you both! I'll probably lurk much of the time and stick my neck out just enough to comment on the classic, long standing troubles. I see they're around too, which is kind of discouraging. A lot of terrible or incomplete husbandry information is still floating around out there and some new keepers still end up unprepared.

Wasn't it the French writer Alphonse Karr who wrote the old saying "The more things change, the more they remain the same."?

Still, the good stuff like this forum is out there if people take the time to look before leaping. But that reminds me of another old saying... it has to do with horses and water.

Hi.. well I'm a really newtimer.. and one of those that made all the wrong mistakes to begin with! But I didn't even know this place existed until I had a lot of my stuff and started having questions about things I never thought to research before! Then when I would google something, threads from this forum would show up.. thats the only way I found it.
A python would be so cool.

 

[jamest0o0]

 

[Carlton]

A python would be so cool.

TBH, while my python (an ancient ball python rescue) is very simple to care for compared to a chameleon, that easy care also translates to a bit boring to care for. Like a cham, he's no social butterfly. He's very docile but doesn't really enjoy being handled or messed with. And he prefers hiding his beauty in one of his hides the majority of the time. Ball pythons are burrow hunters so that's natural for them. They aren't very active, so they don't demand much living space. As long as he has warmth, water, shelter, and the right size and scented food every week or so that's about what he expects out of life. You have to be involved with a chameleon a lot more day in, day out. Little walking mood rings or drama queens IMHO.

 

[Eileen]

You have to be involved with a chameleon a lot more day in, day out. Little walking mood rings or drama queens

I like that analogy of chameleons.

 

[Chase]

Hey there! I mostly lurk nowadays, but glad to see you back!

 

[kinyonga]

Good to hear you’ve decided to come back…welcome back! Hope you’ll post often enough that we know you’re still here…and that share your knowledge with those you can help?! You were missed!!

 

[nightanole]

Ive been larping for years, come on in, the water is fine.