jpowell86
Chameleon Enthusiast
So, I was at a local reptile store to pick up feeders for my Gherrosaurus major when I saw this little guy. The owner said that he had been in rough shape but had made a complete turn around....yada yada yada. He had him in a screen enclosure facing the middle of the shop. I kindly explained that Melleri don't appreciate a lot of foot traffic and that he would clearly benefit from being separated from the shop's tenants and customers. Owner says, "well how would I sell him if no one can see him"...I reply.."Melleri are too specialized of a species to be selling to the general public anyways" Owner says, "I don't agree with that, they are quite an easy species to keep" I reply, "Clearly you have never kept this species long term" Owner says, "He was my personal pet, but he just wasn't a very social chameleon so we were going to try another" I replied "I think that something other than a chameleon would suit you better(while choice words were going through my head) and regardless...problem solved, he's going home with me." So I would like to introduce the newest member of my Melleri clan. I have yet to pick out a name for him/her. He is fairly small weighing in at only 153 grams. I'm going to let him settle in for a couple of weeks and then I'll post some more photos. I always use local small business fronts for my reptiles needs, because they tend to be more passionate and knowledgeable than a Petco for example, but today worried me to say the least. Still so surprising to see that information given about these great creatures is still so inadequate.
