New to the forum and new to chameleons

lildi

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Hello I'm Diane, for years I have wanted a chameleon and I now I finally have 2, along with 5 snakes.

After spending months and months reading until my eyes bled on the 2nd November I finally brought home my first chameleon, Ollie, he's a five month old blue bar panther and the sweetest little boy you could ever wish to be around, he's a bit of a picky eater so I have to keep a variety of offerings for him, he wont eat from a dish and is a bit of a lazy hunter, he prefers to be fed by hand or tweezers, he's a bit of a spoilt cham, he sits and waits in the same place every morning waiting for his morning drink of water, he's just such a pleasure to be around.

Ollie when he arrived at 12 weeks old.
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Ollie now at 5 months old.
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Ollie's home for another few months before he upgrades to a bigger repti.
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I had only intended to get one chameleon but in December I came across an add on preloved for a 6 month old Yemen chameleon, he was housed in an exo terra mini with no vines/plants to climb on just a few fake leaves in the bottom of the cage and an exo terra back wall feature, no basking lamp, only heat source was a tiny heat mat, no water dripper and no calcium/vitamin supliments used on his food, as the seller was only 9 miles from me I could't leave him so within the hour I had picked him up and on the 6th December Dillon joined my little reptile family, he eats like a horse (and poops like one too) he's a hissy stroppy bad tempered little boy but you have to love his attitude, he's kitten soft when he's out of his repti so I can only assume he's made it his and domain and he's defending it, can't knock him for that.

Dillon when he arrived very stressed and very cold.
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Dillon's previous home.
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Dillon now (in a good mood).
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Dillon's forever home.
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Welcome to the forums Diane! I love your two boys. Ollie and Dillion are both handsome little men. :) I'm going to love watching your boy grow up through pictures. I am so glad that you rescued Dillion and gave him a good and forever home. I keep veileds and they can become cage aggressive. I free range all mine and that really helps.
 
Thanks Jann, he doesn't like me going into his repti, he hisses and lunges at me with his mouth open and as soon as he see's the spray bottle, well, he really lets you know how inconvienent that is for him :), I put some fresh leaves in for him this evening, he hissed and lunged then decided whilst he was lunging he may as well take a mouth full of greens, he's such a character.
 
Welcome to the forums and what a great story.

Your boys are awesome looking. Love the enclosure with the small lattice. I need to find me some of that. I bought some big bamboo lattice but was unable to make it work for me.
 
im not a chameleon owner yet but not too long now.

i just wanted to say what a great thing you did rehoming dillion.it breaks my heart when animals dont receive the correct care.:(

his new home looks fantastic btw.

so glad he found you!!:D

look forward to hearing more about both your boys in the future.;:)
 
Great looking boys! I have a panther and veiled as well. I love their different personalities- yours look like they are in wonderful hands. :)
 
what kind of snakes do you have lidi??? seeing now i no longer work for the post office and my new job has better hours i can properly take care of chameleons and seriously thinking about getting started with some ball pythons as well
 
what kind of snakes do you have lidi??? seeing now i no longer work for the post office and my new job has better hours i can properly take care of chameleons and seriously thinking about getting started with some ball pythons as well

I have 2 corn snakes, a Honduran milk snake, a bull snake and a Brazilian rainbow boa.
 
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