Old to reptiles.... new to chameleons

zlatybazant · Oct 26, 2008

Hi everyone,

I'm sure a ton of new folks pass in and out often, but I thought I would take the time to introduce myself.

I live in Nova Scotia, Canada with my fiancee and our "zoo". We have 9 snakes (milk, corn, ball, and W hognose), 4 geckos (all leos), 2 green tree frogs, 2 fire-bellied toads, and an American bullfrog. That's the scales section. On the mammal side we have a cat, rabbit, 2 horses, and 2 goats.

We are both animal science graduates so our animals are a large part of our lives.

Yesterday we were at a local reptile expo and there was a vendor with chameleons for sale. For as long as I can remember I've wanted a chameleon; when he let me handle one little guy (a flap neck) I was sold!

Knowing quite a bit about other reptiles we felt we were ready for a new experience.... and I'm not too fussy over the snakes so it was time for a ME pet.

I've been researching every spare minute I've got since, and this forum has been quite helpful thus far. I hadn't realized he would be eating so many crickets, but it'll just mean a couple more trips to the pet store for them. Other than that he's settled in nicely.

ChromaChameleons · Oct 26, 2008

I would be very interested to know which vendor had flaps. Did they have any other species, specifically montanes?

zlatybazant · Oct 26, 2008

ChromaChameleons said:
I would be very interested to know which vendor had flaps. Did they have any other species, specifically montanes?

I'm still learning the lingo so I'm not sure what montane pertains to... but he had Mellers (?), two-horned (?) chameleons, and Fishers (?) dwarf chameleons.

The dealer was Northeast Exotics (not the UK dealer). We have dealt with him for our milksnakes and had no problems, so we were confident when we bought it. He told us they were imported and captive bred.

Here he is!

He doesn't like my better half