Preparing for my first chameleon, tips appreciated

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Woohoo NICE V is going to LOVE the new tree !!.

I've got is soaking, or attempting to soak, in a hot, dish soap bath.

I'd like to introduce it to him later today, but if it's still gross it probably won't be until tomorrow

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

I've got is soaking, or attempting to soak, in a hot, dish soap bath.

I'd like to introduce it to him later today, but if it's still gross it probably won't be until tomorrow

Try some vinegar and lemon mixed together .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Try some vinegar and lemon mixed together .

Good idea. I thought of the vinegar, but not the lemon. After I rinse the soap out I'll try the vinegar and lemon

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Good idea. I thought of the vinegar, but not the lemon. After I rinse the soap out I'll try the vinegar and lemon

Let me know if it works .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Tree is airing out outside, so no new play tree tonight.
Just hand tree tonight

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Tree is airing out outside, so no new play tree tonight.
Just hand tree tonight
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V had some fantastic colors coming in . He looks AWESOME !!.

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

V had some fantastic colors coming in . He looks AWESOME !!.

He says it's all thanks to superworms don't believe him

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

He says it's all thanks to superworms don't believe him

Hehe little Bratt . Tell V Frances says he needs to eat other things .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Hehe little Bratt . Tell V Frances says he needs to eat other things .

He's an angsty little boy

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

He's an angsty little boy

Oh V we understand you, your not alone lol . Now eat you crickets .

 

[VJPeli73]

I dont think substrate is necessary unless it is just like a fake grass blanket that water soaks through, with rocks under it with a pot under the rocks. This would make the enclosure more humid, having the wet rocks. If there is substrate in the cage then that would just give a place for crickets, and super worms and other insects to hide. If the ecoearth blanket would just be for a drainage system, i understand, but those are my thoughts on substrate.

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

I dont think substrate is necessary unless it is just like a fake grass blanket that water soaks through, with rocks under it with a pot under the rocks. This would make the enclosure more humid, having the wet rocks. If there is substrate in the cage then that would just give a place for crickets, and super worms and other insects to hide. If the ecoearth blanket would just be for a drainage system, i understand, but those are my thoughts on substrate.

If one is going to go with substrate a bio substrate is the way to go . @Traildrifterphalanx has a established condo for V . This thread is older and very lengthly .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

V got his gift tonight!


And here's him looking guilty this morning

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

I dont think substrate is necessary unless it is just like a fake grass blanket that water soaks through, with rocks under it with a pot under the rocks. This would make the enclosure more humid, having the wet rocks. If there is substrate in the cage then that would just give a place for crickets, and super worms and other insects to hide. If the ecoearth blanket would just be for a drainage system, i understand, but those are my thoughts on substrate.

Thanks for the input!
As mentioned, this topic is a little misleading. I should perhaps now change the title, but I think the title may help others looking to prepare as well and see what one could experience.

This has become essentially a memorial thread, and the journey of what lead me to Vedool (V)

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

V got his gift tonight!
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And here's him looking guilty this morning
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Omg I absolutely love love that pic of V !!.

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Omg I absolutely love love that pic of V !!.

It's the look I'd expect of catching him feeding his crickets to the dog to get out of eating them

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

It's the look I'd expect of catching him feeding his crickets to the dog to get out of eating them

Hehe Dad don’t look under the table .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Hehe Dad don’t look under the table .

He fell asleep in his tree. Plucked him out for snuggles.
He says night guys!

 

[dshuld]

Thanks for the input!
As mentioned, this topic is a little misleading. I should perhaps now change the title, but I think the title may help others looking to prepare as well and see what one could experience.

This has become essentially a memorial thread, and the journey of what lead me to Vedool (V)

The title is what made me read through all the pages when I was starting to seriously consider starting my own chameleon journey. So yes, please don't change the title even though it has morphed into far beyond what the original thread was created under.

Now, thanks to your thread and tons of help from @Matt Vanilla Gorilla, @Katacara and of course, @Kristen Wilkins, my wife and I now have blue lightning. We've been enjoying getting to know him since last Thursday after I finally got his enclosure done enough to bring him home. I still have a few odd projects on it I want to do yet though lol.

 

[Katacara]

@dshuld & @Krissy83 Glad I could help

@Traildrifterphalanx & V: Peepers says he wants one of those trees NOW! He is SO jealous!!