Preparing for my first chameleon, tips appreciated
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dshuld
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What a cutie! V says friends are allowed on his page
I love the chameleon mouths, I'm not sure what it is about them. I tell V all the time i love his mouth and chin.
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Dat chin!!
Thanks, it was love at first sight for us both very much lol. He's still dipping his toes in the water towards us but coming around rather quickly I think. Yes the veilds do tend to have that grumpy look on them
. Though I will say, our journey started out due to that little male veiled we saw originally, I'm beyond stoked we found blue and were able to give him his forever home. There will be others I have no doubt of but, this little man "spoke" to us the most of the few we looked at in our beginning stages of any of the species or locales. I still want a verrucosus, soon hopefully, a Jackson at some point and of course a female nosy be for blue. @Krissy83 desperately wants a purple cham some where along the line too but I think after a chat with Matt we be waiting for a while on that one lol.
Krissy83
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That's impressive! I'm hoping blue and my cat Morris become the best of friend's. This may be wishful thinking on my part though but you never know he's more mellow then the other one. Definitely would trust Morris with blue then the other's though. Funny how he was supposed to be @dshuld baby now he's completely a mama's boy. Snuggles right up by my side hard to fall asleep without him there.
kyle0417
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I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure that as long as the temperature in your house is above 60 degrees, you'll be fine.
muellerb24
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Any tips for having a Jackson's Chameleon?
Traildrifterphalanx
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From my understanding they can get quite low, like down to the 40s, but average household night temp should be more than fine. My house is set at 68
Traildrifterphalanx
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I mean this in the best way possible, but you may get more responses by starting your own thread
I personally don't know anything about raising Jacksons
CJ's Exotics
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40's might be too cold, I am no expert in veiled's, but upper 60's should be about right. @jannb is great with veiled's.
Traildrifterphalanx
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Oh by no means would I ever recommend them getting down into the 40's, I just recall reading somewhere that they are ok if they get that low. I believe it was in reference to taking them to the vet in cold weather.
I already feel badly letting them get chilly at 68. The dragons feel like ice packs!
Traildrifterphalanx
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Just another sleepy V pic
Kristen Wilkins
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Look at his greens wooohooo
Traildrifterphalanx
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I don't want to get too excited, but I think he ate two crickets today. I added three crickets to his dish with four supers and two of each were gone by the time I got home
Kristen Wilkins
Chameleon Enthusiast
Woohoo I know the feeling . Will he completely hold out if you only put cricket in ? Septiseye is such a bratt he will hold out . He now is eating them but not as many as I would like .
Traildrifterphalanx
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Yup, he holds out. Back when he first started declining crickets, he'd go down to the dish, grab a worm, and walk off with it, ignoring the crickets
Kristen Wilkins
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yup septiseye was to . Fresh little boys !!.
Traildrifterphalanx
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Hard to get it camera, but he's got little teal spots. The camera drowns out the color
Kristen Wilkins
Chameleon Enthusiast
I can definitely see teal in the last pic . Have you see@Jannb Amos . I Wonder if V will be similar as an adult . You have not see Amos look under General photos . He is so Handsome he has the black and teal .
Traildrifterphalanx
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Amos is STRIKING! What a beautiful veiled!
Kristen Wilkins
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He’s the daddy of @jannb eggs . I can’t wait for them to hatch . I believe next month .
