Preparing for my first chameleon, tips appreciated

[hopps31]

@Traildrifterphalanx V looks great!! Happy 2 months!! Peepers has also decided that he only likes superworms, and so has Commander Komodo! I think they are bad influences on each other! LOL I think I will ground them to separate rooms LOL And they both know "the look" to give me to make me give in, it's so crazy how they run our lives, but I wouldn't have it any other way!

@hopps31 Glad to hear you are still avoiding crickets! I have lost the battle, and the war and started breeding them lol. I moved the bin into the other room though so now instead of having a whole bin of chirping crickets I only have the escapees driving me crazy!! They NEVER stop! But I just got 5 eggs so I want to make sure that I will have a good supply of pin-heads & extra small's available for when they hatch. I figure that I can always sell the overflow.

Yes, still going strong on no crickets, actually it has been a little over two weeks and Bleu our panther has decided to give in and eat them, finally!! I did feel bad him not eating for a little while but I held strong, now I have to do that with our veiled he unfortunately has become a superworm addict! That is funny you are breeding them now, but I totally understand little mouths need lots of food, and it is hard to find really tiny feeders. Crickets do work great for that, they start out so small, and I hated fruit flies, itty bitty crickets were much easier to deal with for me!

Traildrifter, I'm joining the veiled club. A member on here can no longer care for one so I'm gonna take him. Even though they are so common, I have always really liked the look of them. I should be driving down to Kenosha in 2-3 weeks to get him. I'm looking forward to experiencing that veiled chameleon sass first hand!

Welcome to the veiled club Even though they are so common they have so much personality, more than my panther, I love them equally but honestly my veiled has that extra pull on my heart strings

 

[Scottsquatch]

Is he ok with being handled? If so, that's pretty cool. I also like how vivid and clean he looks.

 

[hopps31]

Is he ok with being handled? If so, that's pretty cool. I also like how vivid and clean he looks.

I am not sure if you are talking to me or not but I am going to answer My guy is the sweetest, I can not open the doors all the way before he is up my arm and to the top of my head, he does not have a mean bone in his body, he has never flared or hissed, we love him to pieces, life would be so boring without him

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

He's just so precious

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

He's just so preciousView attachment 192167

Hi V looking mighty handsome tonight !!.

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Hi V looking mighty handsome tonight !!.

He says thanks
I was showing him pictures of adult veileds and asking him what color he wanted to be as he was falling asleep

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

He says thanks
I was showing him pictures of adult veileds and asking him what color he wanted to be as he was falling asleep

Hehe what did he tell you lol . V colors are really coming in .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Hehe what did he tell you lol . V colors are really coming in .

He ignored me and went to sleep, but I'll assume he wants to be teal.
He's got some yellows coming in

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

He ignored me and went to sleep, but I'll assume he wants to be teal.
He's got some yellows coming inView attachment 192168

He sure do’s . He’s getting monstrous . I can’t wait to see what his weigh is Friday .

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

He sure do’s . He’s getting monstrous . I can’t wait to see what his weigh is Friday .

He's boycotting crickets, so he's getting some tough love. He's eating his plants instead of the loose crickets and giving me side glares, waiting for super worms

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Really hard to capture his colors with this stupid flash, but I assure you, he's beautiful lol

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

He's boycotting crickets, so he's getting some tough love. He's eating his plants instead of the loose crickets and giving me side glares, waiting for super worms

Yup that’s septiseye right now . He won’t eat his crickets , he waits it out for worms . So he can’t have worms till he starts eating his crickets agin .

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Really hard to capture his colors with this stupid flash, but I assure you, he's beautiful lolView attachment 192169

Oh I know he is !!. I see some turquoise .

 

[Katacara]

If I didn't know better I would think V & Peeps where clutch-mates

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

 

[Katacara]

I am looking forward to continuing to compare pictures because they look so much alike right now, and are so close in age! It will be nice to watch them grow-up "together"!

 

[Scottsquatch]

I can't wait to get my guy and get him all cleaned up and healthy to see what a handsome boy he will become... I just think veiled are so darn cool.

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Only up 2g this week due to The Great Cricket Boycott of October. He's been refusing to eat his crickets and has been eating his plants instead..

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Only up 2g this week due to The Great Cricket Boycott of October. He's been refusing to eat his crickets and has been eating his plants instead..

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Hi Handsome V . V looks so big !!.

 

[Traildrifterphalanx]

Hi Handsome V . V looks so big !!.

He put on his pjs. Vjs