SmithSe
Established Member
Hi all! I used to peruse and post on these forums long ago when I was but a wee lass. Over the past decade I’ve been preoccupied with school and work, but my love for chameleons has never wavered. Funny how they possess the ability to draw you back in after not owning them for some time, isn’t it? Through the years I’ve worked primarily with panthers and a handful of montane species, but it’s always been my dream to own a parson’s (isn’t that everybody’s?!), and that dream has finally come to fruition! I'm entering the writing stages of my graduate thesis and will be home a lot more, so I thought this would be a good time to jump back in.
Last week I received a juvenile male orange eye parson’s from @Garrett. If I’m being honest here, shipping was an absolute disaster, and at no fault of Garrett. The parson’s missed his ride at the Memphis hub and was stuck there for over 12 hours. Although I contacted three FedEx employees and they assured me they would contact me with updates, not a single one called. Garrett and I asked them THREE times to hold the package at my local FedEx location so I could pick it up at 8:30 the following morning, and when I was 2 mins away from the location I saw they updated my package to “on truck – out for delivery”. I just about went nuclear on them. Luckily he arrived just a few hours later in tip-top condition, and drank until his little heart was content. Garrett was so incredibly wonderful throughout this entire process, especially during the shipping delays! Anyways, the little parson’s arrived in good condition, and that’s what really matters here.
I’ve decided to name him Boris, because he reminds me of a little old Russian man, haha. He is the brother to Thor recently posted by @NorCalAnthony. Super excited to be able to watch the two of them grow up on the forums! As he’s still small, I’ve got him set up in a 2’x2’x4’ ReptiBreeze screen enclosure furnished with a couple Schefflera arboricola. He’s got a 6% Arcadia UV bulb, 13 watt ReptiSun 5.0 CFL, and a 75 watt basking light. His mist king is set to a 20 minute morning misting (say that 5 times fast), followed by 1 minute mistings, and ending with a 5 minute misting. I’ve also got plastic sheeting wrapped around two sides of his enclosure to help with humidity retention. He has a similar setup outside as well, and this weekend I’m going to assemble his outdoor automated misting system.
Last week I received a juvenile male orange eye parson’s from @Garrett. If I’m being honest here, shipping was an absolute disaster, and at no fault of Garrett. The parson’s missed his ride at the Memphis hub and was stuck there for over 12 hours. Although I contacted three FedEx employees and they assured me they would contact me with updates, not a single one called. Garrett and I asked them THREE times to hold the package at my local FedEx location so I could pick it up at 8:30 the following morning, and when I was 2 mins away from the location I saw they updated my package to “on truck – out for delivery”. I just about went nuclear on them. Luckily he arrived just a few hours later in tip-top condition, and drank until his little heart was content. Garrett was so incredibly wonderful throughout this entire process, especially during the shipping delays! Anyways, the little parson’s arrived in good condition, and that’s what really matters here.
I’ve decided to name him Boris, because he reminds me of a little old Russian man, haha. He is the brother to Thor recently posted by @NorCalAnthony. Super excited to be able to watch the two of them grow up on the forums! As he’s still small, I’ve got him set up in a 2’x2’x4’ ReptiBreeze screen enclosure furnished with a couple Schefflera arboricola. He’s got a 6% Arcadia UV bulb, 13 watt ReptiSun 5.0 CFL, and a 75 watt basking light. His mist king is set to a 20 minute morning misting (say that 5 times fast), followed by 1 minute mistings, and ending with a 5 minute misting. I’ve also got plastic sheeting wrapped around two sides of his enclosure to help with humidity retention. He has a similar setup outside as well, and this weekend I’m going to assemble his outdoor automated misting system.
