trickedoutbiker
Avid Member
I don't think ANYONE does things wrong intentionally for malicious intent.... at least I'd hope not. I just think that proper research before owning ANY pet is essential, not just chameleons. Too many times, I see or hear about people who purchase animals and have no clue what they are getting into. You see it with reptiles a lot because they are a lot different to care for as opposed to cats and dogs, or rabbits and gerbils and such. I've seen so many posts in all of my time spent here with help topics that could be answered simply by consulting the tried-and-true "RESOURCES" tab at the top of this very site or even performing a quick Google search. Granted, some help questions are tougher topics to discuss and sometimes the opinions vary from person to person depending on the topic ----- I'm talking like good/bad basic cage setups and prime temperature/humidity levels and such, or good/bad gutload options, etc. ........ I've seen stories where chameleons perish because owners had no idea what was going on or what they did wrong..... It's saddening every time. I wasn't trying to be rough, it was constructive criticism. When I got my first chameleon, I did hours upon hours of reading up on things beforehand. I was researching almost daily when I'd get off work, for about two weeks straight or more. I wanted to try to learn everything there is to know, and I took notes on everything from husbandry to health issues to feeders to plants.....everything. When you purchase a pet, that pet's life is literally in your hands. It's health, happiness, and entire life depend on the owner. And sadly, most of the time, people purchase a pet on impulse from a pet store and know only what the pet store owner tells them (which generally amounts to jack...) This site has a lot of great info, and a huge, helpful community. You won't find that at any pet store...
One thing that I do wish moderators would do though, is to get rid of all the super super old threads if there are many others like it, or, group together a lot of the valuable info from some of the old threads and compose it into a newer sticky'ed thread. I noticed when doing research here myself in the past, I'd find lots of info in bits and pieces from various threads. That made some of it a bit hard to discover, as you had to dig a little deep for some harder-to-find information.
Nonetheless, good luck on your journey DevaneySM and keep everyone posted on the upgrades you make.
