Somebody please help me!!!

FFSTRescue said:
Just to give you some encouragement, my pain in the a** niece and nephew let out my male Rudis chameleon without asking and lost him and he has been gone for two weeks. I was walking through the yard literally an hour ago and found him about 100 feet away from where his cage was, walking on the ground, patrolling his new area for insects, intruders, etc. He looked great, and was very angry that he was found. I never thought I would see him again and I haven't slept since he went missing. Keep your hopes up. I live on 30 acres in a busy area, surrounded by another 150, so all the raccoons, coyotes, foxes, owls, opossums and every other predator are literally in my front yard nightly. I figured a Blue Jay would have eaten him if the others didn't. You have to realize that, though it does sometimes happen, our predators aren't used to looking for, and eating reptiles, let alone chameleons, here in the Northern part of the U.S (Minnesota, New Jersey, etc), so the chances of them being spotted and eaten are not as high as you would think. Raccoons probably think it is a lawn ornament.
So keep your hopes high!
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That's a great story...I wonder if it would be beneficial to put the cage (open) where it could be seen, maybe even accessed from the tree? Keep putting feeders in the cup...make it seem like the familiar safe place with food?

I know it's not good to extrapolate from mammals to reptiles, but if your hamster gets lost in your house, the first thing everyone says to do is put the cage on the floor with the door open and keep food and water in it.

Maybe "home" would look similarly welcoming to a chameleon?
 
I very much doubt a loose cham will climb DOWN to get into a cage even if it is familiar. Their instincts tell them higher is safer.
 
pssh said:
How long has it been? Try finding someone with a female veiled and putting her in a cage outside. That usually brings all the boys back home :)

edit: also, it's often easier to spot them at night with a flashlight. So if the lady trick doesn't work then climb the tree at night and bring a light.
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veileds are like perfect leaf colours at night. i dont think this would help too much. :(

DUDE, CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT! lol
 
FFSTRescue said:
Just to give you some encouragement, my pain in the a** niece and nephew let out my male Rudis chameleon without asking and lost him and he has been gone for two weeks. I was walking through the yard literally an hour ago and found him about 100 feet away from where his cage was, walking on the ground, patrolling his new area for insects, intruders, etc. He looked great, and was very angry that he was found. I never thought I would see him again and I haven't slept since he went missing. Keep your hopes up. I live on 30 acres in a busy area, surrounded by another 150, so all the raccoons, coyotes, foxes, owls, opossums and every other predator are literally in my front yard nightly. I figured a Blue Jay would have eaten him if the others didn't. You have to realize that, though it does sometimes happen, our predators aren't used to looking for, and eating reptiles, let alone chameleons, here in the Northern part of the U.S (Minnesota, New Jersey, etc), so the chances of them being spotted and eaten are not as high as you would think. Raccoons probably think it is a lawn ornament.
So keep your hopes high!
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thanks brah, means alot
 
chamlover said:
How far are you from Hamburg Pa? There is a reptile show there this weekend and maybe you could pick up a female. I just gave my female to a friend of mine or i would offer you the use of her. We are going through NJ to go to the pa show. Are you close to rt 95 at all? I can ask my friend if you can borrow her but you'd have to drop her off in Stamford ct, when you're done. Pm me if you're interested and i'll contact him. Good luck. I've lost a greek tortoise before and my husband found him a week later under some leaves. So you never know, don't give up hope.
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hahaha! LOVE THAT SHOW!!! been getting chams there for years, he actually came from there, got him 2 years ago
 
I dont know about yours, but mine glows at night and he sleeps in the open. It's easy to spot him. As already said by others as well, it's often easier to spot them at night.
 
canzoman said:
Well it got down to low 60 last night and rained hard today in NJ.

Any news??!!

Sorry but I just have baby Panther's.
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yea i know thats what i'm worried about, is the weather mostly, but the cooler temperatures only slow muscle function, and since their toung is more like a bow and arrow mechanism and isnt in fact a muscle, his feeding shouldnt be impared, given there's sufficient food source in the tree
 
pssh said:
I dont know about yours, but mine glows at night and he sleeps in the open. It's easy to spot him. As already said by others as well, it's often easier to spot them at night.
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yea i'm trying to find a LED light, i have a feeling that would be more efficient . . . damn its almost already been a week! he could be in any one of several trees by now! ughhhhh
 
Elizadolots said:
If it were me, I'd figure out a way to have that very same little dish-like saucer some place visible, maybe you could attach it to one of the lower branches?
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yea i figured since chams sense vibrations of sound, i put a little cage of mature crickets to attract him, then i have the saucer with mealworms on a neighboring branch to the cage and my hope is that he'll find his way to that saucer where i can plainly see him and hopefully catch him
 
Since you dont have a female maybe you could find a picture of one and have it blown up to an appropriate size. Then tape it to the side of a cage at the base of the tree you think he's in. He might be tempted to come down to strut his stuff for her.
 
I haven't read all of the posts, this thread got quite long from when I last posted :eek: Has anyone suggested a mirror? I apologize if someone did and I'm saying it again, I promise I'm not trying to take your idea ;) I was just thinking that the initial reflection of light might catch his attention and if he got close enough he may want to fight with it if he has already established his territory up there and then you can keep checking the vicinity of the mirror. Some predators are attracted to shiny objects initially because they think it is prey (insects), or in the case of sharks going for swimmers with jewelery because they think it is a fish.
 
FFSTRescue said:
I haven't read all of the posts, this thread got quite long from when I last posted :eek: Has anyone suggested a mirror? I apologize if someone did and I'm saying it again, I promise I'm not trying to take your idea ;) I was just thinking that the initial reflection of light might catch his attention and if he got close enough he may want to fight with it if he has already established his territory up there and then you can keep checking the vicinity of the mirror. Some predators are attracted to shiny objects initially because they think it is prey (insects), or in the case of sharks going for swimmers with jewelery because they think it is a fish.
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today is now officially a week since his dissappearance and i was tresspassing EVERYBODY'S yards to try and find out just how many trees were connected to this one and established HE CAN BE ANYWHERE!!! the trees link down to 2houses down, which is over 7 trees and THEN the property the willow tree is in, there are smaller trees linking to the front of his house on BOTH SIDES so basically i have ALOT of ground to cover in a limited window . . .

today i spent the day watering down the willow and the tree next to the willow to try and attract him in one of those two, then i'm trying to water down the willow and keep him there (hopefully) however the last tree in the line is the TALLEST and i really hope he didn't see that and start heading down that way . . . this is BAD i mean if i KNEW what tree he was in it would be easy, but now i fear this is a game of hope, pray, and a lotta luck . . .

oh and just fixed the powerwasher today :) hopefully i can reach the top of the trees with this one, i'll try to get him with the spray and not knock him out with the jet :(
 
Still no sign, please keep your fingers crossed for me . . . i'll keep you guys posted if he turns up, way i see it is he's got all summer, and i wont stop looking
 
Yea i was cleaning his cage and he was hanging out in a 5ft hibiscus tree when he made his escape up a vine draping down my 10ft back wall, up a broken branch leading into the vines, and up into a giant willow on my neighbors property (their property is elevated 10ft higher than my house) and then of course to make matters worse, there are around 6-7 trees neighboring that tree that he could easily climb into, PLUS two rows of trees on either side of their house that he could menuever through . . . basically my Veiled Chameleon, Berry, may never be found . . .


. . . I just hope he turns up sometime soon, i've tried nearly everything and all this happened last saturday, so he's had 9 days of travel . . .:(
 
I'm so sorry this happened to you! I'm sure we will both find and return our chams to their homes soon.
 
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