Starting a Pardalis Breeding Project - The Chameleon Collective

[The Chameleon Collective]

Hello!

My name is Tyler France and I am the founder of The Chameleon Collective. Here at TCC we strive to produce the highest quality ambilobe chameleons through ethical keeping and breeding practices. The chameleons that are a part of TCC are purchased through Jon Hill at iPardalis. Please follow along on my journey as I create a business and breeding project from the ground up. I plan on being fully transparent throughout the process so the people following can learn from me and hopefully one day purchase a TCC bred chameleon. Please feel free to add any questions or tips you may have to the thread. I look forward to our next post!

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

First order of business was ordering a hybrid enclosure from Bill Strand at Dragon Strand and getting that set up. The plants purchased are from The Little Greehouse in Baltimore, MD. I hope you enjoy! An updated picture with branches will be uploaded soon...

 

[Beman]

Welcome to the forum. So are you working with Jonathan and his breeding project/business?

 

[naterowley]

Hi Tyler, welcome in! Do you have an instagram to follow your journey on as well?

 

[Beppo]

Hello! Welcome

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

Welcome to the forum. So are you working with Jonathan and his breeding project/business?

Happy to join in! I'm getting my chameleons exclusively from Jonathan, and I'm following his and Bill Strand's care advice from The Chameleon Academy. Right now, I'm not officially part of Jonathan's projects, but we're chatting about teaming up on something cool down the road. Once we've got all the details ironed out, I'll let the forum know. The plan is to pitch in on some research Jonathan's working on by doing my own study and sharing what we find. First up, I'm digging into whether it's better to raise chameleon babies in a natural, bioactive setup or in a sterile environment. I'll be keeping track of everything I do with the breeding and research so others can learn from it too.

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

Welcome to the forum. So are you working with Jonathan and his breeding project/business?

Hi Tyler, welcome in! Do you have an instagram to follow your journey on as well?

Hey Nate, TCC does have an instagram. My wife is my director of communications and marketing and we are currently putting together our first post so there isn't much content right now but there will be soon. The instagram is @thechameleon_collective We also are working on a website and store front so that will be published within the next couple weeks as well.

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

The countdown has begun! Picking up my chameleon from iPardalis on Saturday. I have attached photos of the male that I will eventually be breeding and also his enclosure. Any tips about the enclosure are welcome and appreciated.

 

[SteveH]

Welcome to the forums, Jonathan is one of the best and a sponsor here and good luck on your project
I would probably put the enclosure on a stand of some sort to raise it to where the basking branch is roughly eye level or so.

 

[Beppo]

oh he’s beautiful Ipardalis really has some stunners. Hope it goes well for you.

 

[Beman]

Enclosure on a stand and I would pull the moss out... Panthers have been known to eat stuff as well and the moss would be an impaction risk.

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

Enclosure on a stand and I would pull the moss out... Panthers have been known to eat stuff as well and the moss would be an impaction risk.

Thank you very much for the tip! I will pull the moss, I was thinking it would keep a bit more humidity in the enclosure but don't want to risk impaction.

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

oh he’s beautiful Ipardalis really has some stunners. Hope it goes well for you.

thank you it is definitely a little nerve racking getting started

 

[Paradalis]

Can’t wait to see how it goes! Good luck. The advice you got from the others is exactly what I was going to say. Post updates!

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

Will do and really appreciate the support! I will for sure keep doing updates

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

The journey has officially begun... meet Ozzy (after Ozzy Osbourne) a rainbow Ambilobe chameleon from iPardalis. A big thank you to everyone who has helped along the way and please stay tuned as the adventure continues. At the end of the week I will be posting an update about what the first week has been like as a new keeper and look forward to comparing stories with you all. In the meantime enjoy some pictures of Ozzy, much love to you all!

 

[Keiths04]

Congrats on your new adventure

 

[Keiths04]

How old is Ozzy?

 

[elizaann2]

Welcome welcome!!!

 

[The Chameleon Collective]

How old is Ozzy?

Ozzy is around 7-8 months old right now. As soon as he shows signs he is ready to breed I will be trying to stud him with one of iPardalis' females