Wild caught Veiled Chameleon Male

[VeiledOwner87]

"pms much" isn't any less rude than what they had said. QUOTE]

sabrina, there are honestly times were a two cents comment from you isnt necessary.

 

[chameleonneeds]

I think Syn made a good point, and that was all well said.

 

[Syn]

sabrina, there are honestly times were a two cents comment from you isnt necessary.

I find it surprising you say that when others may consider many of your "two cents" comments unnecessary. They may not word it the same way, though.
However, who is to determine what comments are necessary and what aren't?

You have the right to your opinion, as do I.

 

[Miss Machine]

You did come off as rude to be honest. The part that throws off your argument of just 'wanting to see the animal get better' is that your only supporting argument for not letting him back into the wild was because of its monetary value. I don't think any of us want to see a chameleon die. Common sense should dictate that. The part where I raise an eyebrow is that it really seems like you aren't trying to take care of the chameleon out of the soft spot in your heart for it. The soft spot in your wallet seems to be where your attention rests.

You also mention that his injuries are healed. He is obviously surviving and is strong enough to stay alive on his own. At this point, it doesn't really matter if he got the injuries in someone elses care or if they came from the wild. Just because he doesn't bite you doesn't mean he is comfortable with you, and that would certainly explain him trying to get away. Why should he risk latching on to something that is much larger than himself?

All of use want to see the chameleon get better. That is the case without a doubt. It has done fine on it's own, it can obviously catch it's own food, and I think it would do better on its own than in the hands of someone who really seems to only be concerned about the money involved.

If any of this has offended you, that's too bad, but honestly:

I really have to applause this comment. English isn't my native language, but even in Dutch i couldn't reply better!

 

[serenitystarlite]

Why are people bickering over this guy helping an injured chameleon? Maybe it's someone's pet. I would be devastated if any of my animals got loose, got injured, someone found them, and then just left them to die. I would hope in that situation whoever found them would take care of them and make them comfortable. Stop berating the person for trying to help.

 

[Miss Machine]

Why are people bickering over this guy helping an injured chameleon? Maybe it's someone's pet. I would be devastated if any of my animals got loose, got injured, someone found them, and then just left them to die. I would hope in that situation whoever found them would take care of them and make them comfortable. Stop berating the person for trying to help.

Maybe it's because of the actual reasons why, which obviously you can read through the lines? And certainly how 'this guy' replies to some comments here?

If it's done from the heart, I totally agree with you.

 

[Syn]

What I am not getting is why this guy has to get shot at for posting he is taking the chameleon in, when there are people who post WC chams (taken from a native area) and then put up for sale.. is it really any different?

Who is to say that was his motive? You can read between the lines all you want, but you may not be right. None of us are psychic.

There is really no reason to be posting some of the things on here, and I can't believe some of what is being said.

 

[Elizadolots]

I don't think anybody intended to be rude. There was some miscommunication up front. The title of the thread clearly suggests a "Wild Caught" animal and, as noted, there have been cases of people mistaking native chameleons for escaped pets. Knowing that, I didn't find the initial response to let it go free to be rude. However, as the OP perhaps did not know the full implication of "Wild Caught" and was unaware of the previous instances, I can understand how it would be taken badly.

At this point, it would seem we might put that discussion behind us and concentrate on suggestions to help the chameleon.

 

[Andregay]

Thanks to everyone who had helpfull advice I really appreciate it and I will definately try it out. As for keeping him in an aviary outside, I do not have that so that won't be possible, but I have one entire room dedicated to my chameleons so I am going to try and let him roam free in the room and also try handfeeding him to see if he relaxes.
Then for all you idiots who think you can say what the hell you want to anyone. As for the fact of stating what the chameleon is worth has nothing to do with me wanting to make money out of him by selling him. He has been so badly damaged anyway that no one will even buy him even if I wanted to sell him. Then also, I love my chameleons and I just want him to get better. I hate that every time I walk into the room he jumps down from the top branches and goes to hide down by the floor.
I will take pics of him this weekend and post them on here and you guys can see what he looks like. As for being able to look after himself in the wild, I don't think so because he is so skinny it is frightening.
So for all of you idiots who have nothing good to say, or who can't help on the topic of this post then rather shut up and keep your comments to yourselfs. I didn't make the heading of this post "All idiots who have something to say say it here" so just leave me alone so I can speak to the people on here who actually want to help out other people.
Thanks again for everyone who gave advice, I will keep you informed of his progress and hopefully pretty soon he will be as sweet and loving as the rest of my chams.