So lately I have been thinking a lot. For the regulars we see a lot of bad things on the forum. Some of the Newbies are now becoming familiar with the heartbreak threads. For many of us it causes us to want to pull away. At least that is how it has been for me the last few months after dealing with my own heartache.
I think it is important to remember that with most of the hard threads it is not a keeper trying to kill their cham. It is lack of the proper knowledge and understanding of the animal and its husbandry requirements. Many are given and find the wrong info.
Quite a few people here have made comments to me about the time it takes me to redline a help form or provide the extra links and explanation to things.
Do I have tons of extra time, No. So why do I do it?
Because it matters! For the newbies coming here it matters. It is the difference between their Chameleon thriving and dying.
Am I highly experienced? NO, and I am the first one to admit that. I have only been in the hobby 1 year but I know my basic husbandry for Veileds and Panthers. I don't make an assumption that everything is fine in a thread. I look for outliers that could be causing the issue. Because they are here asking us for help and when we don't dive deep and ask the questions but we tell them something is normal their cham is the one that suffers. Then when their cham declines and dies they suffer. But they came here and we said it was fine.
I have come across two help threads where there were mirrors right next to the chams. One I could clearly see in a picture and the other I asked the question. Both threads neither of these things were considered. One was told repeatedly oh its normal behavior.
So what I ask of my fellow members. Don't give up. Dive deep and don't give an answer to someone saying it is ok without getting the proper feedback and information. Give of your time and knowledge. Because you make a difference and you matter to the people coming here for help. Sometimes it is easy to feel like our time was wasted but everything we share is here in the forum for others to read as well. While we may think we have done nothing but wasted our energy we could actually be helping 10 lurkers that have not had the courage to make an account.
The more we help Newbies get their husbandry spot on the more chams we save. In turn hopefully these newbies stick around and do what we have done for them.
To all of you that have taught me and continue to teach me. Thank you! You matter greatly to me. To all of you that continue to share of your time and knowledge. Thank you! You matter to everyone coming here seen and unseen. We SAVE Chameleons here. That is what we do. I hope you all know how important you are and the difference you make for others.
I think it is important to remember that with most of the hard threads it is not a keeper trying to kill their cham. It is lack of the proper knowledge and understanding of the animal and its husbandry requirements. Many are given and find the wrong info.
Quite a few people here have made comments to me about the time it takes me to redline a help form or provide the extra links and explanation to things.
Do I have tons of extra time, No. So why do I do it?
Because it matters! For the newbies coming here it matters. It is the difference between their Chameleon thriving and dying.
Am I highly experienced? NO, and I am the first one to admit that. I have only been in the hobby 1 year but I know my basic husbandry for Veileds and Panthers. I don't make an assumption that everything is fine in a thread. I look for outliers that could be causing the issue. Because they are here asking us for help and when we don't dive deep and ask the questions but we tell them something is normal their cham is the one that suffers. Then when their cham declines and dies they suffer. But they came here and we said it was fine.
I have come across two help threads where there were mirrors right next to the chams. One I could clearly see in a picture and the other I asked the question. Both threads neither of these things were considered. One was told repeatedly oh its normal behavior.
So what I ask of my fellow members. Don't give up. Dive deep and don't give an answer to someone saying it is ok without getting the proper feedback and information. Give of your time and knowledge. Because you make a difference and you matter to the people coming here for help. Sometimes it is easy to feel like our time was wasted but everything we share is here in the forum for others to read as well. While we may think we have done nothing but wasted our energy we could actually be helping 10 lurkers that have not had the courage to make an account.
The more we help Newbies get their husbandry spot on the more chams we save. In turn hopefully these newbies stick around and do what we have done for them.
To all of you that have taught me and continue to teach me. Thank you! You matter greatly to me. To all of you that continue to share of your time and knowledge. Thank you! You matter to everyone coming here seen and unseen. We SAVE Chameleons here. That is what we do. I hope you all know how important you are and the difference you make for others.
I know this is something we have talked about and now that I have less to deal with and setting up my computer again I can finally get back to fixing forums 
