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Old 01-10-2008, 20:10
Carlos_dfc
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When I was in my early teens, I had a 'pet' Venus Flytrap plant - called 'Gnasher'

I used to feed it the occasional small piece of mincemeat, and was so proud of it, the day it caught it's first fly all by itself
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Old 02-10-2008, 10:10
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I keep lots of unusual pets, some of the more unusual though would probably be New Zealand Peripatus, Worm Lizards, Rio Cauca Caecilians, Aegla platensis (an aquatic crustacean, similar to crab species) etc..
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Old 02-10-2008, 12:13
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lol

You like picking the awkward stuff don't you!

Chameleons can be tricky. Once again, they're very environment sensitive ..... but not quite as bad a seahorses. They require a good environment setup again and most of them aren't keen on high traffic areas. They do better if they're tucked away in a quiet corner somewhere. You have to get their food supplements right as well or they can have problems. Oh, and I'm sure FearFactor will confirm but I think they only take live food so a source of feeder crickets near you would b handy! (Not sure if some species are vegetarian?)
If seahorses are a 9 for difficulty (10 being high, 1 being low) I'd put chameleons at anything from 5 to 8 .... depending on the particular species in question.


They do indeed need live food (don't think any types are exclusively veggie but someone may correct me!) such as crickets/locusts/mealworms but will eat a bot of greenery if they are hungry/feel like it.
You can get food supplememts (just little jars of powder that you sprinkle on the live food) for about £3 and they last ages.
Yemen chameleons are appently quite easy to look after and quite hardy (I have a Yemen) but you must get them used to being handled when they're small or they won't like being touched/picked up and will roar/hiss at you! Mine is like this as I didn't have him from a baby, but he is getting better and now will let me handle him with the minimum of fuss (although not if I'm wearing red!).
Most chameleons are best housed in a mesh vivarium (so they can walk up the sides etc) it is just a plastic frame (like a wendy house) with a mesh cover (like fine fishnet) that zips on.
You'll also need a UV light and basking (spot) light, and probably some type of heat source unless you have a constantly warm house.
If you want to know any more, let me know.

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