Originally Posted by sancheeez:
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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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