Shannon5277 -- New Member

Let's welcome my wife to the forums. I talked her into joining so she could join in the fun a little more. She is a lizard lover and I am snake lover. I will keep her around anyways. She can also ask some of her own questions instead of putting me up to it now.

She is rebooting and will be here in a second.


Remember to let her know that there is no such thing as too many snakes!!

Hello all I'm Lars's wife and all the lizards we own are mine.He bought them of course. But thats all for right now,

Hello Shannon, nice to have you.

Oh yeah.. and you can't have too many snakes! ;)

well all it's a pleasure been a pleasure but I have to get to bed have to work early in the morning

Have a goodnight

nice to meet you april and thanks not too many lizards niether

She wants a Chameleon for her next lizard. I have to research them first.

Chams are not easy. Best to start with a nice CBB panther or veiled chameleon. I made the mistake of starting with a jackson's chameleon of unknown origin. He wasted away.

Chams don't like to be handled generally and are quite shy.. really mainly a display animal.

Here's a couple breeder websites. http://www.amazingbluereptiles.com/

http://www.chameleonsonly.com/

Shelby, some of the sites I have reviewed are pretty vague. How big should thier cages be and what do they eat?

Depends on what kind you want. They need a lot of vertical space. Mine was maybe 8" including the tail and he was in a screen enclosure (which is important they need major ventilation + high humidity) the cage was slightly larger than a 20 gallon tank.. but a grown chameleon would need more room.

Chams are insectivores. Mine liked crickets, superworms, mealworms, and whatever other crawly things (I'm sure roaches would have gone over well too) his favorite thing was flies! Regular old house flies. He'd shoot his tongue and catch them in mid air.

An important thing about chams is they do not recognize standing water. You need to have a dripper drop water on some leaves (I had a ficus tree in his cage) and they will lick the water from the leaves. I sprayed the cage several times a day too.

Welcome aboard, Shannon! Maybe you and Lars could compromise...and say that each time one of you gets a new snake or lizard, the other one gets a new critter as well? :P Since Lars is so resistent to my suggestion of Intervention....that seems the next best way to go. :date:;)

This sounds kind if high maintenance. Especially the part about high humidity in a screen cage. It is very dry up here in the winter time. Maybe I will look for something else for her. I saw some leopard geckos in town. I think that might be a better choice for a while. She does real good with her Beardys and Uro. I added a flood light to his cage tonight to raise his temps. I have to check on that in a few minutes and see how its working out.

Chams are high maintenance and sometimes frustrating. Gorgeous though.

Leopard geckos are great pet lizards.. and so easy! Mine hardly takes any time at all.

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Originally Posted by JLC

Welcome aboard, Shannon! Maybe you and Lars could compromise...and say that each time one of you gets a new snake or lizard, the other one gets a new critter as well? :P Since Lars is so resistent to my suggestion of Intervention....that seems the next best way to go. :date:;)

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"Intervention" is for people who have problems. I have no problem, other people have problems. I even talked her into two more balls tonight. A 1.1 combo from a girl at the pet store. I will probably give one to my mother when I see her this summer. She got her first ball since she was a kid last week. She is also wanting a new RTB, I am going to get her one of Clays when she is ready for it. I need to get her to join this place too. She knows a lot about animals and has several already; rats, frogs, horse, dogs, crabs, cats and who knows what else. I wouldn't mind the one for one exchange, except lizards are a lot harder to house and a lot more expensive to feed. A snake is almost a one time expense, cost of the snake and it's housing. The rest is just a $1-$2 for a mouse or rat every week. I spent $19 yesterday for snake food and I am good for a month. Lizards are costing about $100 a month to feed between cricks, greens, and powders.

Welcome to the forum Shannon, glad you've joined us!


Leopard Gecko's are gorgeous lizards that will be my first attempt at lizard keeping. I just adore those big eyes, the goofy faces and hey....how can you not fall in love with something that licks it's own eyeballs LOL.

There's a few leo breeders on the forum, as well as some good ones online. Watch pet store gecko's. I don't know about your area but the ones here locally tend to be in less than prime condition. Also crested gecko's are lovely and many members really enjoy owning them.


~~Jo~~

Welcome to the site, Shannon! :D Glad to have ya.

One of my sisters (and yes I of loads of them) had a pair of Jackson cham. They were extremely high maintenance, and one ended up with a infected toe. After weeks of antibiotics and soaks the poor thing passed away. She ended up trading the other because of her frustration with them. She now has a corn which she loves. Anyway, the point was to illustrate how delicate they are and how they are a more difficult species to keep. Good luck in your next acquisition and may they be plentiful. ;)

Oh and Lars....there is one thing worse than not enough snakes....

not enough chocolate!!!!!!!! *gasp* *faint*

:P

~~Jo~~