We went to the New England Reptile Expo and he purchased a Chameleon. Not sure which breed, but that's besides the point. Get's home and I offer to clean the old terrarium he is using with Wipeout, as he did have two Anoles whom had died in this tank a couple weeks before this purchase. He asks me why I want to clean it and he's all set. He puts the Chameleon into the plastic terrarium with the same water bowl, substrate and plants that the Anoles used and they both died!

I gave him a Reptisun bulb and he hooked it up, but was mad because I talked about how it would help and he claimed it was only a fluorescent and wouldn't do anything. The other bulb he had burned out, it was just a light bulb for a fish tank.

So a couple days later, I stop by and what do I see.... No more UVB, instead he put a new tiny regular bulb in back into the stock lightbulb holder on the tank! I gave him some calcium powder and I don't even think he's using that.

This poor thing will be sick soon, if it's not already. I offer to help, but it is only frowned upon.

Now I know nothing about taking care of Chameleons other than reading a simple caresheet the day of the purchase, but his husbandry is way off.

That's what happens when uneducated people looking for a 'cool looking' pet get.


End rant.