Shannon5277 -- New Member

[lars5277]

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!!

[Shannon5277]

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,

[Shelby]

Hello Shannon, nice to have you.

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

[Shannon5277]

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

[Shannon5277]

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

[lars5277]

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

[Shelby]

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/

[lars5277]

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

[Shelby]

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.

[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? Since Lars is so resistent to my suggestion of Intervention....that seems the next best way to go.