Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

Rickeezee · Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:54 am Post subject:

Very difficult situation, when one buys any herp honesty is expected from the seller. Without the sellers comments though we may never know their viewpoint so its hard to make a firm judgement.

Your integrity is not in question at all, as stated before you bought in good faith and trusted what you were being told. On a positive note the majority of sellers are honest and provide sound advice.
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stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

i know its not my fault... i just feel crappy about the situation.

and i know it was a bad situation that brought her to me, but i'm very pleased, now that i know she's not abnormally small, with how kameal is doing. i try not to handle her too often, but when i do she's quite friendly and amenable to being out of the cage. she'll even climb back out onto me sometimes after i put her back in.

i'm thinking that maybe in a few months i'll get myself a real yemen. it'll be nice to finally have what i thought i had all this time!!

kinyonga · Contributing Member Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 126

The chameleon in the picture looks to be close to full grown. I can't be sure because I don't know how big your hand is or the other item in your picture.

I have found them to be a much more "mellow" chameleon than any veiled I ever owned. It should live to about 6 years of age if looked after properly.

Here is a profile on them...
http://adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/cchamaeleon.html

From what I understand, they are protected in Spain but not in the other areas of the world that they come from.

I had 2.3 that produced one clutch each the first year I had them. One female died before she could reproduce the next time. The other two produced another clutch each. The other four WC adults were with me for several years and the babies that I kept back almost all lived to be over 6 years of age...males and females included.

I think you will enjoy this chameleon!

stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

thanks kinyonga and everyone else who helped me ID her! setting aside my frustrations over how i came to have her, she's a very sweet little thing and i'm quite pleased with her!

Chris Anderson · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:07 pm Post subject:

Hate to disagree but this is a Yemen that isn't growing well for whatever reason. What supplements, lighting and feeding regiment are you using? Can you post updated pics since this is an old thread? The last pic in the first post looks to show some spinal issues but it could just be the animal's position.

Chris
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Rickeezee · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject:

It has an odd shaped head and casque for a Yemen?
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Chris Anderson · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject:

Yeah, that of a baby yemen where the head has grown slightly but for some reason, the casque hasn't been growing correctly. Its fairly common with yemen babies suffering from MBD. The photos are an earlier stage of this:

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Chris Anderson · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject:

Just wanted to add, the photos I just posted are a worst case but show how the casque can become unusually formed with growth issues. Your chameleon can easily be prevented from reaching anything similar to this stage but the fact that it isn't growing as quickly as it should means you need to look at your feeding, supplementation and lighting.

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Rickeezee · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

Yes they look dreadfull in those pictures you have just posted. With any luck the original poster will log on and update on the thread.
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lol93 · Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject:

That wee cham does look awful. It looks dehydrated as well. Did it survive Chris?
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