Female kingsnakes new home

She gained a little more room and the enclosure seems more secure.

Also this week

I had to order a new male Amblobe Panther Chameleon. I contacted my first choice THE CHAMELEON COMPANY in Florida. I looked for a long time before I spent that kind of money. The only reason I went with the first guy before was because there web site was better. I talked with Jim Flaherty at the Chameleon company and he seemed real cool on the phone so I went with him. Man am I glad I did that. this new guy I got is awesome. He flew right out of is cage. I have never seen a chameleon so active. He is doing great, and looks well fed and bright and healthy. I think Ill end up naming him Zippy or speedy or something. I think He will do great. I hope the female I got earlier is an actual ambilobe. I would love to see what these two produce.

Veiled chameleion eggs in a home made incubater.

This was a quick set up I threw together with some junk I had out in the shed. I have used this set up before to hatch snake eggs years ago. It can take any where from 150 to 300 days for the veiled chameleon eggs to hatch. Keep your fingers crossed.

This has also been an exciting week as well.

In spite of all the problems with the panther male and female chameleons this week, I had some good news. My Veiled chameleon has laid her first clutch of eggs, real cool to see. I caught a web cam video of it. its kind of slow but neat to see.

To further add to my frustration !

Several days after I began treating the baby female, the larger male I purchased from The original breeder rapidly fell ill. By the morning he was dead. Very upsetting. Worse yet, when the vet examined him, we noticed filarial worms, an external parasite, caused by a mosquito bite found in Madagascar. There was no necropsy. The vet told me it was obvious he was a wild caught chameleon sold to me as captive bred. This was an aggravating and expensive lesson.

It's been a trying past few weeks

The past few weeks have not gone good at all. First off the female neonate panther chameleon that I purchased became stressed and began to have what I first thought was a respiratory infection. The vet I took her to realized that she was not gasping for air but that she was belching. We did a fecal examination, and the vet showed me flagellates under the microscope. She said it was an intestinal parasite in high quantity. We have put the chameleon on meds and supplements and in a hospital tank since then.

I'm not real happy with The breeder I purchased them from. I have had several phone conversations with him about the female neonate panther chameleon and the intestinal parasites.. All he seemed to be interested in was finding out how I could have been at fault. I have never asked for my money back or to be compensated for my vet bills. I am not using this blog to bash people. This is my personal blog to chronicle my history in Herp keeping. This is a lesson I learned that's all.

The female chameleon in her temporary home.

I put the female chameleon in this extra large critter keeper until she gets big enough to move into her permanent home.

Haze held the new chameleon last night.

My friend Haze held the new chameleon last night. He was a little nervous, so was the new chameleon.

My new female Panther Chameleon

This female is just a baby, a few months old. She was sired by Diablo and will produce beautiful red and blue offspring.

This Thursday was a great day!

The new babies came today. They are Panther Chameleons, Blue Bared Ambilobe that I got from Screameleons. I haven't named them yet.

This is the Male

It was a sad day thursday.

We said goodbye to Chandler, Camile's mate. He went to Peter, a guy at Pets Galore pet shop. Peter seems like a good guy who will give Chandler a good new home.

I put him back together with Camile one last time to make sure she is gravid and say goodbye.