HI guys Meet Belladandy, my female Veiled Chame
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aquadementia
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ja she wont eat it if its not wriggling! we have a tank full of crickets outside, and she really enjoys the flying ant hatches at the beginning of summer 
aquadementia
Sealiner
wahahaha thika, some of them escape and roam free straight under my bedroom window! 
Ayoba, it's the normal one supplied by petshops, I dont think its what you are referring to
Ayoba, it's the normal one supplied by petshops, I dont think its what you are referring to
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Hmmm, I have a completely different take on this...
NB! Eholder, these are not indigenous chameleons, they come from somewhere around the middle east I think? They are bred as pets, much the same as cats, dogs, birds or goldfish/guppies..
Firstly! Awesome pics and habitats Aqua & Iggy, anyone who puts effort like this into creating an environment like this has a love for nature and Gods creatures.. Good on you both! Much better than buying a cat and simply letting it run loose in your complex or neighborhood.
Bang! wrrrrrrrrrr THUD! Pffft!
I spend a lot of time in the bush, a lot! I cant remember the last time I saw a wild Chameleon,,, 5 or 6 years ago!!
I would like to make a suggestion to you both as you obviously have a passion for this.
Put together a bunch of pics of your enclosures and take it to your local nature conservation, ask them for permits to captive breed indigenous species for release back into systems were they have disappeared... Because it's illegal to trade in indigenous species like this I will make a donation equal to plus 50% of what it has cost you to breed them out. NB! This is only for species found in my area! I would bet many game farms/resorts would do exactly the same thing up that side as well... This wont take up to much space and you could fit very simple misting nozzles on a pipe suspended over all the enclosures.. Food?, make a plan to attract natural prey.... I think that would be awesome and well worth the cost of "caging" indigenous threatened animals.
If Nature conservation gives you any hassles, contact me, I'll try and set up permits from my side for you to breed on my/our behalf...
P.s. I have seen more Rhino's than chameleons the last 10 years!!! Why do they get so much more attention than some of our less glamorous species???
Hmmm, I have a completely different take on this...
NB! Eholder, these are not indigenous chameleons, they come from somewhere around the middle east I think? They are bred as pets, much the same as cats, dogs, birds or goldfish/guppies..
Firstly! Awesome pics and habitats Aqua & Iggy, anyone who puts effort like this into creating an environment like this has a love for nature and Gods creatures.. Good on you both! Much better than buying a cat and simply letting it run loose in your complex or neighborhood.
Bang! wrrrrrrrrrr THUD! Pffft!
I spend a lot of time in the bush, a lot! I cant remember the last time I saw a wild Chameleon,,, 5 or 6 years ago!!
I would like to make a suggestion to you both as you obviously have a passion for this.
Put together a bunch of pics of your enclosures and take it to your local nature conservation, ask them for permits to captive breed indigenous species for release back into systems were they have disappeared... Because it's illegal to trade in indigenous species like this I will make a donation equal to plus 50% of what it has cost you to breed them out. NB! This is only for species found in my area! I would bet many game farms/resorts would do exactly the same thing up that side as well... This wont take up to much space and you could fit very simple misting nozzles on a pipe suspended over all the enclosures.. Food?, make a plan to attract natural prey.... I think that would be awesome and well worth the cost of "caging" indigenous threatened animals.
If Nature conservation gives you any hassles, contact me, I'll try and set up permits from my side for you to breed on my/our behalf...
P.s. I have seen more Rhino's than chameleons the last 10 years!!! Why do they get so much more attention than some of our less glamorous species???
aquadementia
Sealiner
awesome! I'll pm you AI
When I was still a lad, I used to look for them in a close family friends hedge.
Recently 30 years later I gave a co worker a lift home , only to realise that he lives right nex door to the so familiar Cam hedge.
Most of it now had been replaced by precast walls.
Fond child hood memories came to mind and I thought to have a quick look in the remaining bit of hedge,
To my supprise i saw plenty of them still living there.
The owner of the house came out and he asured me that he was looking after them for 30 odd years.
They are breeding, i saw some small ones.
Recently 30 years later I gave a co worker a lift home , only to realise that he lives right nex door to the so familiar Cam hedge.
Most of it now had been replaced by precast walls.
Fond child hood memories came to mind and I thought to have a quick look in the remaining bit of hedge,
To my supprise i saw plenty of them still living there.
The owner of the house came out and he asured me that he was looking after them for 30 odd years.
They are breeding, i saw some small ones.
aquadementia
Sealiner
that's great willie! Do you have any photo's? Does their property border some good habitat?
Here's a nice pic Melanie took of Belladandy today. We have swapped out some of the plants so that they can get some time outside
Here's a nice pic Melanie took of Belladandy today. We have swapped out some of the plants so that they can get some time outside