never heard of this.. have you?

[xdiversichicx]

i went to our local **** hole of a pet shop yesterday to buy some more calcium for the iguana and the lady that works there asked me what kind of lizards i have so i told her everything i had.. and she asked me something that ive never heard of happening before and did a search on the net for it and cant find anything.. well anyway she said she bought her son a chameleon (didnt know what kind it was .. just said it was a chameleon) and they kept it for a few weeks and it was fine and all then one morning she went to feed it and it was just a dried up shell. she said the day before it was fine. now im worried that one day im gonna walk in to feed one of my chams and find a dried up shell.. i honestly dont think they took very well care of it considering she doesnt take care of the animals in her shop all that well either. but anyway as a worried momma of two chams anyone have any insight to what may have happened to hers that i can look for and avoid in mine"?

[Gregg M]

Sounds like BS to me....... How can a reptile dehydrate that fast...... If I was you I would not listen to one thing she tells you......

[Bartman]

I agree, they forsure just didnt spray the tank or probably give it anything to eat at that...I bet you it was dead for like 2 days before they even noticed!

[DragnDrop]

The only way I can see a cham dry out that fast as to be mummified, is that it was a very young baby - a couple weeks old at most. Even one a few months old would have more body mass and not dry out in a few hours.

[xdiversichicx]

i thought it was mostly bs too, but eventhough i have been keeping herps for several years i still consider my self a beginner because i learn new things everyday. i cant be too careful.
lol when we left the shop my bf was like "i think that lady is a lunatic.. it probably she and she found the skin and threw the lizard away when she threw the stuff for it away" .. which i honestly think she probably did.

[Collide]

well mabey she was exagerating chameleon deaths are not pretty there eyes sink in and because there whole body is bacilly a big lung sac they can look very skinnywhen they die. But there is no way that can happen over nite.

[meow_mix450]

What might have happened, was that she probly bought the chameleon at the pet store, and was just barly keeping the darn thing alive. It is probly a veiled chameleon, and mayb that day she didnt spray just killed the litte guy, she probly didnt have a dripper or anything, this is what happens when people dont research about these things. There could be so many possiblitys, maybe she had a 150 Watt bulb in a tank??? I can find it possible. If i was to put a veiled chameleon in a tank with 150 watt, and just sprayed once, and left the lagith on till i went to bed, i wouldnt be suprised if it died. This is just what i think:p Maybe she didnt feed it, untill she found it dead? they had it for a couple of weeks, so its possible

Meow

[AHLizards]

it's possible if she was a complete and total moron (sounds like one anyway) Possibly had a young chameleon setup with an extremely hot basking spot, and basically cooked the cham. It can happen, and happen quite easily.