first time buyer - Page 2

galad · 03-06-05, 02:56 PM

Well yes i didnt mean that they do not like eachother, obviously they do, and if stuck in a cage there will obviously be territories.
But im not talking about putting two in the same enclosure. I am talking about slowy changing around the furnishings in the cage. Not removing something quickly, or moving them to a different room.
I dont think you got the point of my post. Because I have done this with my cham like I said before over the past 5 months and havent noticed any sings of stress whatso ever.
The cage is still stable, with hising spots and all that, its just changed alittle everyweek.

ws

peterm15 · 03-06-05, 03:10 PM

if you see no prob there prob isnt one.. imo.. i have never had probs with that either.. just taking from one cage to another is not a great idea..

Collide · 03-06-05, 09:28 PM

Point of your post??

Quote:

Peterm15 was talking about it not being a good idea to change the enclosure around. Does everyone agree on this?

I gave u my opinon sorry guess u dident want it?

440Charger · 03-07-05, 03:01 PM

wow gets just as hostile on reptile boards as it does on car boards :P hehe Well I was told "no reptiles in my house" so hopefully when I move out at the end of the year Ill be able to go through with it. Or maybe when my friend tries to. He was interested in getting one. If he does I'm going to help him set it up and I'll be back to ask more questions.

Thanks guess you've cleared up alot for me.

One last thing. If I had a "rain system" should I still mist the cage?

Thanks

HeatherRose · 03-07-05, 03:09 PM

Aww. My parents used to say 'nothing that eats bugs'... until I fixed them

Now they take great interest and are supportive of my hobby

It's great. Hopefully you are able to one day get your cham or help your friend with his.

If you have a misting/rain system I wouldn't worry about misting. However, if you're using a dripper, misting would still be necessary to mist to keep up humidity.

Good luck.

peterm15 · 03-07-05, 04:01 PM

agreed.. but parrents can always be talked into things.. my parrents said only one.. thats was about a year ago now i have 5 and they help when it comes to purchaseing the animal and createing enclosures... and i catch my mom everyonce in a while down stairs saying shes just checking on my little guys.. lol..

if you sit back and explain to them that it is YOUR responsibility and a whole write up and such on what these creatures are REALLY like im sure theyll end up giving in...

heck my mom even says " you should get one of these guys next" that was funny..

but i have also never asked my mom to do anything with my herps.. feed water spray nothing..

440Charger · 03-07-05, 04:44 PM

Well the difference is my brother brouht a bird into the house and she sees that as a failure. So not only do i got to explain how a reptile of any kind is lke i got to explain how i wont end up like my brother.

Just as well I guess. If all goes well Ill be getting on the police force this year and even though my other brother said he'd help take care of it It might not be the best idea.

Thanks again guys

peterm15 · 03-07-05, 05:05 PM

ya.. i see.. good plan

galad · 03-09-05, 12:20 AM

Lol im sorry collide I did not me to offend you. But yea you did miss my point. I was talking about slight changes, and you were talking about removing a towel covering the whole side of the enclosure. Which would mean your cham felt completely in the open having all the cover on one sid of the enclosure taken away and i totally understand. Same as i understand what you mean with the pair in one enclosure.

Just wanted to clear that up

ws

labomb · 03-09-05, 09:44 AM

Hmm.....no reptiles in the house....sounds familiar. well I was one of those parents that insisted no reptiles or pets of any kind. 2 dogs were more than enough. my son was persistant and I finally got use to the idea that he was going to get a crested gecko and had done plenty of research on it to take care of it. how long ago was that Stevo? more than a year ago? now along with his 3 cresteds, couple of leos, 2 red eye frogs, how many tree frogs? and a tokay, o yeah and an adult male veiled, I have my own 2 cresteds and a veiled. And I have added too aquariums. it is an addiction

galad · 03-09-05, 11:38 AM

yup deffinalty the greatest addiction of them all.
It's funny how true it is that one is just never enough.
I wish my parents had let me keep reptiles when I was younge. No matter how much research or anything I did I just could not convince them. lol
So I had to wait till i moved out to get my reptiles. And right away I got some house geckos and anoles to start then jumped right into the chameleons. After a ton of research of course.

Herps are the best things for kids not only does it teach them responsibility but also teaches them how to buget the money for food and more reptiles lol.

peace

ws

** and for younger herpers, breeding is probably a much easier way to teach them about the birds and the bees lol.

440Charger · 03-12-05, 07:16 PM

Just out of curriosity. Has anyone tried to house another reptile or amphiban with a chameleon? Maybe a tree frog or something?

HeatherRose · 03-12-05, 07:22 PM

Chameleons stress if you breathe on them funny. Keeping herps of different species together isn't a good idea, especially if they have different requirements. Different kinds of herps carry different kinds of bacteria, and in the wild this is fine but in close quarters such as a captive enclosure it's not. Even keeping two chameleons together (except for short breeding visits) isn't a good idea because of stress. Chams are very territorial.

Manitoban Herps · 03-12-05, 09:32 PM

I was never told know reptiles in the house. They asked me if iw as up for the challenge and I said yes and here we are

440Charger · 03-13-05, 11:58 PM

How do you keep the humidity in the cage if its open and air flows?? Only way i can see humidity being kept in is with an tank which isnt good right?

Im sure their will be more stupid questions to come. thanks