The chameleon is different from the tortoise snake, and even more different! The requirements for the environment are also more demanding, and the requirements for food and water are different.
Every novice will have a lot of questions about raising chameleons. In fact, you can find a lot of information about raising chameleons on the Internet. Of course, not all of them are so detailed, but on the whole, it is like this, nothing more than water, food, environment and the sun.
The most important thing is two points:
1. You must buy farmed ones, which is commonly referred to as "CB";
2. be careful We must persist in our efforts to raise dragons. If we fish for three days and dry the net for two days, the dragon will die!
Regarding the feeding methods, you can find many articles on the Internet as follows:
Basic understanding of chameleon before mating ... by Frank
On the reproduction of chameleon
Among reptiles, my intuitive chameleon is the most suitable reptile for reproduction, because it has:
1. Slow down
2. The lateral activity area does not need to be too large.
3. Appreciate the advantages of reptiles and scenery.
4. A gentle reptile
5. defecation is easy to clean and there is no odor.
However, before raising a chameleon, we must understand its character and some precautions for raising it. Many friends saw the chameleon, realized that it was a novel reptile, and bought it back on impulse. Some individuals may die within one month due to unhealthy or feeding mistakes, while others have been raised for 1-2 years or even longer. Of course, the skill of raising it depends on whether the chameleon has been raised for a long time. However, individuals. When people don't know more about the chameleon, it is easy to be defeated if they act rashly. As a result, the chameleon became a reptile poison passed down from mouth to mouth. It is a reptile that is difficult to raise, but it is not so difficult to raise.
First, let's learn about chameleons.
1. The chameleon is a solitary reptile.
Most chameleons are solitary reptiles, like turtles. In the wild, chameleons often find a chameleon monopolizing a tree, and this tree is the territory of the chameleon. If other chameleons climb this tree, or pass by it, they will find that the originally docile chameleon will become very violent and express their dissatisfaction through body language, except that the color turns bright as a warning. They even fight with horns on their heads to repel each other, or bite each other directly to decide whether to win or lose. Of course, chameleons don't always fight each other. If a chameleon wants to cross the territory of the chameleon that has been occupied by the chameleon, the passing chameleon will convey: "Hey! I am just passing by. " At this time, there will be no fighting. When chameleons threaten each other, they don't have to go close to the battle to distinguish the strong from the weak. Most of them can distinguish between winning and losing through the changes of body language and body color. Sometimes, two chameleons far apart on a tree can tell whether they win or lose just by shaking their bodies or changing their colors. It's really amazing.
Of course not all chameleons can't mix. There are also some chameleons that can be kept together, but there is a premise that the breeding space should not be too small. As for the varieties that can be kept together, such as Jackson, dead leaves, triangle and rose, which are often exposed in the market in Taiwan Province Province, they can all be kept together, but it should be remembered that only one male and one female can be kept together.
2. The chameleon's activity space is high, not short.
Because of its slow movement, the chameleon is difficult to escape when it is in danger on the ground. So in order to avoid danger, it will try to climb up, even if it is a newborn chameleon. When sleeping, chameleons often climb to the top of the tree, and this trunk is independent and has no other branches. This is to prevent other predators from having a horizontal trunk to sneak attack. During the day, chameleons stay in forests with dense leaves and complicated branches. Even when the chameleon really has nowhere to escape, its most powerful trick is to land, quickly fall from the tree to the ground and escape to another tree. Because the chameleon has a good body color camouflage, it falls like a leaf, which often makes predators in the tree unable to see clearly and avoid danger.
Therefore, when raising chameleons, it is forbidden to raise boxes as high as possible, and the more green leaves, the better. Moreover, a shady corner should be arranged at the top of the box, which has his function. I will introduce them to you one by one in the future.
3. Understand the living environment of the chameleon you want to raise.
There are so many kinds of chameleons, first of all, you should understand the living environment of your chameleon, so that the chances of success in getting started and raising chameleons will increase. Chameleons can be divided into several types: arboreal type and terrestrial type, while arboreal type can be subdivided into tropical wilderness type, rainforest type and alpine type according to different climates, while terrestrial chameleons can also be subdivided into rainforest type and desert type, so when these chameleons live in different environments and climates, the first thing to do is to arrange the habitat conditions close to their original lives, including landscaping, temperature and humidity conditions, and even food sources. These are all important conditions related to whether the chameleon can be raised successfully.
You can only watch from a distance, but you can't be ridiculous.
In fact, this is the unchangeable rule of all reptiles, especially the chameleon, whose personality is very easily frightened. Often the owner plays with it again and again, which will cause psychological pressure to the chameleon again and again. Therefore, before raising a chameleon, we must have a cognition. Except when feeding, it is best not to disturb him often, and it is possible to observe him. The host had better sit in front of the box, slow down your movements and keep your eyes too close. The best height for raising a chameleon. If the height of the feeding box is limited, it is suggested to add a shelf at the bottom of the feeding box, so that the activity height of the chameleon is higher than your own sight, because don't forget that it grows on a big tree in the wild.
Let's stop here today, and I will introduce chameleons to you one by one in the future. Of course, I welcome all seniors to discuss and share their experiences in a friendly way. I'm just a resource sharer, I hope you can use it more effectively.
Thanks Didi for reminding me of the source of the article. The above is the original text, and the following is edited and arranged by me according to two or three essence articles, which is relatively concise, hehe.
On the principle of successfully breeding chameleon fighters
Many people think that raising chameleons is a difficult challenge. I agree, but I also object. It depends on your perspective. I think we can look at it from several aspects.
1. Do you know anything about chameleons?
The chameleon is a very unique reptile. Different from other reptile species, it can be described from one cover to another, and its eating style seems to have no universal law to follow. If you have raised turtles, lizards and guarded palaces before, when you want to start raising chameleons, you should first abandon the reptile knowledge and breeding habits in your mind and accept chameleons with a brand-new cognition, so the chances of success will be higher. What can I say? Just like chameleons, I think everyone knows that they live in trees (except a few), but their activity space is not as big as that of iguanas. Therefore, the environment created for the chameleon should be planted with tall or dense leaves to provide a natural barrier for the chameleon. When raising a chameleon, you should know that if you want to raise it well, you need to work hard to get the ingredients, and these must be paid in advance.
Are you ready to raise a chameleon?
Impulse is human nature, and regret is an irreversible product. There is a saying that the farthest distance in the world is from "thinking" to "action", but many people raise chameleons, often "action" comes first and "thinking" comes last!
In fact, before raising a chameleon, you must first think clearly. Once we start raising chameleons, what's wrong with him? What kind of environment do you need? How to prepare food? ... if you just think of the wrong lazy idea of' I just feed it crickets', or even feed the bread worms, then think about it. The chameleon is a arboreal reptile. Where is its main food source? This is a kind of moving food, including all flying insects, which is his main food source, followed by smaller lizards or birds, spiders and so on. It may not be easy to see breast worms in chameleon's life, but these foods can't be bought in general stores and must be caught by the owner in the wild. This is a place where it is difficult to raise chameleons. Are you ready?
Did you build him a chameleon home or not?
As the saying goes: "If you want to raise fish, raise water first"! If a worker wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first. If he wants to do a good job, he must sharpen his tools first. This is a certain truth. The range of activities of any reptile growing in the wild is infinitely mobile and mobile. What are the basic needs of reptiles under artificial breeding? For example, his environment is moving up and down, and he lives in the space above the ground, so we have to raise the environment a little. If the habit of reptiles is to hide in caves for a long time, then we must make the living space below the surface deeper. The chameleon is a reptile above the surface. However, how to improve the success rate of chameleon reproduction? Let me make a comparison here:
& gt& gt Buy chameleon first > Layout environment > Adapt chameleon to the environment.
A fair road >>& gt First decorate the environment > Buy a chameleon > Let the chameleon adapt to the environment.
Better way >>& gt Arrange the environment first > Feed the environment > Buy the chameleon > Adapt the chameleon to this environment.
We should choose a better way to raise chameleons. The chameleon will consume a lot of vitality during transportation. If it is transferred to us again, we will have to adapt to and even endure this environment. Once these unfavorable factors are added up, they are unfavorable to chameleon.
4. Have you ever taken the course of "Self-control"?
Simply put, don't mix breeding, which involves self-control. Failure cases often appear, and online questions are repeated over and over again, such as: "Can I leave a pair together?" "How much space does it take to raise a pair of chameleons?" I can only tell you that chameleons are really attractive. Often people in China have the idea of matching wives, but all this is wrong. If you raise more chameleons, you will definitely die. If you don't believe me, you can try. Mothers often die first. Why? Guess ... ..
Raising chameleons is a natural landscape window, not a lighting stage.
Nature is the best! ! This is the Bible that I firmly believe in raising and climbing. We often see many dazzling lighting devices hanging in many breeding boxes, such as heat gathering lamps, infrared light bulbs, blue nightlight, powersun, ceramic heaters and so on. Let your pet stand on the stage. Of course, it is undeniable that these are all manifestations of the owner's eagerness to care for his pet and fear of freezing and cold, but this often has the opposite effect. I don't know if you have. Often chameleons are more comfortable when the lights are off. Once the lights are turned on, chameleons tend to hide far away unless they are warmed up. This is worthy of your consideration. Sometimes, a kindness will become a murderer, destroying the chameleon's innate adaptability.
6. Use your eyes and talk, but don't do it.
Domestication has always been the main plot of human pets, but it depends on what you have, such as crocodiles. No matter how long you domesticate them, they can bite if they want, keep lions and fight back if they want. Of course, the chameleon won't eat people (unless it is big enough), but it will bite you in a hurry (but not badly). The king can be said to be the most tame chameleon, but he can also bite people, and he will slowly bite and let go like a hydraulic scissors. His body language has told me that he doesn't like the action just now. The chameleon is such a strange reptile. Although it will interact with people for a long time, once it leaves the branch, it will
No chameleon stays up until 8-9 pm, and the chameleon who stays up late will die of overwork.