Chameleon question

[Catherinedana]

Does he have hairs sticking out of him or is that stray cat hair from your baby, Karyn?

[Karen]

Wow, he is just amazing and cool! I hope he decides to stick around for a long time, and we get to watch him grow up with you!

[karyn674]

Hello!

Thanks for your response!

Unfortunately our chameleon friend left us. He died during the night and I found him dead by morning yesterday.

My father in law brought it to me because he was spraying pesticide on the crops, where he found him. Normally I do not pick and slave animals just for my personal enjoyment...actually I'm very contrary to this. But I wanted to see if he was ok to free him in another field. I was suspicious by the amount of time he was sleeping. In my opinion and past chameleon experiances they tend to spend much more time awake. This guy just slept all the time!

Infact since it was raining for the past two days I kept him inside, attached to an indoor plant. I hunted for flies for him but was not interested. By morning I found him on top of the soil, dead.

I don't say it's better like this, becaus obviously I was hoping his guy would get better, and let him free once again, but I do think he was suffering. It is also not that normal that he falls off to the ground.....where this post started off! I suspect he was feeling bad due to the pesticide, if not directely sprayed on him, he might have ate insects that died from it...poisoning!

I'm sorry to give you such news, I'm even more sorry I wasn't able to help him!

Cathy, yes you're right....Chameleons do not have hairs....those are Lulu's after a lot of sniffing all over his body!!!

[Catherinedana]

Oh, I'm so sorry that he didn't make it. I'm sure the pesticides were what harmed him. That's such a shame.

Bless you for trying, Karyn. How many people would take the time to catch flies for an ill chameleon!

Cathy

[Genny]

Awww I hate to heat about him dying...that's sad. You tried to help him though-you did all you could-sometimes you just can't save them...

[Karen]

Awww, rest in peace, little wild one. The flies in chameleon heaven are slow-moving and never poison, I promise!

[karyn674]

[Awww, rest in peace, little wild one. The flies in chameleon heaven are slow-moving and never poison, I promise!

Oh Karen! That's just too sweet!!!

Genny, you're right about dying issues, I hate it too, especially when I start getting attached!

Cathy, even Lulu runs when she sees the fly swatter in my hand!!! I would catch them even for you, if you'd like them....a little fly pie anyone?! Hm!

Jokes apart! This leads me to some questions......

Are we poisoning our food? Pesticides needs to be stronger and stronger, because pests are adapting to it.
Do you wash your fruit and veggies well before eating or cooking them?

You'll better do!

Lately I received an email about waxed imported fruit. The wax helps to mantain a nice colour for longer and prevent it from discolouring, but you cannot use it's peel for cakes and so on!

So, please be careful. Man has the power to even destroy his own nature...imagine others!

[kokopup]

I am really sorry to hear about your Chameleon. I don't guess i have ever seen a real Chameleon in person. Since i was a little boy I have been misinformed about a lizard that is common here. I have always thought that the Indo-Pacific gecko was a Chameleon because they changed color. This is the Gecko that looks like the Geico commercial Gecko. I don't guess they have Geico commercials in Malta so you wouldn't know what I'm talking about.

I'm glad you posted pictures of your Chameleon because I found I had been mistaken believing all my life that we had Chameleon here in Alabama.