TriggerFish
Not so new Member
So I'm pretty new to the plethora of rules involved with keeping reptiles in general. What I do understand is that exotic species are a no no.
I've always loved the concept of keeping a chameleon. I know now that it will never happen unless I move overseas. That isn't going to happen, so I am resigned to wishful thinking.
I went to the zoo where I live in Canberra today (I live in Canberra, not the zoo....couldn't quite figure that sentence out so it sounded right...). They have a few reptiles, many of them certainly not natives. They had a Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) on display. Great to see one in the flesh (see pics below). It was shedding, so I think it's colours were a little dulled. The flash on my camera probably gives the wrong impression of the colours it was displaying, but, does sort of demonstrate what I mean about the shedding probably affecting it's colouration.
Getting to the point. I was under the impression that even zoos had pretty much buckleys of getting permission to keep chameleons. Is that not the case?
Oh, I added a nice pic of an iguana that I saw while we were there too. Cheerful looking dude aint he
I've always loved the concept of keeping a chameleon. I know now that it will never happen unless I move overseas. That isn't going to happen, so I am resigned to wishful thinking.
I went to the zoo where I live in Canberra today (I live in Canberra, not the zoo....couldn't quite figure that sentence out so it sounded right...). They have a few reptiles, many of them certainly not natives. They had a Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus) on display. Great to see one in the flesh (see pics below). It was shedding, so I think it's colours were a little dulled. The flash on my camera probably gives the wrong impression of the colours it was displaying, but, does sort of demonstrate what I mean about the shedding probably affecting it's colouration.
Getting to the point. I was under the impression that even zoos had pretty much buckleys of getting permission to keep chameleons. Is that not the case?
Oh, I added a nice pic of an iguana that I saw while we were there too. Cheerful looking dude aint he