I'm Nicole, and I'm here to tell you about Veiled Chameleons. When shopping for your chameleon, the most common chameleon you're going to find in the pet trade is going to be the Veiled Chameleon. Sometimes, you can run across the Jackson's Chameleons. I would say they're the second most popular chameleon in the pet trade. You also may come across some, such as the Usambara Chameleon. These are not so common but if you try hard enough, you may be able to find one. There's also a couple of different species of Jackson's that you may run across, and that's the Mt. Kenya and the Muru Mountain Chameleon. Now, they're often characterized by three horns on their heads. So, they're a very interesting species to keep as well. There are also very small chameleons available in the pet trade. They can be as small 3 inches. These are the Dwarf Chameleons. The Kenya Leaf Chameleon is one of these small chameleons available in the pet trade. Now, if you want to find more information on what kind of chameleons are available to you, locally, you can look on the internet. That's often a really good source of information for where and how to get certain kinds of chameleons. Now, I also like to refer to this book for questions that I have about my personal collection. I keep a book for every reptile that I have, and I find this very useful because if I ever have a question that I don't--if I ever have anything that I don't understand about my chameleon, any type of housing, health, temperament, any kind of question that you can come across is, usually, inside of one of these books. You can pick this up at your local pet store, or on-line, or at your local bookstore. Often, they'll order these, especially, for you. You can also go speak to the people that work at your local pet store. They'll often have someone employed there that has experience in reptiles and will be able to answer most of your questions. You can also look it up at your local library. They'll often provide lots of information of captive raising animals such as reptiles and chameleons, in particular. Your local veterinarian should be able to answer a lot of the questions that you have about your reptile. Now, if you don't know where to find a reptile veterinarian, don't panic. There are a lot more than you would think. If you don't know of a reptile veterinarian, then, you can easily just find one by calling your local veterinarian that you do go
through already for your other pets. They will be able to give you some sort of information on how to find, or a phone number to a veterinarian that has a herpetological background. Often, they will be able to--after you're established as a client with them--they will often be able to give you advice over the phone if you have any questions about your chameleon.
