Odie's intro (pics on page 4)

[pudden318]

awesome colors

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

Congrats Nick! Odie is absolutely stunning! Very pretty colors!
So what are you feeding your little fella? How often do they have to be fed?
btw... love his name

 

[GoFast]

He is eating crickets for the most part. They don't and almost never will, eat any greens. Some species of chameleons do, but not the panthers.
He probably eats 12-20 a day

 

[Buggsy]

I have been tempted by male panthers before, but have only ever had one beardy, im not sure i would know hoe to look after one properly, are there any similarities/ differences?? in behavior i mean, i know they have TOTALLY different needs!

 

[GoFast]

The care is definitely different. However, with a bit of research, I honestly don't think it is any harder than a bearded dragon. As far as behavioral, tons. These things are not a pet that you want to handle all the time like our dragons. They are a gorgeous and fascinating animal to watch though. I think it is a good idea to at least get the animal used to being handled a little bit in order to get it used to coming out for purposes of cleaning and making cage changes. They are not a friendly animal. While not really aggressive, they are defensive.

 

[Buggsy]

id heard that they dont like contact to much, more of a sit and watch pet, not a snuggle pet! i dont think my other half would be able to keep his mits off lol!

 

[GoFast]

What an acrobat!

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

How's life with Odie? You need to get a pic or video of him eating for us. I know they have incredibly long tongues.
It's amazing what they can do with that tail! He is a stunner, for sure!

 

[GoFast]

How's life with Odie? You need to get a pic or video of him eating for us. I know they have incredibly long tongues.
It's amazing what they can do with that tail! He is a stunner, for sure!

Life with Odie is good...

I have had to make a few cage changes to get everything right. He is slowly getting used to me and doesn't run away when I open the cage anymore. I think he is finally seeing me as the bringer of food. :lol: I really hope in the next week or so, to start working on hand feeding and trying to get that trust level up.

He is quite comical though and has even picked his favorite sleeping spot. The exciting part about the sleeping spot is that it is pretty much in the open so it is showing me that he feels safe in his new home.

I will definitely get some video of him feeding one of these days!

 

[spurlee01]

Oops I don't know how I missed this!! Nick, Odie looks amazing!! I love the colors!

 

[DudleyDragon]

Beautiful Chameleons are so cool.

 

[protiemama]

He is beautiful! That last shot looks a bit uncomfortable to me! :lol:

Sandy H

 

[GoFast]

Thanks everyone! I am going to try and grab a sleeping shot this week. His colors are very soft and tropical when he sleeps. They remind me of a tropical snow cone.

 

[GoFast]

mmmm hornworm

 

[DudleyDragon]

Hahaha. That last pic is hilarious with the hornworm. He looks like he has a little old man beard