Can you keep chameleons as a pet?
For many, many years, chameleons were considered “untenable”. While dogs and cats have accompanied humans for centuries, supposedly more “exotic” species were only later discovered as potential pets. However, due to their not entirely low husbandry requirements, chameleons were always somewhat marginalised for decades. It wasn’t until the 1990s that more and more keepers were able to successfully keep and breed different species of chameleons thanks to major developments in terrarium technology. Today, there are even several species that can be recommended with a clear conscience even to beginners in the herpetoculture hobby. So a lot has happened in the hobby. A few decades ago, chameleons or individual species were still considered “untenable”, but today we have a large number of positive husbandry reports on a wide variety of species from all over the world. The magazine of the AG Chameleons, CHAMAELEO, has been publishing such husbandry reports for many years. Sorted by species, you can find over a hundred of them here: Overview of husbandry reports.
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Picture: Panther chameleon, one of the most commonly kept species in herpetoculture, photographed by Bernard Dupont, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic
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