Chameleons are kept as pets because many people find them very fascinating. If the owner has made up his/her mind, they should certainly go for a chameleon, which has been brought up in captivity and is trained. When the wild chameleons are caught and shipped to the destination, there is a possibility of it dying on the way itself.
Another amazing fact of chameleons is that they rotate their eyes in two different directions. Along with slugs and insects they also eat plants.
They even have a very long tongue, which they use to catch flying preys. Chameleons have the ability to stretch their tongue up to one and half the length of their body. Some of them also are gifted with prehensile tails, which are also used to take good grip while climbing.
Chameleon has been derived from the Greek words chamai and leon meaning earth lion. The structure and size of chameleons varies a lot. Chameleons are kept as exotic pets because of their characteristic color-changing capability.
Chameleons do not have the ability to change colors from birth. Various colors show emotions such as stress, sense of temperature change, excitement and to communicate with other chameleons. Few other colors are also seen when the chameleon takes transition from color to another.
Species that are kept as pets are Panther Chameleons, Veiled Chameleons and Jackson’s Chameleons. They shouldn’t be kept with other pets and it is a really bad idea to keep two male chameleons together as they will fight and injure each other.
The chameleon should be able to change colors and also should be active. They should be brightly colored and the flesh of the body should be smooth and not scaly.
Chameleons do not have the ability to change colors from birth. Various colors show emotions such as stress, sense of temperature change, excitement and to communicate with other chameleons. Few other colors are also seen when the chameleon takes transition from color to another.
The chameleon should be able to change colors and also should be active. They shouldn’t be kept with other pets and it is a really bad idea to keep two male chameleons together as they will fight and injure each other.
