Right now I have no one available & not currently doing a waitlist. Once the eggs hatch I’ll be putting names together but they won’t leave until probably close to 6 months after they hatch. I might have females available around 4 months old though. Panther eggs take an average of 5-8 months to hatch & that number can double if they are being slow. So the earliest I expect babies to leave is around January 2024.
They do usually have multiple clutches so I’ll probably have to dig up more eggs this month. I also have a second female that will be paired once receptive.
I don’t find them difficult but you can’t cheap out & cut corners. Helmeted & Jackson require more effort because of night temp requirements which can be a bit harder to achieve but panthers & veiled are fairly start forward. You’ll need to get the right lighting & supplements plus schedule. I use an app & smart plugs to schedule all the lighting & foggers.
A lot of people go a little crazy with regulating the environment. I don’t do that myself. I know the room temp & basking temp but I don’t measure that on a daily basis. I don’t measure humidity at all but I use real plants & a fogger at night. Real plants up humidity, doesn’t hold bacteria like plastic, doesn’t rip out tongues & doesn’t cause blockage when eaten. Humidity drops during the day & cranks up as high as you can get it at night. I do have one or two sides covered mostly to keep them from seeing each other but it also helps to keep some humidity in.
If you are going to drop any money on readers I would get a UV index reader. Mine was about $200 but is worth the money (plus accurate) to make sure they are getting the right amount of UV & that their bulb hasn’t died.
Chameleons do die fairly easy from incorrect setups but petstore or wild caught animals are basically always sick with either MBD and/or parasites. Most people also set them up incorrect because of bad petstore info & they don’t survive well under that much wrong info. If you wanted a specific species I can help you setup anything I have right now.
So yeah most days I don’t do anything with the chameleons besides the dripper for their drinking or feeding them.
This is Amaris setup. He finally has pvc/plastic covering the sides instead of paper in this photo haha. I kept forgetting to pick that up from the store.