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Originally posted by smack
chameleons are hard. sincethey are exotics they tend to get diseases real fast. my buddy had 4 and all of them died with 3 months from mouth infections cause by cricket pieces lodged in their jaw.
they have to be sprayed at least twice a day, and kept very clean. fed three times a day.
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You can't feed chameleons wild crickets and insects because they're too hard to digest. Pet stores sell crickets with softer outer shells. Give them some mealworms too. Put sugar in their water spray bottle, they'll enjoy it. Also, if you have a tall plant in your house, put your lizards in it. They'll stay in the plant all day. Make sure you spray the leaves too. I've had chameleons live up to 8 years when I was a kid. Chameleons caught in the wild last much longer than sickly store bought ones.