A very scary rescue :(

[Julia]

Thanks for the advice Jo Anna and crhoads18. If the pet store does not contact me then I will keep her...

[Julia]

Well it has been a week since I tried to contact the store and have received no reply. I guess they dont care. Oh well...their loss, my gain! I have decided to call her Betty! My Veiled Chameleon pair: Betty and Norman!

[Jace]

Congrats!! I think she was yours right from the start and they knew that, which is why they haven't gotten back to you. Betty definitely suits her...now Norman has a girlfriend! How is the Plumed Basilisk you rescued doing?

[Julia]

UPDATE: received two replies from the pet store. Just a little back info...I emailed them with an update of the Chameleons health, and asked if they wanted her returned. I also sent a HUGE paragraph basically telling them everything they were doing wrong in caring for Chameleons. (Very politely of course.) It covered substrate, lighting, feeding, and supplementing which were all WAY off.

First reply is from the owner of the store:

Hi Julia,
Thanks so much for the update and all the research you have done! Congratulations on saving the girl. She is yours to keep! By the way, there was never a gray area as far as you keeping the Chameleon. I will pass this email onto Kreig. (Reptile expert.) He will be very interested in everything that you have discovered.
Thanks again for letting us know.
Jeannie

Then a reply from Kreig the reptile expert:

Hi Julia.
Thanks for the update on the Chameleon . I'm glad to hear she is doing much better.
I have been re-evaluating how I do my chameleons in the shop , and for our future shopas well, so I appreciate the information you sent. I have been trying to get more detailed information about the bulbs we use from my suppliers to help with better choices in their usage.This is how the hobby and husbandry on the care of reptiles advances , with people working together to figure out the best care possible for these creatures.
Again thanks.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
-Kreig


I really hope that these guys are not just doing the customer is always right thing....and that they do make improvements. I will check up on them in several months and see if anything changes.

[Julia]

Hey Jo Anna, here is a link to the basilisk rescue: http://www.frogforum.net/other-pets/...html#post37320

[Jace]

It sounds as if the store is making an effort-I hope they succeed and are better able to provide the proper care for the animals they hope to sell. If nothing else, they agree that Betty was yours from the get-go, which raises my opinion of them slightly. I hope when you go back and check on them, they pass your trained eye for proper care.