Now you see me....now you don't!

I don't know why it has taken me this long to post about our newest additions to the family. 

Alex loves all things creepy and crawly...and I...don't. But I love my hubby so I let him get two little guys...Picasso and Pascal.

These tow little love birds are Jackson's Chameleons. Picasso (the male) has three horns on his face. Where as Pascal (the female) does not.

Now, a lot of people assume that chameleons can change to all different colors and they do it to blend in...not always true. There are some chameleons that are brightly colored, like the panther chameleon...

...but Jackson's Chameleons usually are a beautiful green. It's when they change colors that you have a problem. Jackson tend to turn dark green all the way to black when they get stressed or scared. A happy Jackson is light green almost blue in color.

Picasso is the perfect shade of green, his tail is almost a teal color. Picasso tends to stay this happy green where as Pascal tends to have some green stripping. The reason Pascal has stripes is because she is a little stressed. Now i'ts not a bad stress. When two chameleons are in one cage together its best to have one male and one female, otherwise they will fight for dominance. The reason she is stressed is because Picasso is dominant and she is not. 

But never fear...she is not stressed to the point where she is unhealthy. She is also not stripped all the time. She can be as green and beautiful as Picasso.

To be honest, I am not very fond of these little guys (I'm not big on reptiles, as you can tell by my half smile). But they don't make a mess, they keep to themselves and Alex loves them...so I guess they can stay!