Kunezinhlobo ezimbalwa ezijwayelekile zezinhlanzi ezigcinwa njengezilwane ezifuywayo. Amanye ama-chameleon anezidingo ezinzima zokunakekelwa kunabanye kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uluphi uhlobo lwe-chameleon oyikhethayo lokunakekela, kufanele wazi ukuthi ungaqiniseka kanjani ukuthi uthola isilwane esilungisiwe esiphephile nesithunjiwe.
Ama-Bred Chameleons abathunjiweyo
Okokuqala futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, khetha ukuthunjwa kukhishwe isilwane sesilwane. Ama-chameleon asebusika asempumalanga avame ukuba ngaphansi kokucindezeleka okukhulu ekusetshenzisweni kokuthunjwa nokuthunyelwa futhi kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthwala umthwalo osindayo wezinambuzane.
Le nhlanganisela yezinto yenza kube lula ukuthi i-chameleon ebanjwe ngasendle izoba yingozi kakhulu kunokugula okungaphezu kokuthunjwa kwe-chameleon.
Ukukhathazeka nokuqedwa kwabantu bezemvelo kanye nenhlalakahle yezilwane nakho kunezizathu zokugwema ukuthenga ama-chameleon abanjwe yizigqila. Iningi lezilwane zezilwane alinzima ukuzala ekuthunjweni ngakho-ke akufanele kube nesizathu sokuthenga umuntu obanjwe ngasendle.
Ukukhetha i-Chameleon enempilo
Ukubukeka ngokujwayelekile kwe-chameleon kungakunika izici empilo yabo yonke. Ezinye izinto okufanele uzibheke lapho uhlola i-chameleon engaba khona zihlanganisa:
- Imilenze eqondile (imilenze egobile noma ukubukeka kwemilenze kungabonisa isifo samathambo esincane )
- Amandla okubamba kahle amagatsha
- Isaziso esinamehlo aqhakazile (ama-chameleons achitha isikhathi esiningi ngamehlo abo avaliwe phakathi nosuku cishe ayagula)
- Amehlo akufanele akhonywe (amehlo abonisiwe awuphawu lokuphela kwamanzi)
- Sula, umbala ogqamile (ngezinye izikhathi umbala obunombala ojwayelekile ungojwayelekile kepha umnyama noma umkhwa okhangayo ukhamoni ugula noma ubanda kakhulu)
- Azikho izimpawu zokubola komlomo (akukho luhlaza oluhlaza noma olubukeka emlonyeni)
- Hlanza konke ngesikhumba esibhekile enempilo (qaphela amanxeba, ukukhwabanisa noma ukulimaza)
Izinhlobo ze-Chameleons
Ukwazi ukuthi ukhathalela kahle uhlobo noma uhlobo lwe-chameleon ozoyithola kuzokusiza ukuthi ukhethe kangcono umthombo owunakekele kahle i-chameleon yakho ngaphambi kokuba uwuthathe ekhaya.
Melana nesilingo sokukhulula i-chameleon uma kunakekelwa kahle njengoba ungagcina unomdlavuza noma ugxilile kakhulu (futhi enye i-chameleon engenalutho ingathatha isikhundla salowo owasikhulula). Buza imibuzo mayelana nokunakekelwa kwe-chameleon bese uthenge kuphela emthonjeni owaziyo okwenzayo. Izinhlobo ezivame kakhulu zama-chameleon zihlanganisa:
- I-Chameleon eveziwe : Phakathi kwezinhlobo zama-chameleon, i-chameleon eveziwe yilelo elivame kakhulu ukunconywa umnikazi we- chameleon njengalelo elibonakala lijwayele ukuvumelanisa nezimo ezithunjiwe. Khumbula ukuthi ama-chameleon ajwayelekile awawona afana nesidumbu esiphezulu ngenxa yezidingo zabo eziyinkimbinkimbi kanye nokukwazi ukucindezeleka (ikakhulukazi ngenkathi ubathwala) kodwa uma ungumnikazi wezilwane eziphephile futhi ulungele ukuthatha leso sinyathelo esilandelayo kungenzeka ukuthi i-chameleon eveziwe . I-chameleons eveziwe ihlala iminyaka engaba ngu-6-8 ekuthunjweni kanti abesilisa abakhulu kunabo bonke abesilisa nabesifazane abakhulayo abangaba izinyawo ngezinyawo, hhayi ukufaka umsila wabo.
- Ama-Chameleon aseSenegal : Ngokungafani nezinhlobonhlobo ezimboziwe, ama-Senegal chameleons akuzona okulula ukuzinakekela ekuthunjweni. Ngokuvamile bahlala iminyaka engaba ngu-5 noma ngaphansi futhi banomthelela kakhulu kunoma yiziphi izinguquko zemvelo. Zikhula kuphela zibe cishe ngamasentimitha ayisithupha kuya kwangu-8 ubude.
- I-Jackson's Chameleons : Eyaziwayo ngezimpondo zazo ezincane, lezi zinhlanzi azifuni ukuphatha kodwa zingaphila iminyaka eyishumi ekuthunjweni. Azizona ezinemibala njengezinye izinhlobo zama-chameleon ngenkathi zisencane kodwa njengoba zivuthiwe zingakhula zaba abantu abemibalabala.
- I-Panther Chameleons : Ngaphezulu kwezinyawo ubude, lolu hlobo lwe-chameleon alukwazi kuphela ubukhulu bawo kodwa nembala yabo ecacile. Impilo yabo iyifushane, iyindawo, futhi ayifanele ukuphatha ngokujwayelekile kodwa abantu abaningi bayakujabulela ukubanakekela ukuze bajabulele imibala ekhanyayo abayibonayo.
Ihlelwe ngu-Adrienne Kruzer, i-RVT