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Chams are great, but they are most certainly not a handling pet. They generally don't enjoy being handled, they stress very easily and are very intolerant of changes to their environment, cold drafts, loud noises, vibrations, and so forth. They have specific, specialized needs which if not met, means for a very short lived pet. They aren't like iguanas, they won't live for 2 years in bad care, they will die fast if not kept properly.
On the plus side, keeping something challenging is very rewarding, they are so interesting. I have a 40 gallon arboreal setup for my veiled, with branches and twigs and leaves... sometimes I can't even find him in there. He doesn't enjoy being handled, but he will tolerate it every now and then. He'll eat crickets off my hand though. Shooting his tongue a good 6" to catch them. =)
My best advice, make sure you do your homework before buying, read everything you can on the species you're looking at. Every species has its own little quirks.
Rav
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