Jasonii Parsonii questionii.

I'm happy to say that I’ll be getting two juvenile captive European bred Parsonii in a few weeks. I’m super excited and nervous about this opportunity to work with Parsonii. I understand that Parsonii pose a significant husbandry and financially commitment but feel that I’m up to the task. I’m working to get the care sheets and enclosures in order. I've worn the forum search button out collecting Parsonii requirements from all the threads available. My notes are below. Can those with some experience please critique my notes?

Thank you! Jasonii



Juvenile (4-18 months)
Temp
-Winter: No hibernation 18c-20c (64f-68f)
-Summer: 17c-20c(63f-68f) at night and 25c-28c(77f-82f) during the day, should never exceed 30c (86f)

Food
-Crickets, Superworms, Hissers, dubia, Silk worms, horn worms, blue bottle flies

Water
-Automated Mister/dripper running twice a day for 20 minutes

Supplements
-Daily (except for Sundays)
--Rep-cal Calcium no D3
-Weekly
--Every other week Rep-cal multivitamins
-Monthly
--Rep-cal Calcium with D3

Lighting
-ZooMed HO 5.0 24”
-60W incandescent (24w in the summer)

Cage (until 14 months old)
-Indoor 48”X24”X24”
-Outdoor 48”X24”X24” (spring)

Adult

Temp
-Winter: hibernation November – February 15c-21c (60f-70f)
-Summer: 17c-20c(63f-68f) at night and 25c-28c(77f-82f) during the day, should never exceed 30c (86f)
Food
-Crickets, Superworms, Hissers, dubia, Silk worms, horn worms, blue bottle flies, grass hoppers
-Little to no food during hibernation

Water
-Automated Mister/dripper running twice a day for 20 minutes
-twice a day for 10 minutes during hibernation.
Supplements
-Daily (except for Sundays)
--Rep-cal Calcium no D3
-Weekly
--Every other week Rep-cal multivitamins
-Monthly
--Rep-cal Calcium with D3 during the winter
--No D3 during the spring & fall(outside)
Lighting
-ZooMed HO 5.0 24”
-60W incandescent (24w in the summer)

Cage
-Indoor 48”X48”X30” (housed seperatly)
-Outdoor 10’X10’X12’ (green house)

Cool. Congratulations. Can I ask who you got them from?

Congrats on your new babies. I'm sure you will do just fi e with them.

Action Jackson said:

Cool. Congratulations. Can I ask who you got them from?

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At a retail shop in San Antionio. A few weeks ago I stopped by to look at a mellers. Once I held them I couldn't get them out of my head.

Jason

jannb said:

Congrats on your new babies. I'm sure you will do just fi e with them.

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Thank you! I'm studying all of your threads.

Jason

Good luck, they seem to be good eaters

Thanks! So am I. At least we will have something in common from day1.

Montium said:

Good luck, they seem to be good eaters

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I picked them up last night. 1st pics! I think I have a male and a female?

They look healthy
Looks to my as 2 males but not easy to see on the pictures..

Thank you!

Male#1(dot) is a good size bigger than male#2 (no dot). Male#1 eat 4 large crickets on day one and six on day two. I'm trying 15 medium cricket today. He drank from my misting system on day one but not day two. He sat under the dripper for 10 minutes this morning.

Male #2 has not eaten yet. He seems to be quite a bit more timid than male#1. He sat under his dripper for a good 20 minutes, basked, then went back to his spot. I'm trying smaller crickets today.

Jason

Male #1

They look good,you will love having them! Keep the pictures coming.

How exciting!!! I'm very happy for you. What a wonderful opportunity.

Also I love this thread title.

They look good Jason. Keep the pictures coming.

Ok . I weighed and measured them this morning. Neither ate the medium crickets.

Such little cuties. At that size Cooper loved BB flies. How much did they weigh?

#1 (spot) has picked up the nic name Frank the tank. Frank is doing really good. He weighed in at 48 grams and measured 4.5 inches nose to vent.

#2 (no spot) finally eat yesterday. He eat as soon as I swiched from cup to free range feeding. He eat 6 crickets yesterday and two so far this morning. #2 weighed in at 38 grams and measured about 3.5 inches. He has some white skin flakes, I'm assuming that he is getting ready to shed.