i'm not gonna express myself on the ethics of cross breeding, despite being a pure line breeder,but i have a female nosy be that refused to mate with two different bloodlines nosy be male.
on the other hand,she displayed receptive coloration when shown to another of my breeder, a 2 yo ambilobe...
personally, i don't supplement with vitamins mountain species.i had problems with montium and merumontanus,both in males and females, concerning throat swallowing,not sure we can call it an edema.hence i decided to completely cut on vitamins,except for d3,that i give only when animals are not...
i would reduce supplement of vitamins and increase watering,that should help reduce the edema. and keep her outdoor as much as you can.
other than that, stunning animal.
i think eisentrauti is right,
the amount and uality of parasites carried by another reptile is definetly different from the one of a bug,even if wildcaught.
i know that in nature a cham would never say no to a bird a lizard or a baby mouse or whatever, but it is also known that in captivity...
hi joery.
nice set up.
i was interested in the basking info u provided,and i think it like you about general attitude to overexpose chameleons to uvb.
you said
it is also the case that animals can store vit d3 (fat solluble vitamin) for a certain period of time
i don't understand what...