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Hi Claudia(?)! Depending on your local climate/your personal possibilities kepping them outdoors from (ideally) spring to autumn may solve this problem. In winter (in cooler climates) - and when keeping them indoors - it may be easier to find a room you can cool down at night. I live in...

Hi! Looks good! :) I would add either a little bit more branches or fix some epiphytes on the branches you already have in your terrarium (or a little of each ;) ). Apropos: Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is an excellent indicator for the quality of your enclosures micro-climate...

Hi Carlton! I thought so. That's why I particularly mentioned the genus Usnea - nearly all of them do not tolerate pollution - whereas other (absolutely unrelated) species are able to cope with significantly increased short-term pollution and partiallyalso with ("just") increased pollution...

Concerning fruticose and - even more - beard lichen: They aren't able to cope with much pollution, in many cases not even for shorter times. That means that they'll get brown within a few weeks with starting to show the first signs a few days after exposition. Take a look at the part of the...

That's how I kept my (sub-)montane Trioceros species. Currently I am only keeping Trioceros jacksonii, because I had to reduce my stock significantly due to personal health problems. Various animals mainly ate the tips of the "beards" (genus Usnea), whereas I didn't observed a...

Hi Scott! As mentioned, some species of the genus Trioceros are eating lichens in appropriate amounts from time to time but they do it specifically. I have always kept montane Trioceros ssp. in terraria "decorated" with plenty of lichens and I still do. There was never even one case of...

Hello! Using lichens as "plants" in your terrarium could be a good thing indeed. They provide proper structure, they can help to stabilize humidity and they'll also work well as a natural dripper - especially for younger animals/smaller species. In my experience some species of the...

Hello! Common names are nothing but smoke and mirrors anyway. So here, in the middle of the Austrian Alps, a specimen of Trioceros jacksonii xantholophus is usually called "Sepp", whereas in Germany their common name is usually "Kevin"... ;) Joking apart, knowing the exact location (as...

Hi! 1.) If this is the permanent coloration of the animal, something may not be ok with the animal. The consultation of a (really!) experienced vet would bring clarity. 2.) If the sprayed water is to cool, some (when not even most) animals would get stressed in the first place, so they...

Hello! Maybe/most likely a lack of sense of security, the animal have had in it's brevious terrarium (although not suitable in several ways it provided a narrow, "protected" environment). Solution: Fixing cotton towles or something like that on eg. the terrarium's frontside and one or...

Hello, no, the bottoms of my indoor-eclosures are all proof to water and dirt. If the bottom isn't already waterproof, I use plastic tablecloths (readily available, easy to process & adapt to own ideas, cheap...). With the best regards, Emanuel

Hey, hereafter just a few examples from some of my („livebearing“) Trioceros-enclosures (for neonates, juveniles/subadults, adults). As you can see, mostly pure moss is used as soil – outdoor as well as indoor. Proper moisting and live plants (loads of various lichens, epiphytic plants...

Hi, for sitting and "resting" pieces of bark fixed on their "favourite-branches" (e. g. with cable fixers...) would do well. Most females would also prefer this places for "giving birth"! As mentioned, covering the pots with moss would be great; you can also "carpet" the rest of the...

Hi! I'm afraid I do not fully understand - you mean stones to cover the soil of the pots? If so - yes, moss would be very fine. To be honest, I used moss very keenly (concerning "livebearers" such as Trioceros). That and lichens - both have an excellent (positive) effect on the...

Hello from good (c)old Austria (no, not where kangaroos are coming from... ;) )! Of course keeping them single is not the only way to success - but it's a quite good way (if the animal's remaining requirements are fullfilled at the best). As already said, keeping them single gives you...