Thanks for the replies, and i totally believe it is a hydration issue and am freaking out about my too short misting times.....i have already changed that, and am replacing his dying schefflera with a nice big pothos to collect water!
As for his size..he is MASSIVE i have never measured him...
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male Ambilobe Panther, almost 2 years old, in my care since 3 months old
Handling – Almost never, the closest I get is when I hand feed him. Only when changing cages or cleaning do I actually handle him.
Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What...
Thanks everyone! Yea, i was cleaning out the viv because I traded the 1.2 adult pygmies that had been living in it to my friend for a female jackons :rolleyes:....i thought i was done with my pygmy breeding project but SURPRISE....haha how could you not love the little guys? and the babies are...
i'm not using an incubator, the cabinet under my cable box stays a steady 75-77°F and has been used for this purpose before (not pygmy eggs)....i have my other incubators full atm...i made sure they didn't turn, and i didn't have anything i felt comfortable enough to mark em with...
of course it's eggs! six nice looking bearded pygmy eggs...i've hatched these guys before but this time i'm taking the eggs OUT of the viv and using an incubator...70-77°F is what i've read....
i was interested in the fact that in the first preview i saw, they show rango stuck to the window of Hunter S. Thompson's car and Rango himself wears the classic Hawaiian t-shirt in homage.
sounds like the time i went to a reptile expo in northern Massachusetts, there was nothing there! come to realize, Mass has the dumbest reptile laws and all chams are illegal to sell there!
i would go with FLchams! They have been around for awhile and know what they are doing! below is a link to pictures of a veiled someone just ordered from FL.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-new-chameleon-55102/
and another veiled from FL, this one is a morph so it has black and translucent...
yemen (veileds) chams are commonly known to be an aggressive chameleon. Since you just got it yesterday he/she is still stressed out from being in a new place and new surroundings so you should have as LITTLE contact with it as possible. Also, don't mist the chameleon directly with the spray...
this is why i ALWAYS order the BBC versions with David Attenborough's narration! He IS a national treasure...for you. It just doesn't seem right watching nature documentaries WITHOUT his voice. I couldn't watch the 'Life' series when it originally aired here because Oprah is THE WORSE...
the pygmy in the last 2 pictures really needs some rehydration, you can clearly see how sunken in it's eyes are, tons of misting and gut load those feeders to get em back to full health
yea excess dusting usually causes that, but you stated you were aware and that you only have given him vitamin dusting twice. my suggestions would be dust the feeders really lightly, and up the misting/dripping for more hydration.
oh and what are the supplements you are using?
All i can say is.....I AM JEALOUS! Starting a leopard gecko breeding project or just adding to it?? i love leopards! I WISH that i could find half that stuff at my local reptile convention!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/on-sale/6ad2/
ahhh i live in NEW HAMPSHIRE and just had a similar issue!! my shipment of 2000 crix came in completely DOA. THANKFULLY i live in manchester so we have a petco and petsmart, so i was able to get small (not all small but better than nothing) crix. I can't wait for my dubia colony to get bigger...