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Yes quite normal. Have a look at him when he's asleep on a branch/twig. Will most likely look much more plump. Quite common to not see them drink, but should get used to feeding in front of you after he settles in. I just recently got one of mine to hand feed, but it took a lot of...

Agree with Kplatvoet, anything that flies seem to really stimulate a feeding response, in any chameleons imo, even pygmies. Have the same issue with a juvenile hoehnelii i have recently purchased. He was the runt of a litter & doesn't appear to have the best of appetites. But he rarely ignores...

Anyone know if Tomatoes are good nutritionally for use as a gut load? Must admit i use them frequently, as the water content seems good for hydrating insects. I have heard that they are one of the few vegetables that are more nutritional when cooked? But probably not practical to cook for gut...

Really sorry to hear that Mikael, but one of the downsides to keeping pygmies i'm afraid. Lost a few myself, so know how you feel. As you say only to be expected to some degree, as most are WC. But some individuals, just seem much more delicate than a lot of others.

Hi jan, If they have been kept together, should be ok. If either one has anything contagious, it's most likely they would both be infected anyway. Personally i'd prefer to separate them, especially if space isn't an issue. Easier to keep an eye on whose eating what, stool samples etc.

What does she look like at night, when she's curled up on a twig asleep? I have also noticed my pygmies sometimes look a little skinny, as you said with ribs showing. But it's only really when they are active, down in the substrate, hunting bugs. At night the same animal will look nice & rounded...

Great info, thanks for posting. Shame i didn't know about this, as i was in that region, on holiday two weeks ago. Go there usually once a year & have never seen a chameleon in the wild there before. But tbh, never really looked for them, although i knew they existed. May look into this more &...

Try some blue bottle flies hatched from plain, un-dyed white maggots. All chameleons seem to respond well to anything that flies in my experience.

The first pic looks exactly like one of mine. Possibly R. uluguruensis Or R.moyeri, not sure which myself yet :confused: Agree with kdc, regards the water bowl... An accident waiting to happen. Talking of water.. I haven't actually seen any of my pygmies drink, apart from a small brev i bought...

I use a substrate of natural earth/leaf litter (collected from my local forest). I have a layer of oak/magnolia leaves on top of this. My pygmies actually go down onto the substrate & under the leaves to hunt out the bugs. :) Another trick is to put a small piece of veg, ie carrot on top of...

At that size i would say they are juveniles. So feed every day. If you notice uneaten insects the next day, don't feed for a day or two.

Yes, just what i was thinking. Don't know about the U.S, but not heard of any Cameroon shipments for sometime here in the UK. And yes, both uluguruensis & nchisiensis have recently appeared on a few suppliers stock lists that i know of, here in the UK. The moyeri are very similar looking to the...

I would feed babies, juveniles every day. They are pretty much like their larger cousins, in the fact that as they mature into adulthood, they tend to feed much less & eat much less, than when young & growing. Well that's my experience anyway.

Yes they don't appreciate being sprayed directly, as most chameleons don't. If you have a very fine spray they don't seem to mind so much though.

I'm interested!! As Mikael suggested. Try uploading to an image hosting site like photobucket. If i can do it... anyone can :D

Do you think they could be R. spectrum then Chris? A shame the pics are not clearer. I have a species that i cannot get a positive id on (though you did try a little while back), but look similar to those in the dodgy pics. You thought possibly Rhampholeon uluguruensis or Rhampholeon moyeri, for...

brookesia spectrum?? I doubt it! :confused:

Are you a 100% sure they are Kenyan's?? Have you seen pics or the animals themselves?

Thanks Chase. Yes i have him housed in a 18x18x24 high exo terra. I do already have a layer of oak & magnolia leaves on top of the substrate. Same as all my enclosures. Tank doesn't really suffer with mould/fungi problems, as the clean up crew take care of that. Any branches, twigs that i...

Yeah i agree. The trio are brevicaudatus & the pic of the single animal shows what looks to be temporalis.