Congrats on the 1st hand feed=D So far my lil guy will only take mantis from my hand. If you haven't tried those you should, fastest i ever see my guy go to get something lol
The actual temp of his basking spot is 80F but he keeps getting to areas that are 83-84F.
Yeah, it's a kammers setup :D
I use RO water for everything with Archie.
Thanks Everyone for replies :D
yeah I thought the dogs might bother him, we try to keep them outta there but the boxer will not be "kept out" she is my shadow :P Does everything else im doing sound good? Tried to take all the info i got/get here and put it to use. Guess i just have to get some more experience with the...
just got a new camera and i finally got it away from the wife so... Archie is getting a Silkworm there, sry for focus still have some figuring to do. Found those speed shot settings and knew I had to try to catch that tongue in action, and figured i would share :D
Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - Ambilobe, Male, he is about 3 to 3 1/2 months, and weight on 3/27/10 was 5g. Got him last wednesday 3/24/10
* Handling - took him out once to weigh him
* Feeding - mantis (on there 2nd molt), crickets ( 1/8), silks (small), supers (small), horn...
Got this info from a Book "The Panther Chameleon" "In the Laboratory ad libitum food intake of crickets, mealworms, or superworms by panther chameleon juveniles is equivalent to 1.0 to 1.5 times the lizard's body mass per week for the first 4 months of life and then drops to about 0.4 to 0.9...
I dust em, slows them down makes them easy to deal with, then set them on a branch. They tend to sit where ya put em and try to start cleaning off the dust (for about 2 sec and chomp) :P I like to dust them b/c Archie loves them and eats em fast and I know he gets his supplements for the day...
Well i did not put anything in there for scale, "Doh". But the vine he in on is an exoterra fine sized vine if that helps :p I honestly have no idea how long he is, and i was sooo excited when he got here i forgot to weigh him "kicking myself for that one". Figure i'll give him a few days and...
Our new Ambilobe "Archie" from Kammerflage Kreations arrived this morning. The packing was great, he woke up and crawled outta his lil cup in no time. He had a few mantis and silks about 10min after that. Here are some pics, sry not the best but he did not like when the cage door was open...