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The pic on the right, hanging on the screen, is the male? If he is very difficult to wake, it is worrisome because it means he is past the point of being alert to daytime predators (also the undue "tameness"). If he is just going to sleep a little earlier than the other, that is borderline. He...

T., they do wring out your heart, but the mate has it worse. I can't explain to her what happened. Her little lizard brain just has to work it out and adapt. I've been really careful about managing her, and today she has a very strong appetite. I let her eat as much as she wanted. I'm cautiously...

A personal loss has pushed me to bump this thread and add some urgency to the care of imports. In particular, if you own WC adult melleri, get their blood smear done, check for signs of microfilaria, at least once a year. Several keepers here know that I had an up-and-coming breeding pair...

That is admirable! Powersun MV? I had negative results with melleri under MV. They avoided it. You might have to experiment with different lighting. Also, I wouldn't free-range a melleri under 1 year of age and at least 100g. Probably not. I would use a screen enclosure for something...

I can speak for myself only, but I'm tubbing it because the tried-and-true method I used to raise my CBs in 05- live plants, screened enclosure, bowl feeding- failed miserably with the 4-week-olds I got from Mike. In one week, their weights went from 2-3g to 1g or a fraction of gram on some. I...

I'd say, get an unrelated and raise them up together. If they get along forever, that's great, especially if they are a proper pair or both females. If they start hating on each other at puberty, well, that's two years from now, and you have time to build the second cage. It's a lot easier to...

Pat looks happy green to me. If it was paler or more yellowy-white, you'd know he was overheating. If his greens were grays, it would mean illness.

I can only speak for my group, but now they totally accept each other. They can be seen piled on each other basking all day, and switch partners to roost. Keepers with babies from more than one clutch: what are yours doing?

Wow! I had no idea lolchams was so popular! Have at it with my blessing. And... I like the shedding theme, too.

There are problems with using tempura paint: first, water washes it right off. Misting will remove your color dots. It is also a dry, cracking paint, so after it dries on a flexing living form, it pops right off the skin. Zoos use tempura paints for "enrichment" painting because it's non-toxic...

I'm using Liquitex acrylic tube paints. The jarred Liquitex is too runny for the job, the tubed has more polymer medium/gel. Only use the colors that are ASTM certified non-toxic. Avoid Cadmium colors. Lightfastness ratings are not important, even though they are under UV lamps; the paint only...

Sorry guys, I am not dead or missing, just got on here real quick, checking PMs while packing for my trade show. (My CH babies are tubbing along with me this trip.) I'll try to answer all the q's separately when I return. Looks like that's a one-hand golf clap, so maybe he isn't too...

My tubbed CH from Mike are still doing well. In fact, I was late with their first meal today, and they all rushed around when the first crix hit the tub. The largest ones have been picking off the quarter-inchers among the crix, and it looks like this week, all six will be up to quarters. On...

CH weights I finally have a moment for a break- here are the weights of my CH from Mike. They are definitely back on track now that they are being kept in a rubbermaid (that sounds awful). 6/26 all weighed between 2 and 3 g each 7/3 all weighed between 0 and 1 g each -drastic loss...

notes on CH I'm answering in the thread so others can read some of the info... First off, I'm getting the idea that every time a clutch is hatched, it imprints on the first temps, humidity, and caging it is put in. It does best when kept exactly in those conditions. In short, everything on...

T, the Wizard of Oz one made me shudder because I had a dream like that- not with a half-nude Heston- but with giant crix running all over. Yuck. Thanks, Wendy! I will go see your album...

Aaaaw, it's PAT! Good weight on it. Those wide plant stalks and broad leaves may be a bit hard for little feet to grasp. You might also give it a schefflera to climb in...?

Time to recruit more, eh? A water droplet... Huh. Never seen a branch like that before. I would like permission from other keepers to use their funny cham pix for captioning, I'm kinda limited to melleri here... Volunteers?

:)I'm smiling. Thank you, always nice to hear it helps others. Joe, are all those Meller's golf-clapping? I wish there were more species-devoted sites, too. There is so much to learn!