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I even hesitate to write it but first Chamaeleo chameleon I cared (just about a month long before it died) in 1969. I even hesitate to count how long is since than and truth is that I was very, very young.... Even if I start counting from my first CB jacsonii in 1982 it is quite long ... I think...

Ryan, looking at your animals and comparing with my pair I will say following: 1. They are similar size like my young pair. 2. The more colored is similar in coloration like my male, I mean those "pearl" like scales on bottom, by male they are greenish, by female darker. 3. My male has...

Yes, thats great. Do you not know something about conditions by incubation? I did not say that it can be done just there was some parameter that I never was able get right. It was 15 years ago when we knew less than today. May be is necessary continue with temperature/humidity experiments...

Me. I had hundreds eggs from dozens clutches and nothing hatched. Mostly from copulation in nature but few from animals imported like juvenils those matured and copulated in captivity. One note. If you read CITES notifications you will find that it is not banned export from Madagascar...

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I know exactly situation in 4 EU countries. For commercial imports (in one of them is commercial every import above 50 specimens, up to 50 it is personal if you say so, in other it depends on addresee) there is 30 days quarantine. Mine is one of them. For personal imports it depends on vet and...

I am just very curious who will control temperature in my quarantine in the night?! 30days this is common, in EU it is standard as minimum for commercial imports but even if that idiotic quarantine regulation about temperature exists I can not imagine how it can be controlled in real life.

I tried incubate for sure more than 500 eggs during my life. Dozens clutches. Mostly from imported females but some after copulations long term living animals in captivity raised from juveniles. I tried after my opinion EVERYTHING with exception of 2 cold periodes. NOTHING HATCHED. Ok, it was...

It is "far past". I will now show my hidden identity to my region and to some US folks as well. For decade I was among largest importers and exporters of exotic animals in former "post communism block" and for sure largest chameleon importer - I always was trying work most with what I am...

Babies or too young animals to sex otherwise. For example Calummas like parsonii, brevicornis, oshaugnessyi, globifer, further Ch. dilepis, africanus, senegalensis etc F. balteatus - species where the young ones were exported. We never imported Tansania hence no experience with sexing melleri...

I did it with many chameleons /hundreds, may be thousand/ many of those I bred sucesfully so no damage. I did it by few melleri but those were not mine, I never bred this species. I did it by lot of young parsonii, oshaughnessyi, globifer. Nobody never reported any problem. Did I damage some of...

To probe them is not difficult. When done with correct instrument and GENTLY than it will not damage animal, for sure. Truth is that it needs to be exercised on other reptiles (I suggest start with snakes) but do not worry after few hundreds it will be no problem anymore. In principe if you...

Today is easily google in pictures to discover "who is who". If I wrote soldier's fly most peoples need google it as well moreover it is name for group (family). Same way like many chameleon keepers need google Bradypodion thamnobates to see how it looks they can google food insects. One...

Thamnobates food. Ok, my thamnobates couple is tamed a bit now. They are eating from pincette now. I have them outside and I am feeding to them exclusively sweeped insects (from outside). I found that they have very very strange food spectrum. I am entomologist so I know about what I am...

If it is fresh import I suggest albeit smaller but keep them separately. Separate cages as much as possible, if possible prevent air circulation between cages. That way will various pathogens and parasits spread not so easily (that is better suggest than did, I know ...). Do noth clean cages...

If you exchanged Calumma gastrotaeniata on that show than its you (I was on stand next to it with but mostly running around). I was probably most thick buyer that you had. Bradypodions are nice animals if you take them out but shame that they are not visible in terrarium.

I purchased pair on last Hamm show (btw, eisentrauti it was you - they gone to "Wild East" in EU) and I am very satisfied with them until now. I keep them outside and they are feeding well. Btw, female is very agressive and is hissing on fingers, you can hear it. I could not imagine that...