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Fingers crossed for the chapmanorum project ;)

You're right, they are R. brevicaudatus. You can easily tell by the presence of the conical scale on their chin. Seems to me you sexed them right as well. Females usually have a more rounded dorsal crest, whereas males have a dorsal crest that is a bit 'sharper'. Also, the male has a slightly...

Am I reading this correctly? You put hydrogen peroxide in its eye?? :eek: Try a google search on 'hydrogen peroxide in eye' and see what you get! :mad: Washing can work if there is a little bit of dirt or something in a chameleon's eye, but I believe I can see some swollen tissue, which...

In the introduction of Colin Tilbury's 'Chameleons of Africa, an Atlas', it says the book is "focused on chameleons of Africa, the Middle East/Asia and Europe, leaving the Madagascan and related species to be dealt with in a separate volume". Does anyone know if Colin Tilbury is indeed...

Don't force feed, unless there is no other option. It only causes stress, and the pressure you sometimes have to apply to the jaws can cause skin irritation or worse. The easiest way depends on the animal you have to treat. Some of my chameleons are used to drink from a syringe (without...

Great photos! What lense(s) did you use? I've been thinking about upgrading from my D90 to D7100 or D600 for a while.

The same goes for parsonii. Where do you think those babies' parents came from?

All three animals have a rounded dorsal crest, which means they are females. Males have a more serrated dorsal crest.

Both are females. There are two basic features to look at: the length of the tail, and the dorsal crest. Females have a shorter tail than males, and a more rounded dorsal crest.

I read the page and I'm familiar with IUCN. Without reading the rest of the page or knowing anything about IUCN, however, the classification of "Near Threatened" should be alarming enough. But in this case, their population declined 15-20% (but probably closer to 30%) over the past 15-18 years...

In my opinion, absolutely not. You will only support demand for the species within the reptile keeping business. Same goes for showing photo's etc. if you ask me. Check out this page: http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/172896/0 Their wild population is decreasing, and ongoing habitat loss...

Beware of the fact that a/c units not only lower the temperature, but relative humidity as well. You might need a humidifier...

There is only one boehmei. Check out the Kinyongia section on this forum, there are a few topics about them.

It can be difficult to see through them with a spot light. Maybe you could try it with a strong LED flashlight? It's been a while since I did it myself. I'll give it a try tomorrow and see if I can give you some more useful advice.

I posted this before in another topic, but there is a little trick to check whether or not a pygmy cham is gravid. Check out this article a friend of mine wrote some years ago: http://www.chameleonnews.com/06MayDeckers.html Scroll down and you'll see a photo of a gravid temporalis. Be careful...

Do they see them die, or do they assume they all die when they don't see any chameleons in the dry season? Who knows, maybe the chameleons find a more humid place to hide from the drought, until the rain comes again.

That sounds like a person that doesn't know what kind of animals he's working with. Please avoid doing business with these kind of people... According to one of my books (Necas, Chameleons: nature's hidden jewels), montium can live about 9 years. I think it's not smart to buy WC montium...

Male veiled chameleons have a tarsal spur on their hind feet, which is visible from the moment they hatch from their eggs. As they mature, males will also grow bigger than females, show a lot more colours and will develop a bigger casque. I wouldn't ask the people at the pet store for any...

You can look at the dorsal crest too. The tails may actually vary in length a bit, which can sometimes make it difficult to sex them. Female brevicaudatus have a 'rounded' dorsal crest, males have a more serrated crest.