Here he is, the winner of the December 2014 photo contest, as well as the yearly contest. "Spiderbait" is really growing fast lately.
He got his name when he escaped at a very young age and he was lost for a week. I searched high and low before giving up and declared him spider bait...
This is the first time Kinyongia uluguruensis has been hatched in captivity anywhere in the world. Deposition was 8/31/14, hatching occurred today.
Enjoy.
From several sources including one medical journal:
"One of the most frequently reported side effects of calcium carbonate is swelling of different parts of the body. The face, tongue and throat are commonly affected."
For those who don't know this, calcium carbonate is the usual source of...
I'm starting to suspect fluoride as the cause of edema in some of my animals. If I use rain water, all signs of edema subside. When I switch back to tap water, some of my animals develop edema.
I let the tap water sit for about a week to get the chlorine out before putting it in the...
Here's some photos of one of the girls. Just finishing a shed, but still pretty rough around the edges. Got some bruises and mouth rub, but looking better every day.
This one loves the camera. Tries to climb on it. Pretty unusual for WC.
Just a photo of how I set up my basking light dimmers. One power strip with cord cut and dimmer spliced in. Will control up to six lights without additional splitters, just don't exceed the dimmer rating.
I'm not posting a instructional DIY for liability reasons, so you are on your own...
The most heavily scaled chameleon in my collection is this female Kinyongia multituberculata. She was WC and she's been in my care for two years. The scalation on along her flanks looks like tiny four leaf clovers.
She's one of my favorites. All the females of this species are just as nice...
Spoiled brats! :p Baby K. matschiei Loving these guys, they are not shy at all. They don't try to hide from the camera like the baby T. perreti.
Probably the best personalities I've seen from baby chameleons.
Ok, so over a week ago I ordered five Trioceros perreti from the new Cameroon import. The importer agreed to ship suspected gravid females. However, when they arrived, I could see no sign that any were gravid.
Well, today while cleaning up, I found five eggs in one of the plastic containers...