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Answers on a post card (Seller had them labelled as Kenyan which to me is kerstenii, and is obviously not!)

Can anyone describe or illustrate how to sex R. kerstenii if different from R. brevicaudatus, Thanks.

Out of interest, has anyone de-wormed pygmy chameleons before? If so, how did you administer the panacur (assuming that panacur was used?!) ?

One of my female pygmies has developed a swollen ankle joint - just the 1, the other 4 limbs are fine. She can still grip with the foot but often when she resting against a branch it is not being used for grip. She has the same care as the other 4 pygmies, none of which have developed any...

Has anyone that keeps R. brevicaudatus observed any of their male pygmies digging? I currently have 3 males, all in different enclosures, and 1 in particular has recently begun to dig. This afternoon I found him sat in his hole and upon seeing me he casually climbed out and strolled off...

To recap, I recently bought 5 R. brevicaudata and sexed them myself in the shop as 2 female, 2 male, and 1 uncertain. I recently believed the uncertain to be male, then changed my mind and decided it was female due to having a shorter tail and a smoother crest. However, after taking "her" out...

I've done lots of reading and there are sites that suggest Pygmies (R. brev) can be kept in groups, and others that suggest they are best housed singly. So, I've split mine up into 3 vivs with 3 in 1 viv and 1 in each of the remaining 2 vivs. The group of 3 is a 1.2 arrangement. I've...

I recently acquired a group of R. brevicaudata from a petshop that had them labelled as R. kertenii. Same shop advised they were too young to sex but I managed to sex 4 and took a chance with the 5th believing it may be female. After getting them I placed 1.2 in 1 30x30x30 exo terra, and...