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It's looking very nice indeed! Which species are you planning on keeping? Personally, I would add some leaf litter on top of the substrate. I have found that mine are much happier walking around the floor if the have some leaves to hide amongst. I'd also add a whole load of branches with...

I agree with emessis and Juli.... Too much D3 can be just as bad as too little calcium. It will cause a sharp increase in the level of calcium in the blood (hypercalcaemia) which can be very dangerous. It can cause bones to become overcalcified resulting in sharp projections/other abnormal...

Leela, first of all let me say I have absolutely no experience with true chams, but there is something here that everyone (as far as I could see) has missed.... Nutrobol is a multi-vitamin supplement with D3 and so should not be used as often as you are using it. I don't think they have this...

Thanks :) I've already decreased the basking spot by a few degrees as I noticed that they weren't spending much time under it during the day....only around an hour or so in the morning. I'll take on board every thing else you've said too :) The breeder has kindly offered to send me a new male...

Unfortunately, the little one died some time in the night :( I don't think it was anything that I did as I have 4 other healthy pygmies, but it doesn't stop me feeling awful about it!

Hello Annette :) Yes, they are CB....the male is around 10 months old. I realise they are stress sensitive, but they are out of their viv for less than 5 minutes at a time. Just enough for me to give them a quick glance over and spot anything that's obviously wrong. Maybe I'm just trying...

Thanks for your reply :) I know that it is usual for pygmies to be relatively sedentary, but this one just didn't seem 'right' if that makes sense? He will normally sit in one place for most of the day, but usually reacts quite quickly to being disturbed. He seemed a little better before lights...

Well the lights have been turned off for the night. He actually moved to a different perch this evening so still has some fight left in him! I guess I'll have to see what tomorrow brings. I'm at work most of the day so I won't be able to check him until around 6pm. I'll update you all then but...

Just a little update... He is still with us and is sitting in the ficus (has been for the last 6 hours or so). He still seems very lethargic, but is moving his eyes around occassionally. I really hope he pulls through, but speaking to the breeder I got him from, who has A LOT of experience with...

I have never used Schefflera in a viv before, but mine absolutely love the ficus! They seem to prefer climbing on branches that are 1-3mm in diameter.....I'm not sure how big schefflera branches are, but I thought they were bigger :confused: Which ever you decide, make sure you post some pics...

Hi guys, I need some help with one of my pygmies. First of all, I'll post all the info. you need: Cage Info: Cage Type; I am using the 30x30x45 Exo-Terra Glass Terrarium. Lighting; 25W spot lamp which lights up the top of the viv but provides dappled shade on the viv floor. This is on for...

Hi :) I haven't been keeping them for long, but I have 2 species of pygmy; Rieppeleon brevicaudatus and Rhampholeon uluguruensis. Like you, I first thought that height would be wasted as most articles say they spend most of their time around the bottom of the viv. I keep mine in the 12x12x18...

Haha! Yes, I had thought of that......I decided that if I see a female laying, I'll pull the eggs out and incubate them. If not, I'll just leave them be as I don't want to be pulling apart the viv every few weeks in search of them! I'm happy for them to incubate in the viv as there are plenty of...

Thank you very much guys :) I don't find them difficult at all.......and these guys are my first chams! I don't find them to be very demanding and all 5 of mine have eaten within 2 days of getting here. In fact, I have to limit their food as the ulus were eating too much to start with! :D I...

I noticed that this part of the forum hasn't seen much action recently and thought I'd reawaken it by posting some pics of my pygmy vivs. They're both the 30x30x45 exo terras. First off is my R. uluguruensis viv which has been set up for about a month so the ficus is nice and bushy...

I don't know anything about panther eggs, but I'm sure people will be able to help more if you let them know the humidity they were being kept at......also, was there a lot of condensation in the tub? I do know however, that no matter how well you treat them, infertile eggs will fail so it...

Normally, the no. of appropriately sized insects per feeding decreases (along with the frequency of feedings) as the animal matures as the energy required for maintainance is less than that required for growth. The exception to this being gravid/pregnant females...

Lol. Thanks for the reply anyway! I know! When I first got mine, I had a load of woodlice (pillbugs) in there as custodians to eat the waste they produce. Within 2 days, there were was only one left.....I picked it up to see if it had any obvious signs of disease but it seemed perfectly...

Mine are exactly the same, always sitting on the branches above where I normally feed them! I'm starting to think that maybe I should just reduce the amount of food I'm offering them.... I forgot to mention in my first post, I cup feed them so I know the crickets are being eaten and not just...

Hi guys, I've had my pair of pygmy chams (R. uluguruensis) for a little over 2 weeks now, and I have a question about their feeding. Just about every caresheet I've read says that they will eat 2 or 3 crickets every other day each. However, I'm feeding mine every day and the male eats around...