Ages of Veiled Chams

[dave101]

Hey all, i bought a Veiled baby cham 2 days ago. The store i bought it from told me it was a baby but did not mention the exact age and i really want to know how old my cham really is. Here is a picture (not so great of a picture) if anyone can give me a good guess on how old he really is i would really appriciate it

 

[latshki]

looks like a baby to me but could you get more of a clear shot

 

[dave101]

yes i can, i need to get batteries for my camera. For some reason i always never have batteries when i need them. It will take me 5-10 min to run to the store and grab some if you will still be on.

 

[BocaJan]

Also, please get a measurement of nose to vent along with the pic.

 

[dave101]

nose to tail?

 

[dave101]

Here is a quick picture

 

[BocaJan]

nose to vent. the vent is the poop hole.

 

[dave101]

ahh lolll i measured and it is about 2 1/2 inches

 

[latshki]

definatly a baby

 

[dave101]

about how many months would you say? or weeks?

 

[zelink14]

about how many months would you say? or weeks?

I would guess no older than two months. Mine was about that big when I got him and he was about a month, I think.

 

[dave101]

ok thanks. i am about to start cup-feeding and i have not ever done it before. i have a container that is 5 inches deep, do you think my cham can reach down that far to grab them with his tongue?

 

[latshki]

maybe put something around the rim of the cup so he can sit there and get them or make a vine dip down in to the cup

 

[dave101]

i'm just worried that the crickets will jump out of the cup and i dont want that becasue the cage i built, the screen holes are to big and they will go right threw the holes then i will have to worry about crickets all over my house lol. But i am going to home depot sometime in the week and buying more screen so i can layer it over the 1st layer of screen so that way the crickets wont be able to fit threw the holes

 

[moody232002]

yup crickets over the house are no fun even the silent ones are not so silent when they grow beleive me lol
we had one behind the freezer chirping for three days before we caught it, not fun