laurie
Retired Moderator
A month isn't a lot of time but I wanted to share how thinks have progressed around here.
After the first few days of settling in, the kids, Hans & Sophia, would often bask out in the open. It took about 10 days for me to determine what temps they prefer. Day time temps are anywhere from about 74 up to low 80's. This is a lot higher than I expected. Night time temps are mid 60s to upper 50's.
The humidity stay's at 41%. I am not happy about that but it is a result of the amount of plants in the cages. There seems to be nothing I can do, I mist very lightly 2 x a day and they have drippers that water the chams and the plants. Sophia is such a character. When I mist she will sit hidden on a leave and drink of the leaf below her. She does the same thing with the drippers. She does not want a drop of water on her body. Guess she never gets dirty.
Both roam freely all over their cages. Each is in an 18 x 18 x 36 cage. I have a visual barrier between them and removed it once to see how they reacted. Both showed stress colors and Hans turned almost black. The barrier is now back in place for the foreseeable future. They have each settled into established sleeping places. Sophie has her special leaf and hans sleeps in the wire probe for the temperature /hydrometer. Both are at the front of their cages and just as cute as can be.
Both eat and poop well. Good thing it is on the leaves or I might never find it. I have offered a few different foods. So far they have had, crickets, fruit flys, silkworms, phoenix worms, just hatched mantis, just hatched stick bugs, and house flys. Of that list the only two they refuse is silkworms and house flys. I really expected both of those to be big hits, and the flys were for about 10 minutes and they have never eaten them again. Neither of them would touch a silkworm. So I am raising worms to a size my other chams will eat.
i have found these chams to be a delight to watch, and learn from. We both have a long way to go together. Updates will follow.
After the first few days of settling in, the kids, Hans & Sophia, would often bask out in the open. It took about 10 days for me to determine what temps they prefer. Day time temps are anywhere from about 74 up to low 80's. This is a lot higher than I expected. Night time temps are mid 60s to upper 50's.
The humidity stay's at 41%. I am not happy about that but it is a result of the amount of plants in the cages. There seems to be nothing I can do, I mist very lightly 2 x a day and they have drippers that water the chams and the plants. Sophia is such a character. When I mist she will sit hidden on a leave and drink of the leaf below her. She does the same thing with the drippers. She does not want a drop of water on her body. Guess she never gets dirty.
Both roam freely all over their cages. Each is in an 18 x 18 x 36 cage. I have a visual barrier between them and removed it once to see how they reacted. Both showed stress colors and Hans turned almost black. The barrier is now back in place for the foreseeable future. They have each settled into established sleeping places. Sophie has her special leaf and hans sleeps in the wire probe for the temperature /hydrometer. Both are at the front of their cages and just as cute as can be.
Both eat and poop well. Good thing it is on the leaves or I might never find it. I have offered a few different foods. So far they have had, crickets, fruit flys, silkworms, phoenix worms, just hatched mantis, just hatched stick bugs, and house flys. Of that list the only two they refuse is silkworms and house flys. I really expected both of those to be big hits, and the flys were for about 10 minutes and they have never eaten them again. Neither of them would touch a silkworm. So I am raising worms to a size my other chams will eat.
i have found these chams to be a delight to watch, and learn from. We both have a long way to go together. Updates will follow.
mine have been on the same diet pretty much, minus the baby stick bugs( ive been out hunting for them a few times now and only found one, and it died on me
