Babies! HELP!

[lilxsquirt]

We have a female Jackson Chameleon wasnt expecting babies and now there are seven. Help, Ive read about fruit flies, so Im going to get some fruit and stick out the sun to get it going, but Ive read remove from cage wait a week or two, what exactly do I do?

 

[summoner12]

We have a female Jackson Chameleon wasnt expecting babies and now there are seven. Help, Ive read about fruit flies, so Im going to get some fruit and stick out the sun to get it going, but Ive read remove from cage wait a week or two, what exactly do I do?

remove the babies from the adults... you don't want them to become lunch.

as for fruit flies you need to buy a culture that is already underway. They are flightless so they won't go anywhere.

I do not know much about jackson babies.... but I am pretty sure you need to keep them humid and most likely around the low-mid 70's.

I would use a Rubbermaid container with paper towel on the bottom (get the towels wet once inside so they keep the moisture up in the container) and little sticks that the babies can grip with some leaves for water to bead up on when you mist them. As for more detail you'll have to do some searching. There is a web page out there that goes into detail about jackon care, not sure if it covers babies though. Open up Google and do some searching.

 

[lilxsquirt]

I dont know where to get a culture none of the pet stores on this island sell them. I live in Hawaii. Do I need air holes in the container wait that was stupid.

 

[lilxsquirt]

she is up to twelve live, two we had to help break free, one I save from being strangled, his name is Lucky!

 

[gary1621]

Can you get your hands on pinhead crickets? Tiny crickets?

Keep them in a tub with sticks going over it so the babies have something to strike at them from

Good luck

... p.s. get some pictures up

 

[chambabysitter1]

http://www.geocities.com/chamjacksonii/

There is a neonate section inside. It says you got about 24 hours to start feeding them. I would start looking online for cultures like, 2 hours ago.

 

[lilxsquirt]

tiny crickets yes! what about meal worms? and ill get to those pictures working on the plastic containers right now. and as of online, nothing ships to HI.

 

[Syn]

Mealworms are a no-no. Bad chitin(shell) to meat ratio. If you can find baby superworms (zoophobas morio) that would be a better choice than mealworms.

Dubia nymphs, roach nymphs.. pinhead crickets..

 

[lilxsquirt]

ohk crickets it is. you guys rock. as soon as I get them situated in their new homes later Ill post pictures for you guys ont his thread if thats possible. or Ill figure it out.

 

[joshdhensley]

I think LLL ships to Hawaii. You can probably get your flies through them. Call and ask them.

 

[joshdhensley]

Something else to look into is silkworms. Mulberry Farms ships eggs world wide. Order yourself some eggs and chow powder and start your own batch of silkies. They are super easy. I started out with 1000 eggs and now I have soo many worms and caccoos it's crazy. All my chams love them.......Even my month old Jacksons

 

[xanthoman]

you can get both flies and crickets on ebay among a thousand other places

 

[springkissinger83]

good luck and keep us posted. My jackson is gravid and this is my first time too