C.rudis questions...
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Trace
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Hi Tydis!
I have a small, dedicated "chameleons only" room and run a cool mist humidifier 24/7. Because I'm not living in that room and I keep the door closed, it's easy for me to keep cooler ambient temperatures and high humidity required for the species I work with. I can't imagine trying to keep a single high humidity loving montane chameleon in my living room. Impossible.
Cheers,
Trace
Linkin: Once again I feel my work is validated by your insightful commentary. *sigh*
I have a small, dedicated "chameleons only" room and run a cool mist humidifier 24/7. Because I'm not living in that room and I keep the door closed, it's easy for me to keep cooler ambient temperatures and high humidity required for the species I work with. I can't imagine trying to keep a single high humidity loving montane chameleon in my living room. Impossible.
Cheers,
Trace
Linkin: Once again I feel my work is validated by your insightful commentary. *sigh*
Jerm
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Rudis...
Rudis are a pretty amazing species. I haven't yet had the oportunity to keep the red jewels though. Everything that Trace said earlier is good advice for these guys. Cool temperatures are important, especially for juveniles. High humidity is also important. I wouldn't recommend them for a first time chameleon, only someone with some experience. Don't think that being a live bearing species means that the babies are going to be easier to raise than incubating and hatching eggs. I've found that neonates that come from eggs are hardier at birth with a higher survival rate. Now this may be because the experience that I have with livebearers were wild caught specimens meaning that they are probably stressed being in captivity during pregnancy, which will cause weaker babies. Another important factor is that the females have to be monitored more closely while gravid and after birthing because being live bearing seems to take more out of the female not only nutrition wise but also the size of the babies compared to the female is much greater than most egg laying species. My baby rudis where born larger than my panther hatchling. If you have the oportunity to keep these guys it is a great experience, I don't recommend starting with wild caught even though that is almost all you can find available (which should tell you something about them). Good luck!
I attached a couple of photos of the rudis that I have kept in the past. The photo of the female with the baby next to her, that is one of the 11 that she gave birth to the day prior to me taking that photo. Pretty amazing that they all fit in there.
Rudis are a pretty amazing species. I haven't yet had the oportunity to keep the red jewels though. Everything that Trace said earlier is good advice for these guys. Cool temperatures are important, especially for juveniles. High humidity is also important. I wouldn't recommend them for a first time chameleon, only someone with some experience. Don't think that being a live bearing species means that the babies are going to be easier to raise than incubating and hatching eggs. I've found that neonates that come from eggs are hardier at birth with a higher survival rate. Now this may be because the experience that I have with livebearers were wild caught specimens meaning that they are probably stressed being in captivity during pregnancy, which will cause weaker babies. Another important factor is that the females have to be monitored more closely while gravid and after birthing because being live bearing seems to take more out of the female not only nutrition wise but also the size of the babies compared to the female is much greater than most egg laying species. My baby rudis where born larger than my panther hatchling. If you have the oportunity to keep these guys it is a great experience, I don't recommend starting with wild caught even though that is almost all you can find available (which should tell you something about them). Good luck!
I attached a couple of photos of the rudis that I have kept in the past. The photo of the female with the baby next to her, that is one of the 11 that she gave birth to the day prior to me taking that photo. Pretty amazing that they all fit in there.
