CH pix thread

[studiocham]

I'll stop the hijacking and invite everyone to post new pix of their growing 08 CH melleri here.

I'll start:

Big Red, 8g

More coming, these are not keen on having their pix taken... note the evil squint.

 

[Julirs]

Mean, mean Major Mellers. 6 grams. DOH 5/28/08

 

[studiocham]

That's a MIGHTY ROOOOOAR! Looks like Major is about to bust out another shed.

 

[studiocham]

Just fed them again and tried for more pix- no luck- but did see reiteration of a new hunting strategy. I noticed this last week...

I dust the houseflies in baggies (a different baggie for each supplement), then dump them on each of the scheffs. The flies are unable to fly while dusted, so some crawl on the plant and perches, most fall to the floor. The fallen flies, pale with dust, start to climb up the black mesh walls and the black plant pots. This migration cannot be seen from the upper branches where the CHs normally hunt and bask. First, one CH figured out to leave its buddies at the top of the cage, climb down to a plant pot, and plink off the flies as they crawl up. The first one is "big red' who gained 2g last week- it was eating more because of this strategy. This week, a second one has started doing it. Smart boogers. Now when they see me with the food, they start climbing down and wait at the rims of the pots.

 

[Chuck G]

This is Triton,a whopping 18 gms. I am assuming these are some of Mike's.
I have a group of 8 that range from 12 -18 gms. They are growing quick.
I will have some of them available at the Mid Atlantic show.

 

[studiocham]

This is Triton,a whopping 18 gms. I am assuming these are some of Mike's.
I have a group of 8 that range from 12 -18 gms. They are growing quick.
I will have some of them available at the Mid Atlantic show.

WOW! That's huge for this age, even faster than those in CB breeders' charts for this age. Are they living outdoors, getting sun all day?

 

[Chuck G]

I have had these guys since they were a couple weeks old in screen cages in 2 groups of 4. They have been inside,with the exception of a few hrs a week,temps permitting. I have been enjoying working with the babies.

 

[PARDAFOREVER]

How many picture do you want?

 

[studiocham]

How many picture do you want?

Patrick, yours are CB, not just CH. You should start a CB Growth Photos thread! It would be great to have the two threads parallel.

 

[PARDAFOREVER]

what is CH?

 

[studiocham]

what is CH?

CH = Captive Hatched, the parents bred in the wild, only the eggs were hatched as captives

CB = Captive Bred, you own the parents, you selected them, you bred them together in captivity

 

[PARDAFOREVER]

Ok thanks, it's due to my english

 

[studiocham]

I'll stop the hijacking and invite everyone to post new pix of their growing 08 CH melleri here.

I'll start:

Big Red, 8g

A hair over a month later, Big Red (paint dot ID, not its name) is now 22g!

These things are awesome. The only down side is the two Reds (from #3 female) hate me. Totally, absolutely want to rip my arms off. I weigh them once a week, and today was a rare day that neither one went into hissy, bitey spazzes. Maybe they are figuring out that I don't eat lizards. Yellow (Megana) and Blue are nice little chams.