Chameleon Came in Today!!!
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JoCarp
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I get them through Mantis Place the site sponsor, Rebecca is helpful and quick to respond too.
JoCarp
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One thing I forgot to mention that I really like about them is when your order them in pupae form, you can keep them in the fridge for a few weeks and just take out what you need the day prior and they will hatch out and are ready to go. I also will just leave a bunch of pupae in with merlin if I'm going to be gone for a day and don't want to leave crickets in with him so it kind of creates a "trickle" feeder affect as they come out. I'm actually going to order more on Monday. I will say that if it's hot where you are, get the insulation and cold pack just so they don't all come out in the shipment. When mine arrived a decent amount were already out, but it was much hotter at that point in time.
Make it a great day,
JoCarp
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Thought I would put up a picture of Merlin after he had a nice 15 minute shower on his plant. I finally have his umbrella plant INSIDE his enclosure versus next to it haha 
Now I just have to wait for the plant to fill the enclosure a little better so I can remove the fake stuff.
I also plan to work on the armoire enclosure more so I can have it ready in the next few weeks. I'll probably order some more stuff and slowly get into placing it and making the natural looking background. I'll put up pics as I go, there are pictures of it how it sits on my profile and the thread I'll continue (from a loooong time ago) is:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/enclosure-inside-enclosure-141871/\
I started that thread with the idea that I'd put the smaller screen enclosure inside the big one, but it turned out to be easier to just set the screen up on it's own for now.
Make it a great day everyone,
Now I just have to wait for the plant to fill the enclosure a little better so I can remove the fake stuff.I also plan to work on the armoire enclosure more so I can have it ready in the next few weeks. I'll probably order some more stuff and slowly get into placing it and making the natural looking background. I'll put up pics as I go, there are pictures of it how it sits on my profile and the thread I'll continue (from a loooong time ago) is:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/enclosure-inside-enclosure-141871/\
I started that thread with the idea that I'd put the smaller screen enclosure inside the big one, but it turned out to be easier to just set the screen up on it's own for now.
Make it a great day everyone,
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JoCarp
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So I just got back from being gone for a week for work and Merlin seems to be showing some more contrasting colors especially on his face. These were taken over lunch as he was chasing down crickets. First picture is with a flash.
Make it a great day everyone,
Make it a great day everyone,
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JoCarp
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Checking back in
I hope this finds everyone well! We've been very busy so I haven't been able to get pictures of Merlin up, but he is doing well and I thought I would throw up an update. The first picture is right before a he shed two weeks ago today (told you it's been a while!)
The Next pictures are from yesterday which is 8 months from his (assumed/estimated) hatch date. It was almost 80* outside so I wanted to let him get some good natural sunlight before it gets too cold. Hope everyone enjoys and is getting ready for the winter! I'm trying to get Merlin's big guy enclosure ready so he can move into his mansion!
EDIT* You can see Lexi dog and Curry cat from my signature block in the third picture, both jealous that Merlin is out on the deck and they are not! haha
I hope this finds everyone well! We've been very busy so I haven't been able to get pictures of Merlin up, but he is doing well and I thought I would throw up an update. The first picture is right before a he shed two weeks ago today (told you it's been a while!)
The Next pictures are from yesterday which is 8 months from his (assumed/estimated) hatch date. It was almost 80* outside so I wanted to let him get some good natural sunlight before it gets too cold. Hope everyone enjoys and is getting ready for the winter! I'm trying to get Merlin's big guy enclosure ready so he can move into his mansion!
EDIT* You can see Lexi dog and Curry cat from my signature block in the third picture, both jealous that Merlin is out on the deck and they are not! haha
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Meg4433
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I have had my Panther a little over two weeks. Today is the first day he would sit still out of the cage. Usually he just goes from one hand to another. He sat there and just looked around. So exciting. Enjoy your Panther they are so cool!!! Do you have a picture of the sire?
Wowbango
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His colors are coming in quite nicely. I recently acquired a holdback from Deerharvester, who has similar coloration when he's nice and calm. He's a bit of a grump though so he's dark most of the time. It's been two weeks so hopefully he starts to settle down
JoCarp
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I don't have a picture that I have permission to post, but his sire is Cowboy from Chameleon Paradise, a site sponsor. If you go to Bruce's website through the sponsor list at the top right you can see his sire under the list of available. Bruce said that as my guy ages his oranges/reds will transition to the yellow that Cowboy has.
JoCarp
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His colors are coming in quite nicely. I recently acquired a holdback from Deerharvester, who has similar coloration when he's nice and calm. He's a bit of a grump though so he's dark most of the time. It's been two weeks so hopefully he starts to settle down
Yea, that's part of the reason I haven't put pictures of Merlin up lately (that and no free time). He has been somewhat grumpy lately and really only brings out his brighter colors in the sun or when he's excited that I'm there to feed him haha.
Did you ever see if your guy likes the blue bottle flies? I think I'm going to order more shortly.
JoCarp
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Oh I hadn't heard that, but I've only ordered two batches from them. I may look around to see where else to get them. Thanks for the heads up!
JoCarp
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Got a few pictures of Merlin. First is while enjoying the shower, I just let him hang out there until he starts to walk away and then put him back in his enclosure. He was showing a little more color after a nice long shower!
I did work a lot on my armoire enclosure this weekend. I'm taking pictures to put up once it's complete, I'll make a thread. For now I'm just putting them in my album.
Make it a great day,
I did work a lot on my armoire enclosure this weekend. I'm taking pictures to put up once it's complete, I'll make a thread. For now I'm just putting them in my album.
Make it a great day,
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Meg4433
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Your video and pictures are great. Good luck with your little one.
JoCarp
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Thank you for the compliment and well wish!
JoCarp
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Thought I'd put up a few more pictures.... again haha. I don't know if anyone else enjoys this, but I really do like having a timeline so-to-speak of Merlin's development. The first picture is of him towards the end of the day showing more blueish greens than normal, not in a bad mood, the picture is just titled with a bad joke. The second picture is of him just taking in all the mist he can! he had a little bit of shed still around his eye and so I just let the mister go until he left that spot which was close to 15-17 minutes or so. Hope everyone is having a great day!!!
