Chameleons and cage size

[Zoey]

Would a 38 Gallon Reptarium do okay for 2 Pygmy Chameleons? Or would it only be okay for one?
(I read somewhere that you can have 2 female Pygmy's in the same cage, if I am wrong please correct me!)


Also wondering what size cage Jackson Chameleons need when they are Full Grown.


Thanks in advance.

 

[Julirs]

They actually need glass cages, like aquariums or those Exoterra glass cages. You can keep 1 male and 2 females in a 10 gal, or 2 females.

 

[AFH]

I don't have brevs, though I've thought about it. Everything I've seen on the site has a terrarium type enclosure, not a screen cage.

I think you can house them together but it's something like 10 gallons per pygmy.

I'll defer to pygmy owners.

 

[Zoey]

Glass? Okay I can work with that. Someone told me that they would do okay in a screen cage.

Would a 20 Gallon TALL tank work okay for like a male and 2 females?

 

[Julirs]

20 gallon tall would work, but most long term keepers I have talked to say short is better-it allows the tank better air flow and keeps them from becoming too wet. Also short is easier to clean.

 

[Zoey]

Okay thats not that much harder to find! Expecially if its easier to clean and has better air flow. I guess to a pygmy a normal sized tank is pretty big huh? I can try and find two 10-gallon tanks for the lil guys. Thank you.

What size for Jacksons do you think? For when they are fully grown?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Have you read Roo's article on setting up this environment in the e-zine?

http://www.chameleonnews.com/stumphabitat.html

-Brad

 

[Zoey]

Have you read Roo's article on setting up this environment in the e-zine?

-Brad

actually I haven't. Could you share a link? Thanks Brad

I read a locals site on how she cares for her pygmys but thats about it, well other then what the few books of nothing I've read on them lol

heres what I read:
http://cherisse44.webs.com/

 

[JimNPHX]

What size for Jacksons do you think? For when they are fully grown?

Hi Zoey,

For what it is worth, I have a male adult xanth and he is in a 24x24x36 and it looks very roomy. I am getting an adult female and will be putting her into an 18x18x36 which I think will work fine . . .

Jim

 

[Zoey]

Hi Zoey,

For what it is worth, I have a male adult xanth and he is in a 24x24x36 and it looks very roomy. I am getting an adult female and will be putting her into an 18x18x36 which I think will work fine . . .

Jim

Thank you for this! So they pretty much need a similar size like what the Veileds need. Should be easy enough to get a hold of, thanks JimNPHX

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Zoey

Don't know if you noticed ....I edited the link into my original post on this thread.

-Brad

 

[Zoey]

Zoey

Don't know if you noticed ....I edited the link into my original post on this thread.

-Brad

Thank you for that! I JUST noticed. lol

 

[JimNPHX]

Well . . . I think the 24x24x36 is too big, which is why I am going with the 18x18 for the female (and looking for another 18x18 to switch out the male) but I am not the expert. Perhaps others feel differently.

Hey I just noticed the bottom of your signature. Not sure how long it has been there but congratulations! I bet he likes chameleons!

Jim

 

[Zoey]

Well . . . I think the 24x24x36 is too big, which is why I am going with the 18x18 for the female (and looking for another 18x18 to switch out the male) but I am not the expert. Perhaps others feel differently.

Hey I just noticed the bottom of your signature. Not sure how long it has been there but congratulations! I bet he likes chameleons!

Jim

Thank you. Actually he's the reason we have the Veileds and are getting more! The Female Veiled is his and the Male is mine. I got the Female for his B-Day and was supposed to be a surprise with the exception that HE cleaned up after her. (Actually I take care of her 100% now)

We are looking into getting
1.1 Jacksons
1.2 Pygmys (bearded ones)
and apparently as of tonight a male Panther. (so eventually a female for him as well)

 

[Zoey]

Brad thank you for that link. At first I was thinking that it looked really complicated the way the tank was being set up.. but to be honest, I probably couldn't find a better way to explain it like that. Thanks a bunch

 

[Zoey]

Thank you guys for the help on the cages. After I get them all set up (May take a few months to get the money, seems we have 4 cages to do!) I'll post some pictures to see how you like them.

 

[casperpetersen]

the bigger the better

 

[Zoey]

yeah Thanks. They just can't be too big.