Cortez; 7 months old and shedding!

[ChameleonRave]

Well, I've now had Cortez for about 5 and a half months. If you haven't heard/read before he came from Sarah777 on the forums.

He's 50% Nosy Be x 25% Ambilobe x 25% Ambanja Panther Chameleon. He's quite small for his age, but since he's been put into his bigger cage (not quite an adult cage) 2'x2'x4' cage since he's a bit smaller.

He's been feeding on dusted crickets, dubia and once in a while a mealworm for a treat.

 

[tkilgour]

Cool looking chameleon you have. Your chameleon looks kind of like it has white. Very cool.

 

[ChameleonRave]

He's always had a bit of white on him, but somedays he only shows blues and blacks.

 

[jannb]

Cortez is a handsome little man. I would suggest a larger variety of feeders. Maybe some silks, horns and supers to go along with the dubia and crickets.

How's Delilah doing?

 

[ChameleonRave]

Cortez is a handsome little man. I would suggest a larger variety of feeders. Maybe some silks, horns and supers to go along with the dubia and crickets.

How's Delilah doing?

I had some silks, but they died so fast on me. I hope to get a shipment of varied feeders in for him with my next check.

Delilah is doing amazingly well, healing nicely and back to her old self when I first got her. Super sweet (to me not other critters) and eats like it's going out of style. She loves her food! Tomorrow I will be cleaning it out since I have been doing it every other day now and then I will take some pictures. You can kind of see scales forming over the wound already.
Thanks for asking.

 

[ChameleonRave]

Just wanted to share in this thread that I was taking Cortez out quick to hold him for a bit since we haven't gotten to spend time together in a few days so I held him. He turned Ambilobe greens with blue bars and showing yellows and reds. Then he turned white with blues showing Ambanja then to a powder blue as the Nosy Be's do. His spine is the most intense blues on his body. He's the most unique Panther Cross's I have seen!

 

[sarah777]

He's looking great! Defiantly hasn't hit his growth spurt yet Does he get as much to eat as he wants? His blues are beautiful! I'm glad to hear Delilah is doing well, what a trooper!

 

[ChameleonRave]

He gets about 10 dubia and about 15 crickets since he's so tiny I want him to grow. I found out after cleaning yesterday he abandoned dubia and went only for crickets. So I might be putting him in a smaller enclosure for a while to see if he will eat more of his food and I can keep a closer eye on his growth etc. He's about 12 grams right now, but I have no idea on how to boost his weight and make him grow more. I tried silkworms but they died off too quick and where too tiny. I got waxworms.. And lets just say that didn't turn out too well.