I recently acquired a calumma brevicornis, and am having a very hard time finding proper husbandry for her. she is in a glass 18x18x24 enclosure with constant fog. I'm already having to dose her with baytril due to a respiratory infection but I thought her perameters were met. any advice?
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MissSkittles
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bruce the cham
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their is probably to much humidity
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Motherlode Chameleon
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I would recommend posting pictures of your Calumma brevicorne female and glass terrarium. To start I have kept Calumma brevicorne and a 2 foot X 18 inch X 18 inch enclosure is too small for a Calumma brevicorne adult. I recommend going with a minimum of a similar size of enclosure that I would keep a similar sized species Furcifer pardalis of 4 foot X 2 foot X 2 foot. I recommend when using glass terrariums that you have got to have a way to have some good air flow and have got appropriate planting for this species. The air flow is going to prevent against your Calumma brevicorne catching respiratory infections. While an appropriate amount of healthy plants is going to give a natural setting to allow your Calumma brevicorne to acclimate to a captive environment.
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Jeremy A. Rich
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Jeremy A. Rich
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Klyde O'Scope
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No luck finding care/husbandry.
Assume you've checked the archives? Little there, but something.
My best guess would be to match care to her habitat.
https://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/cbrevicornis.html
https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2011/12/2006-calumma-brevicorne-revision.html?m=1
https://www.madcham.de/en/calumma-brevicorne/ (Has some gorgeous 360° pans)
Assume you've checked the archives? Little there, but something.
My best guess would be to match care to her habitat.
https://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/cbrevicornis.html
https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2011/12/2006-calumma-brevicorne-revision.html?m=1
https://www.madcham.de/en/calumma-brevicorne/ (Has some gorgeous 360° pans)
She is still quite young so she fits well in the enclosure for now, I will definitely be getting a bigger one once needed. We are still working on more plants on her tank but she has artificial vines to climb on. I've read that using a warmed fogger could help reduce the chance of respiratory issues. my main concern with putting her somewhere more ventilated is the inability to keep her humidity as high as it needs to be
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
This may help a little. https://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/cbrevicornis.html
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Lots in the archives on foggers & fogging.
One solution to that (bolded)—depending on your ambient climate and other factors—is a hybrid rather than all-screen enclosure, and making use of chimney/stack effect for ventilation.
Motherlode Chameleon
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I would go with a terrarium that has top ventilation and some side ventilation to keep the air clean. That amount of screen plus a good amount of live plants is going to keep your humidity high enough for a Calumma brevicorne adult. The main concern is keeping the air of good quality in a terrarium with a good ventilation design (side and top ventilation on your terrarium). Once that is done a good watering schedule with that arrangement should keep humidity high and plus of good air quality. There are other things to consider for your Calumma brevicorne, however that is once you have got a larger terrarium.
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
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