Friday Pics 1

[Chameleons Northwest]

#1. Inspector Clousseau. My Kenyan Jackson male, Wamba, just reminded me of Clousseau (from the pink panther) with his shed moustache.

#2. Juvenile male Uthmoelleri.

#3. Mature male Uthmoelleri, LTC

#4. Female Mt. Meru Jackson, LTC

#5. Male Mt. Meru Jackson, fresh import

#6. Female Xanth. Jackson

#7. Male Xanth Jackson, in shed

#8. Their son, baby Xanth Jackson male.

#9. Female Pfefferi, recovering from recent clutch

#10. Juvenile male Pfefferi

 

[robmd1]

great pictures sandy an elliot there all looking really good...

 

[chameleonneeds]

Very nice chams especialy those merus and pfefferis.
I dont know about your climate but is it really warm there?

Do you just use and A.C for keeping the temps right ?
I have a problem here where the temps even at night are in the lowere 20 degrees celsius range.
During the day the indoor temps go up to like 26-28!
Im considering just keeping the chams outside for the summer under tree cover but then Im also worried about the really heavy rains.

 

[Cainschams]

Nice pics and animals!!! The uthmoelleri males look really good. HOw do you like them and where are the females?!?!

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Very nice chams especialy those merus and pfefferis.
I dont know about your climate but is it really warm there?

Do you just use and A.C for keeping the temps right ?
I have a problem here where the temps even at night are in the lowere 20 degrees celsius range.
During the day the indoor temps go up to like 26-28!
Im considering just keeping the chams outside for the summer under tree cover but then Im also worried about the really heavy rains.

We use air conditioners and heaters, along with the standard lights and circulation fans. There are also exhaust fans in the ceilings of the rooms to draw out the heat. The lights automatically shut off if the room temps get too high, and then turn back on when the room temps drop to safe range. The montane room is set to lower temps than the panther room.

We are in a temperate rain forest area. But we do get temps in the 90f sometimes, and last winter we had weeks of below freezing temps. We have to have a generator because we lose power regularly in the winter time. The reason is the rain forest- the ground gets saturated when the fall rains come. It can rain for over 100 days in a row. Then the ground is saturated, winter comes, and either the wind blows down the trees because the saturated ground can't hold the roots, or the trees become heavy with snow or ice and fall down because the saturated ground can't hold the roots. The trees take the power lines down with them and sometimes millions of people are out of power for days. Many people in our area have power generators. Just part of life here.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Nice pics and animals!!! The uthmoelleri males look really good. HOw do you like them and where are the females?!?!

I had one young, subadult female. She was beautiful. Recently we left town for 10 days. Left the chams in the hands of a trained caretaker. For whatever reason she mysteriously died while we were gone. Broke my heart. I had her and the other young male for about 6 months. I can't even replace her. (as far as I know) But I am glad to still have my 2 beautiful males. The older male I've had for about a year.

 

[chameleonneeds]

Pretty intense setup you have, must cost quite a bit.
We dont have such environmental things going on here but we did have serious power problems these last few years because the power company could not meet the demands, and power cables were often stolen

I will probably end up keeping mine out in the shade the whole day then maybe bringing them back in at night and leaving them in the coolest part of the house.
In winter the temps will be great for them though, but I will add extra heating just to keep the temps up just a bit.

 

[Cainschams]

I had one young, subadult female. She was beautiful. Recently we left town for 10 days. Left the chams in the hands of a trained caretaker. For whatever reason she mysteriously died while we were gone. Broke my heart. I had her and the other young male for about 6 months. I can't even replace her. (as far as I know) But I am glad to still have my 2 beautiful males. The older male I've had for about a year.

Sorry to hear that. I know how it feels to come back from a trip to a dead chameleon, while in someone elses care. There are too many males out there! Hopefully my German friends can change that soon.

The pfefferi look really good too. Great job with them. You have all kinds of goodies at your house!

 

[jack29]

Really nice animals!!
I expecially like the uthmoelleri and pfefferi!! But it seems that the pfefferi female has something wrong on her back just above the hind legs.. it's just a my sensation? i hope so!

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Really nice animals!!
I expecially like the uthmoelleri and pfefferi!! But it seems that the pfefferi female has something wrong on her back just above the hind legs.. it's just a my sensation? i hope so!

That is bone you are seeing. She lost weight in the last stages of developing her last clutch. She is still recovering. They are a small species and their eggs leave little room for anything else when they are fully developed inside her. She has too beef up.

 

[YumeKitsune4]

Those babies are adorable! They all look awesome but those babies just get me, lol

 

[PardalisGirl]

Most Excellent Pictures

Those are really great pictures. Your animals look great too. I need to come visit them in person. Lets see what else you can get me addicted to.

See you two tomorrow at the show!

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Those are really great pictures. Your animals look great too. I need to come visit them in person. Lets see what else you can get me addicted to.

See you two tomorrow at the show!

Thank you for all the kind comments, everyone.

Catherine, you are welcome anytime. And, yes, we'll see you outside the show at 10. Royden just emailed- he has a large group of unexpected company so won't be able to make it.