i still need to read more on supplements, feeding / gutloading. i have read all the basics of it but today and next couple days will be for these things. i will need to figure out what i want to do and what to keep all the different feeders in or if i want to try my hand at breeding certain feeders to help keep monthly food cost down abit. I am aware of the UVB and basking temps. i have the cage currently running now to see daily and nightly temps and humidity, minus the auto misting system (waiting until the show to hopefully grab one). in the mean time just hand misting twice a day for approx. 1 min. but with these stupid meters i have there is a 10-20% variance im not sure what is correct. either way i cant keep the humidity up past 40% as of now.
As I mentioned in your ( I think it was yours anyway lol) other thread, go to Wal-Mart and grab one of the accurite temp/ hygrometer combos. I don't leave mine in for extended periods of time but I do have a couple places in my cages that stay dry enough during misting if I want to spot check. Compare that to your digital zoomed one and you'll have a good idea on where you sit afterwards. Then keep the accurate in the same room for ambient room readings.
Thanks, Happy New Year. i cant wait to get my little guy.
Happy New Year. It's a blast watching and learning your chams personality once you get them
I'm sure that might become the problem. lol.
It's a good problem to have if you have the space lol. I went from one to four (temporarily 5) in a month and a half with plans for at least 2 more as the females become available. There is also a wish list I have going with my wife of three other species besides the panthers we have/ plan on having
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Thanks. yeah, i'm really unsure and torn on which coloring i would like. they're all so beautiful. i'm leaning toward more reddish although i like the blues also. lol Are any Locales known to be more docile? i been reading it really is dependent on the individual cham itself. but i also read that Panthers are more docile then other species of chams. so was thinking maybe certain locales could vary in such a way!?
It is pretty much up to the cham on personality there lol. Though personally, I think part of it depends on the breeder they are coming from. Blue Lightning, nosy be, (came from
@Matt Vanilla Gorilla), Ares and Athena, ambilobe, (came from
@eric thompson) and all three are about as docile as I could ever expect them to be. I got Blue already in his teen attitude stage so it was a quick learning curve for me with him lol. He was everything Matt promised me he would be. As we got to know each other at first he seemed like he was going to be a mommy's boy preferring my wife over me. For the last month though he's been a daddy's boy preferring to hang out on me over my wife lol.
Ares and Athena are still young and I've had them since 12-5. Both tolerate handling though Ares is a bit more skiddish then Athena still. Athena will take crickets, silks and bsf off my hand. Ares wont hand feed yet, he watches me put food in then hunts it down instead lol. Both will come out and hang out with us while we watch tv though. I haven't had a chance to get them out in the sun with the "cooler" temps we've been having. I suspect that is why Blue prefers me now is because I'm typically the one that took him outside when the weather permitted. How ever to contrast the three, Blue and Ares will "perv" out on their perches and watch us watching them where as Athena doesn't do that 99% of the time lol.
Wit Donder and "Peanut Pot", nosy be, came from a local breeder that breeds geckos, beardies, chams and hedgehogs. I've had them since 12-16 so really not that long. I'm having to take my time with them and stick to the "norm" as far as handling them. They definitely weren't used to being handled at all. They are starting to come around and just this past weekend Wit Donder took a bsf and some crickets off my hand. It won't be the end of the world if she ends being a watch her do her thing if that's what she wants but something you should prepare for if the one you pick out ends up being that way. I liked the look of their sire and they are healthy so I'm ok with it. So these two females are the reason I said I think part of it depends on the breeder they come from.
As far as your red and blue, a nosy be male with red rain, ambilobe male or possibly a tamatave male would fill both colors. It would be a guessing game until they started showing colors of course though unless you bought one already starting to color up. Last I saw
@NHenn (Canvas Chameleons) had some ybbb ambilobe babies for sale. I think the sire was Hiccup (?) but he would have to verify that and availability. He's been pleasant with me on fb messenger on a couple of questions I had regarding his nosy be availability and ordering a enclosure through them. Sadly for me, he only has eggs atm and I found a deal on 4 reptibreeze xl so it didn't go any further then that yet though lol. I'm semi stalking his availability looking for one of his nosy be females to hatch and become available at some point
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@eric thompson (chameleons101) has any left from the two clutches I got mine from but they have ybbb and a purple bar sires if he does. I don't know if
@Matt Vanilla Gorilla has any currently as I'm looking for two specific females from him lol.
Ended up longer winded then I intended so I apologize for that
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