Hello chameleon forums,
I had recently inherited a clutch of panther chameleon eggs from an aquaintance that sold his pair along with all of his equipment in short order to move out of the country.
I came into posession of the eggs while helping to clean his apartment out (after he had already moved out) I thought it such a shame to let those eggs just die or to euthanize them. so i want to raise them for a few months and find good homes for them.
I need LOTS of help! 30 eggs or so. i'm in the process of making living space for them similar to the one in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcfa7rEupFM
i've been reading the forums and little time left before they hatch (they're 7-8 month old eggs) what are the most important things to do?
here's my gameplan so far:
lighting: some uvb and a heat lamp (any recommendations on where to pick one up?)
humidity: (i'll probably pick up a mist king system)
food: fruitflies (melanogaster) pinhead crickets and perhaps some worms
water: RO/DI water for the mistking
Plants: hibiscus orchids and vines at a local plant store
Habitat: Large plastic bins for now, planning on building screen enclosures from scratch when they get larger
anything i'm missing? any help or comments would be greatly appreciated. again i'm a complete newbie that was pretty much thrown into this by accident
I had recently inherited a clutch of panther chameleon eggs from an aquaintance that sold his pair along with all of his equipment in short order to move out of the country.
I came into posession of the eggs while helping to clean his apartment out (after he had already moved out) I thought it such a shame to let those eggs just die or to euthanize them. so i want to raise them for a few months and find good homes for them.
I need LOTS of help! 30 eggs or so. i'm in the process of making living space for them similar to the one in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcfa7rEupFM
i've been reading the forums and little time left before they hatch (they're 7-8 month old eggs) what are the most important things to do?
here's my gameplan so far:
lighting: some uvb and a heat lamp (any recommendations on where to pick one up?)
humidity: (i'll probably pick up a mist king system)
food: fruitflies (melanogaster) pinhead crickets and perhaps some worms
water: RO/DI water for the mistking
Plants: hibiscus orchids and vines at a local plant store
Habitat: Large plastic bins for now, planning on building screen enclosures from scratch when they get larger
anything i'm missing? any help or comments would be greatly appreciated. again i'm a complete newbie that was pretty much thrown into this by accident
