PardalisGirl
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Some of you may remember I went to visit Pam Reid (Pam's Chams). It was a total blast and I came home with some things. The two groups of Ambilobe hatchlings are doing great. There are a total of 36. They are between 2 and 5 weeks old. They just discovered silkworms this week. I've had a lot of fun watching them.
Well, I also came home with 1.1 Oorana Mena. She had gotten them from Vincent (Screameleons) a few days earlier. The pair had just been imported that week. I named the male Monet because his colors remind me of the pastel blues and greens used by the painter. He was pretty thin when I got him. His casque was a little sunken too. It turns out that he had roundworms which is not unexpected. I've been treating him for that. He is still on the thin side but he has definitely progressed. The irradication of parasites, a couple months of good food and a shed should make a big difference.
His coloration is very variable. It goes from deep blues and greens to a powder blue and chalk white. There are little red dots throughout his whole body. My pictures don't do him justice. I can't figure out why my camera won't capture the colors correctly. It's a fairly new digital Sony but it's not good getting the colors. It does well getting the colors outside in real sun but the season is not right for that. For those of you that think he looks like an Ambanja..........if you could see him or another one in person you would see the difference. Pam and I both agreed, when we were handling several different males that day, that they are different. Their base body color is white. A chalk white. It is like the other colors are painted on top of it. Monet can change his color so that the blue is a powdery blue that seems to float over the chalk white. It is surreal looking and stunning. Not like an Ambanja.
Monet in a darker phase:
Monet when he was in a mid-phase with more white showing:
The female, Lotus, is beautiful. She is very well formed and healthy looking. She is showing gravid colors at times but I don't think she is. I feel no eggs in her belly and her color changes a lot. I just think it's the stress of captivity. They are both eating very well.
Miss Lotus:
I have a block of time with my vet on 1/2/08. I'm taking all my new wild caughts in. I've treated all the roundworm parasites I found but I ran out of Metronidizole. I need to bring the chams in for the vet to see them before I can get some more
I'm also going to have him send out cultures for Salmonella tests. It requires something other than the normal fecal test to detect it. I'm sure they are all going to love going to the vet. Right.......
Well, I also came home with 1.1 Oorana Mena. She had gotten them from Vincent (Screameleons) a few days earlier. The pair had just been imported that week. I named the male Monet because his colors remind me of the pastel blues and greens used by the painter. He was pretty thin when I got him. His casque was a little sunken too. It turns out that he had roundworms which is not unexpected. I've been treating him for that. He is still on the thin side but he has definitely progressed. The irradication of parasites, a couple months of good food and a shed should make a big difference.
His coloration is very variable. It goes from deep blues and greens to a powder blue and chalk white. There are little red dots throughout his whole body. My pictures don't do him justice. I can't figure out why my camera won't capture the colors correctly. It's a fairly new digital Sony but it's not good getting the colors. It does well getting the colors outside in real sun but the season is not right for that. For those of you that think he looks like an Ambanja..........if you could see him or another one in person you would see the difference. Pam and I both agreed, when we were handling several different males that day, that they are different. Their base body color is white. A chalk white. It is like the other colors are painted on top of it. Monet can change his color so that the blue is a powdery blue that seems to float over the chalk white. It is surreal looking and stunning. Not like an Ambanja.
Monet in a darker phase:
Monet when he was in a mid-phase with more white showing:
The female, Lotus, is beautiful. She is very well formed and healthy looking. She is showing gravid colors at times but I don't think she is. I feel no eggs in her belly and her color changes a lot. I just think it's the stress of captivity. They are both eating very well.
Miss Lotus:
I have a block of time with my vet on 1/2/08. I'm taking all my new wild caughts in. I've treated all the roundworm parasites I found but I ran out of Metronidizole. I need to bring the chams in for the vet to see them before I can get some more
I'm also going to have him send out cultures for Salmonella tests. It requires something other than the normal fecal test to detect it. I'm sure they are all going to love going to the vet. Right.......
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