Just taking some photos of the guys.

[Kosmo]

Yamanu Hanging out in his cage after his shower

Here he is showing off his colours again, this guy is wild he turns every colour of the rainbow. Thanks Will, owe you one.

My Male Blue Bar Apollo out for a romp on my floor.

Now this next one I am aware may cause some controversy. I know there are individuals out there that feel males should not be exposed to each other because it causes unneeded stress on the animals. However, I feel if done very infrequently it helps the animals establish their own territories and makes them feel maybe a little less captive. Sounds odd I know, however exposure to each other in the wild does happen, I would like to keep them as wild as I can. Feel free to discuss, knowledge is power!

Thanks for looking gang,
Cheers.
Kosmo

 

[davider]

great lookin chams

David

 

[PardalisGirl]

Nice Chams

Very nice chams...What locale is Yamanu? He looks like my boy Aurelio. Your Apollo does look like my Valerio. I think you recently commented on that similarity. I let my males see each other ocassionally too. Heck they see each other across the room all day anyway. They understand the cage concept and don't react unless a male comes out of a cage. If they see a male out of a cage they do the puff up/fire up thing. I think doing this can stimulate some breeding activity too. I've heard that it can help a "slow" or reluctant male become a little more interested in breeding with a female.

 

[mrcackums]

what kind of cage do you have?

 

[Will Hayward]

Catherine, Maroantsetra (East coast. North of Tamatave, South of Andapa). Not the most vibrant locale, but the range of colours shown from the same male is mindboggling.

Ken, I ment to comment earlier. Yamanu looks like he's warmed up to you and his new home nicely. I'm in agreement with you. In my opinion a little male-male interaction from tiem to time keeps their hopes up per-se. Gives them a reason to keep their wild instincts hightend.

Just a note, he should be comming up on his dull period (winter). He'll likely have more greens than the earth and hot colours. His diet may diminish slightly, so I tend to try and get some larger meals in before that.