Ferdy Timmerman
Member
Hi everyone,
This is my first post on the forum, so I'll give a short introduction on myself.
My name is Ferdy, I'm a wildlife management student from the Netherlands and I've been keeping chameleons since 2001. My current collection consists of R. brevicaudatus, T. quadricornis, montium, deremensis and of course K. boehmei
I acquired a boehmei pair in March 2011 and they have been doing quite well, so I thought I'd share some experiences and photo's.
I keep my pair separately, both in a glass terrarium measuring 50 x 50 x 73cm (in inches that's 19,7 x 19,7 x 28,7). The terraria are decorated with Ficus benjamina, small palm trees (looks a bit like Areca palms, but I can't remember the actual name), Philodendron and numerous branches of course. You can see the male's terrarium on the first photo.
Lighting (mounted outside the terrarium) consists of two spotlights (40W and 25W) and a True-Light UV-bulb.The temperature inside is 22-23 degrees C (71,6-73,4 F), with a basking site of about 28 degrees C (82,4 F) and humidity lies between 60-70%. I mist the boehmei's once a day, which seems more than enough, since they always walk away from the water. I rarely see them drink... I feed them every other day, mostly crickets and beetles, but they're particularly fond of flying insects as well. A really interesting behavioral aspect I've observed a number of times (in both the male and female) is that they occasionally grasp a cricket sticking out of their mouth, using one of their front paws. It seems they know the cricket can't escape by doing this or something. A friend of mine observed about the same thing in K. tavetana.
At this moment I have two clutches of eggs from them, the first one from 3 May 2011 and the second from yesterday Gestation lasted 49 and 62 days respectively (measured from the last day on which the pair mated until the day the eggs were laid). I incubate them at temperatures of about 21 degrees C (69,8 F) during the day and about 18 degrees C (64,4 F) at night.
I think that's about enough information. I'll keep you updated if something interesting occurs (hatching eggs for example, though I have no clue how long that will take). Hope you enjoy the photo's!
The male's terrarium:
The male itself:
The pair during a mating:
The female:
Two egg clutches -the one on the left is 5 months old, the one on the right is 1 day old:
This is my first post on the forum, so I'll give a short introduction on myself.
My name is Ferdy, I'm a wildlife management student from the Netherlands and I've been keeping chameleons since 2001. My current collection consists of R. brevicaudatus, T. quadricornis, montium, deremensis and of course K. boehmei
I acquired a boehmei pair in March 2011 and they have been doing quite well, so I thought I'd share some experiences and photo's.
I keep my pair separately, both in a glass terrarium measuring 50 x 50 x 73cm (in inches that's 19,7 x 19,7 x 28,7). The terraria are decorated with Ficus benjamina, small palm trees (looks a bit like Areca palms, but I can't remember the actual name), Philodendron and numerous branches of course. You can see the male's terrarium on the first photo.
Lighting (mounted outside the terrarium) consists of two spotlights (40W and 25W) and a True-Light UV-bulb.The temperature inside is 22-23 degrees C (71,6-73,4 F), with a basking site of about 28 degrees C (82,4 F) and humidity lies between 60-70%. I mist the boehmei's once a day, which seems more than enough, since they always walk away from the water. I rarely see them drink... I feed them every other day, mostly crickets and beetles, but they're particularly fond of flying insects as well. A really interesting behavioral aspect I've observed a number of times (in both the male and female) is that they occasionally grasp a cricket sticking out of their mouth, using one of their front paws. It seems they know the cricket can't escape by doing this or something. A friend of mine observed about the same thing in K. tavetana.
At this moment I have two clutches of eggs from them, the first one from 3 May 2011 and the second from yesterday
Gestation lasted 49 and 62 days respectively (measured from the last day on which the pair mated until the day the eggs were laid). I incubate them at temperatures of about 21 degrees C (69,8 F) during the day and about 18 degrees C (64,4 F) at night.I think that's about enough information. I'll keep you updated if something interesting occurs (hatching eggs for example, though I have no clue how long that will take). Hope you enjoy the photo's!
The male's terrarium:
The male itself:
The pair during a mating:
The female:
Two egg clutches -the one on the left is 5 months old, the one on the right is 1 day old:
