...my first pygmy chameleons!! (pic heavy)

[Miss Machine]

Hi all,

I've created a pygmy tank months ago but I wanted to wait to see if all the plants would grow and if the parameters were good such as temperature, humidity and so on.

Last saturday, when I went down to my LPS for some bugshopping I stumbled upon a group of four Rhampholeon temporalis. Well, I had a beautiful little forest for them waiting at home, so of course, i took them with me.

The female on the last picture was a bit dehydrated, but when I came home and after putting the animals in their enclosure, i misted very thoroughly and they seemed to like it. Putting their mouths wide open and drink heavily.

I use mainly low energy output light (haha don't know how they're called in english) one low UV lightbulb. A small computerfan for the ventilation, all top is screen and the average day humidity is about 75% - 80% and nighttime is between 90% - 100%. The temps don't get higher as 75 F..lots of shade for them.

I hope you enjoy the pictures, and feel free to comment on the enclosure!

Greetz, Wendy

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Really nice enclosure!! Sounds like they will be very happy with you. I love their little pointy faces!

 

[bradley]

what are those small lizards in the cage?

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Yeah I was wondering that too...are those anoles in there with them? I really like the way the viv looks though!

 

[bigben2057]

what are those small lizards in the cage?

Yeah looks like a gecko?

 

[Miss Machine]

Thanks for the comments!

At first I kept a couple of green anoles in the enclosure, but I moved them to my poison dart frog terrarium... I am not sure if it is wise to keep pygmy chameleons and green anoles together? What do you guys think?

 

[sdheli420]

they do get aggressive towards eachother and will compete for food..if you had a huge tank its not so bad (ive seen a few keepers do it) but as a rule of thumb, no other speciaes than the one per tank at least just imo..althought itd be cool to have a "jungle tank" that could contain a small variety in co-habitation..

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Yeah, definitely a good idea not to keep anoles in with the pygmys. They'll be faster at eating all the food and bother the pygmys since it's a small area. Do you know the sexes of the pygmys?

 

[Miss Machine]

Ok thanks, I will keep them separate. Currently I have two pairs of the pygmys. The enclosure size is 36” x 18” x 24”. I hope i can visit the large reptile auction in Hamm Germany next month and pick up another 4 females.

 

[Shawntea]

Is it just me or does that female look a little gravid?

 

[Miss Machine]

It can be Shawntea ;-). Now she has all the room to lay her eggs!