OldChamKeeper
Chameleon Enthusiast
After trying so dang hard to get my little Mnt Meru breeding project going I about gave up, it's been nearly two years afterall. However with Tanzania opening up I started going around to various folks I still know in the business and asked around.
Over this week I began calling Reptile Outpost here in CA. At first they wouldn't break up any pairs (I just needed a few females) but knowing imports like I do I simply gave them my number and asked they let me know when they have a single female. Yes you would be right in thinking I was waiting for a male import to not make it. It is an unfortunate aspect of imported animals. In this case I used that knowledge to wait for a female since at least my goal is to reproduce these for a while which in a small way may make up for some of the losses (karma).
In a few days the group suffered some crashes, I ended up going out and taking my pick from 5 females and brought home two very nice sub adult virgins for my boy. The others were in need of some TLC.
While this may sound like a bad store, I'll say it is not. I was plesantly surprised by the cleanilness, how animals needing different types of enviroments were in their own rooms (High humidity in one, deserts in another, etc etc) and noted that the vast majority of the animals I took a close look at were in very good shape. Clean water bowls, proper lighting, large variety of feeders (meaning their animals get fed well too). I noticed a few female Pfeffer's chams and have to say they looked very nice and plump. Nearly all the chams were of a quality I could take home. The remaining Meru's on the other hand I'd stay away from unless they make a turn around. If any are still alive in the next ten days I'd say they are going to make it and could be a good purchase but for now the ones they have left are on very shaky ground.
Everything was looking great for the record.
Considering my boy had surgrey with Dr Greek and is now 1/3 less horny I hope he'll be interested when the girls are old enough.
Over this week I began calling Reptile Outpost here in CA. At first they wouldn't break up any pairs (I just needed a few females) but knowing imports like I do I simply gave them my number and asked they let me know when they have a single female. Yes you would be right in thinking I was waiting for a male import to not make it. It is an unfortunate aspect of imported animals. In this case I used that knowledge to wait for a female since at least my goal is to reproduce these for a while which in a small way may make up for some of the losses (karma).
In a few days the group suffered some crashes, I ended up going out and taking my pick from 5 females and brought home two very nice sub adult virgins for my boy. The others were in need of some TLC.
While this may sound like a bad store, I'll say it is not. I was plesantly surprised by the cleanilness, how animals needing different types of enviroments were in their own rooms (High humidity in one, deserts in another, etc etc) and noted that the vast majority of the animals I took a close look at were in very good shape. Clean water bowls, proper lighting, large variety of feeders (meaning their animals get fed well too). I noticed a few female Pfeffer's chams and have to say they looked very nice and plump. Nearly all the chams were of a quality I could take home. The remaining Meru's on the other hand I'd stay away from unless they make a turn around. If any are still alive in the next ten days I'd say they are going to make it and could be a good purchase but for now the ones they have left are on very shaky ground.
Everything was looking great for the record.
Considering my boy had surgrey with Dr Greek and is now 1/3 less horny I hope he'll be interested when the girls are old enough.
