New pygmies have arrived and are doing well

[BocaJan]

I got my viv all set up and ready and was lucky enough to come across 1:2 locally. I am now the proud owner of a wonderful bearded pygmy collection. They don't move around much but they are as cute as can be.

I am attaching pictures for your enjoyment.

 

[hallenhe]

Congrats! "Cute" is one of the things they do well - and, while they don't move much, I found mine were in different places every time I looked.

 

[BocaJan]

I know! Leave them for 10 minutes and they disappear to show up someplace else. I rarely see all 3 of them at the same time. One of the females is looking kind of fat, so I'm thinking eggs.

Who all removes the eggs and who just leaves them in the viv? How would you possibly find them? I thought it might just be a better idea to let them hatch where they were laid. Everything should be good for gestation.

Congrats! "Cute" is one of the things they do well - and, while they don't move much, I found mine were in different places every time I looked.

 

[Oski]

They look nice , good pictures.

Are they hard to keep? And is the food just freeranged?

 

[robmd1]

Who all removes the eggs and who just leaves them in the viv? How would you possibly find them? I thought it might just be a better idea to let them hatch where they were laid. Everything should be good for gestation.[/QUOTE]

first off congrats on the new ones i could tell from your posts on pyg threads you were really wanting them your viv looks good... now as for eggs i had 1:3 and now only have 1:1 and i saw her dig both her 2 clutchs shes laid so having just the pair i wanted to get them an incubate them, so ya can doit either way like if you see her dig and ya can get them otherwise leave em be if diggin around may disturb ones that mite be...again congrats cant wait to trade babies.... rob

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Congrats Naomi! Im glad you finally got some. I know you were so into getting pygmies hehe Good luck with them

 

[BocaJan]

Will do! How many eggs do they lay? They are so small they certainly can't have many eggs. I'm guessing 4-6?

Who all removes the eggs and who just leaves them in the viv? How would you possibly find them? I thought it might just be a better idea to let them hatch where they were laid. Everything should be good for gestation.

first off congrats on the new ones i could tell from your posts on pyg threads you were really wanting them your viv looks good... now as for eggs i had 1:3 and now only have 1:1 and i saw her dig both her 2 clutchs shes laid so having just the pair i wanted to get them an incubate them, so ya can doit either way like if you see her dig and ya can get them otherwise leave em be if diggin around may disturb ones that mite be...again congrats cant wait to trade babies.... rob[/QUOTE]

 

[BocaJan]

Congrats Naomi! Im glad you finally got some. I know you were so into getting pygmies hehe Good luck with them

Thanks Stefan. They are remarkable little things.

 

[BocaJan]

They look nice , good pictures.

Are they hard to keep? And is the food just freeranged?

I read that they are good first chams. Once you have the viv set up they pretty much care for themselves. I put the necessary cleaner bugs in to take care of "stuff" and they seem to like fruit flies better then the 1/4's I put in. I just dump them in and wait until I see they are gone before I feed them again. Yes, I keep a top in the viv for safety and security.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

They are remarkable things aren't they and you guess right 4-6 eggs

 

[robmd1]

my female had 4 lil tic tacs in each of her two clutches..

 

[gary1621]

my female had 4 lil tic tacs in each of her two clutches..

Mine had the same

Congrats on your new additions They are so much fun! You are going to enjoy them

 

[ijmccollum]

Sweet, Sweet -- you will love these lil' guys, they are perpetually cute. I kind of wish I had done the 1.2 instead of the 1.1.

Love the habitat, looks very woodsey. Also, glad to hear you are doing the FF's too. I was starting to wonder if they were getting enough to eat with those. I try to alternate with pins/small crix.

Again, congrats and welcome to wonderful world of pyggies.