Hello! My name is Jessalyn as my username would suggest and I recently got two Pygmy chameleons.I have been raising frogs and tadpoles, but I have always been absolutely fascinated with chameleons, and have been trying to get my boyfriend to share the same interest. He said they creep him out, and that we could only get a Pygmy, which was fine with me since they are so cute and I figured it would be a good way to start my hobby
Well, the Pygmys got here, and instantly my boyfriend fell in love with these amazing freaks of nature. I of course love them as well, and they are even better than I imagined! The female seems very sassy (for a creature that moves slower than a turtle) and instantly climbed out of her container and right onto my hand. The male seems very timid (I'm sure he's also pretty stressed) and we got them both into the enclosure immediately.
One thing that concerned me a little was we had the enclosure door open to fix a couple of things, spray it down, etc and the male slowly but surely made his way over to the opening ledge. Once the female saw he was there, she did the chameleon version of running over to him and started grabbing onto his tail and him with her pinchers. We had to gently redirect her pinchers and put him back on his stick. She tried doing it again a little bit later in the enclosure (doors were closed) but fell before she could reach the poor little dude (we have a thick layer of spaghnum moss to break their falls just in case). I'm assuming it's just a mixture of stress, thirst and hunger from their journey because they seem to be doing fine now.
Anywho, here's a picture of the little jerk (just kidding) I'll post pictures of the male when he seems more comfortable, he seems a little wary whenever I come near their enclosure so I've tried to stay away for now.
Well, the Pygmys got here, and instantly my boyfriend fell in love with these amazing freaks of nature. I of course love them as well, and they are even better than I imagined! The female seems very sassy (for a creature that moves slower than a turtle) and instantly climbed out of her container and right onto my hand. The male seems very timid (I'm sure he's also pretty stressed) and we got them both into the enclosure immediately.
One thing that concerned me a little was we had the enclosure door open to fix a couple of things, spray it down, etc and the male slowly but surely made his way over to the opening ledge. Once the female saw he was there, she did the chameleon version of running over to him and started grabbing onto his tail and him with her pinchers. We had to gently redirect her pinchers and put him back on his stick. She tried doing it again a little bit later in the enclosure (doors were closed) but fell before she could reach the poor little dude (we have a thick layer of spaghnum moss to break their falls just in case). I'm assuming it's just a mixture of stress, thirst and hunger from their journey because they seem to be doing fine now.
Anywho, here's a picture of the little jerk (just kidding) I'll post pictures of the male when he seems more comfortable, he seems a little wary whenever I come near their enclosure so I've tried to stay away for now.