Our New J. Jacksonii

[Chameleons Northwest]

Last week we purchased a group of 6 Jacksonii Jacksonii. These are farm raised. So far they are doing very well. They are eating and drinking, and all are getting Reptaid. In preliminary fecals all the girls are clean and 1 of the boys has coccidia.

The weather has been nice, so it was time for a few photos of the 2 males and of 1 of the females. This female is super climb-onto-your-hand friendly and very colorful. The other females are more shy, and also much "rounder" and are getting their privacy for now. Each J.J. is in its own cage in our Cham room 2 (which is the cooler of our 2 rooms). They are getting outside when weather permits. Our day and night temps are still not quite warm enough for them to be out full time, as far as I know. Temps here are 40s at night and 60s during the day, with only occasional sunshine. Anyway, here are the photos. Check out the incredible variety of scale size and shape on these guys, and how their coloration accentuates the variety of squamation. For instance, check out the leg and shoulder scales on male #1, and his cute skinny/pointy eye turret pinnacle scales. Then check out the beautiful pinnacle scales on the eye turrets of male #2. :

 

[TylerStewart]

Looking Good

Nice J. Jacksons... I had some a few years back. They're my favorite of the 3 types, and got a few babies out of them.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Wow, Tyler, that is one handsome dude. How did the babies do? Did you keep track of any of the babies? I will be needing any/all help, advice, and info to keep these guys on track.

Nice J. Jacksons... I had some a few years back. They're my favorite of the 3 types, and got a few babies out of them.

 

[eisentrauti]

Amazing jacksoniis, those are the willegensis form, thanks for sharing !

 

[Syn]

Nice pictures!

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Sandy

They are gorgeous!
I am very excited to see how you do with these.

-Brad

 

[Dean Pulcini]

Nice, did you get those from eco ? I was thinking about the Hoehnelli for myself but being WC scared me off.

 

[Cainschams]

They are beautiful!!!!! It seems there has been a lot of interesting species on the forums lately That female is CUTE (yes, I said cute) with her uneven horns From the pics the one horn doesnt seem to be damaged but just didnt grow?

You will have me drooling all over the pics for some time I hope everything is going well for you and GOOD LUCK!!!

 

[TylerStewart]

Wow, Tyler, that is one handsome dude. How did the babies do? Did you keep track of any of the babies? I will be needing any/all help, advice, and info to keep these guys on track.

I've always had a hard time with baby Jacksons of any type, probably because my humidity was/is so low here... There was a lady that was asking for these forever back then, and she bought most of what I was able to get at the time. I held on to a few pairs and produced a dozen or so babies. I lost a bunch of them, but the few I raised up I believe she bought also. It was probably in late 2006 - early 07, so I don't remember too well.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Nice, did you get those from eco ? I was thinking about the Hoehnelli for myself but being WC scared me off.

We did get them from Eco Regional. Technically, they are Farm Raised, which is not quite WC. Although some have said there is little difference between the 2, as far as hardiness is concerned.

Andy (of Eco regional) sent us photos of the specific 6 first, and then shipped them the next day. They arrived Friday. We put them on Reptaid to boost their immunity, and got them hydrated and fed. They came in looking quite well, except 1 female that looked a bit dehydrated. But even here I have noticed she avoids her mister. Some chameleons are just that way. So I have to hand mist her in addition to the auto misting she gets 3 times a day.

 

[Dean Pulcini]

Well good luck with them and keep a close eye on them for about month you should be out of the woods by then.
Dean

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

Amazing jacksoniis, those are the willegensis form, thanks for sharing !

Is it the dark dorsal area and dark head that suggest Willegensis? I have researched this before and came away with the understanding that the term is used to describe a color variation found in J.J. living in an interim area. Is that correct?

Well good luck with them and keep a close eye on them for about month you should be out of the woods by then.
Dean

Thank you, Dean. I would appreciate any advice/correction you may offer for their care.

 

[eisentrauti]

The willegensis are just this colored form. There's a good article on adcham. It's a special locality form which lives in a own area, seperated from the normal jacksonii jacksoniis. So please don't mix them up. I believe that the futher generation of this "hybrids" won't be real fertile.

 

[Dean Pulcini]

The only thing I would suggest is staying away from extremes in temperature and as you know hydration is more important then food intake at this point.

 

[eisentrauti]

hydration is more important then food intake at this point.

Agree 100%

 

[haleybobl]

Very cool, and those are some nice pictures of them Sandy. I have to say I like the females uneven horns too. Gives her character.

 

[Sang]

ha! Sandy, if you have any luck, ill definately be picking up a baby male off yah!

 

[dondeb562]

well I must say, that was a SCORE! The nicest of the three species and the hardest to come by. Congrats on the great looking group! You will have to keep us all posted on the progress of these guys!

 

[Kent67]

Hey Sandy, they look great! My new guy is doing well also and I'm thinking about introducing him to my F1 female. My local shop ended up with 2.2 of them on Friday when they were supposed to just get my one male in. They picked out two fat females and by yesterday one had already dumped a bunch of big, well-formed babies. Interesting also was that one of the males there is the standard green form of this subspecies.

Unfortunately I kind of doubt they were "farm-raised" now. In addition to them all being adult (and many gravid), according to a friend of mine who knows the importer, these either came in from Tanzania or Uganda. Maybe he was mistaken but I'd be interested to learn the whole story, someday. Anyone else hear this?

 

[eisentrauti]

From my knowledge real jacksoniis don't live in Tz and Uganda