panther eggs beginning to sweat/open...
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sandrachameleon
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Much of the health of the babies is a result of how well the mother ate before she was mated, and afterwards. But here's two-cents for the babies ....
Often times they dont eat for the first day or three, so dont throw a lot of food in there at first. Once they are eating in earnest, feed three times daily as much as they can eat within 5 minutes each time. Offer a variety of prey (confused flour beetles, bean weavils, fruit flies, pin head crickets, baby silkworms, baby mealworms, tiny terrestrial isopods....). the fruit flies should be dusted with supplement at least half the time. The pinheads and mealworms also. Mist gently and often. Keep it warm but not hot. have multiple branches near the top of the cage under the uvb (no need for a basking bulb at first, most likely) so that they all have a chance to be up there.
Have multiple enclosures ready so that you can begin to separate the smaller from the larger after the first month.
Often times they dont eat for the first day or three, so dont throw a lot of food in there at first. Once they are eating in earnest, feed three times daily as much as they can eat within 5 minutes each time. Offer a variety of prey (confused flour beetles, bean weavils, fruit flies, pin head crickets, baby silkworms, baby mealworms, tiny terrestrial isopods....). the fruit flies should be dusted with supplement at least half the time. The pinheads and mealworms also. Mist gently and often. Keep it warm but not hot. have multiple branches near the top of the cage under the uvb (no need for a basking bulb at first, most likely) so that they all have a chance to be up there.
Have multiple enclosures ready so that you can begin to separate the smaller from the larger after the first month.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
Here's a couple articles worth a look:
http://www.chameleonnews.com/02NovHorgan.html (written by respected forum member kinyonga)
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...nates-pygmies-any-small-chameleon-part-4.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/04NovGagliardi.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/02NovHorgan.html (written by respected forum member kinyonga)
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...nates-pygmies-any-small-chameleon-part-4.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/04NovGagliardi.html
