Pygymy leaf chameleon needs help! Please! 1 survived!

[Cozmicskid]

Ok i feel like a horrible person right now, i let them sit too long and finlaly when i look the 2 out of 3 eggs died, because i wasnt checking them enough! please no one tell me how much of a dip**** i am on here. but please can you help me. One is still alive and looks Farly healthy "he" has no trouble moving around and seems pretty quik i dont have any food, but i have a ten gallon with coco fiber and a temporary light that will work also a mister and everything else from my old chameleon that passed away but she laid eggs before she did, anyways tomorrow i am going to buy the smallest of the smallest crickets for her. but right now i dont know how long he has been without food i do have some large crickets that i am feeding my beardie but i dont know how that would help, would it be possible to take a leg off of a cricket and possibly hand feed it? PLEASE HELP! there are some bad pics but hopefully you can get what i mean on how small he is. also i have a heating pad if this would help because i dont have the propper lighting yet, btw this is a pygmy leaf chameleon. also what type of lighting do you suggest? as in for low bugdet for less than a week, because im slightly broke

 

[Psychotic4mb3r]

I dont have any experience with these chameleons but I doubt a cricket leg would really be much of help. I would just try to get crickets for him ASAP! And make sure to keep an eye out on his temperature. Make sure hes warm but not too warm

 

[Cozmicskid]

I dont have any experience with these chameleons but I doubt a cricket leg would really be much of help. I would just try to get crickets for him ASAP! And make sure to keep an eye out on his temperature. Make sure hes warm but not too warm

well do you think it would be ok if i just let the light on for today? because i need to go to school and i wont be ablee to check the temp witht he pad, but the lamp produces a good amount of heat but not too much, wouold this be ok? and yes my dad is goign to buy the smallest pinhead crickets today. while im gone

 

[Psychotic4mb3r]

well do you think it would be ok if i just let the light on for today? because i need to go to school and i wont be ablee to check the temp witht he pad, but the lamp produces a good amount of heat but not too much, wouold this be ok? and yes my dad is goign to buy the smallest pinhead crickets today. while im gone

As long as its not too much heat on the little guy. Dont wanna burn him or anything. Maybe can your dad check on him a few times while your gone? Just to be on the safe side?

 

[Cozmicskid]

As long as its not too much heat on the little guy. Dont wanna burn him or anything. Maybe can your dad check on him a few times while your gone? Just to be on the safe side?

ok great and my sister is going up north and is ging to pick me up some fruit flys for the little guy, and yes ill be sure to call and check in..thank you soo much for your help, it doesnt seem like much but it really calmed me down i think he might have a fighting chance

 

[Psychotic4mb3r]

ok great and my sister is going up north and is ging to pick me up some fruit flys for the little guy, and yes ill be sure to call and check in..thank you soo much for your help, it doesnt seem like much but it really calmed me down i think he might have a fighting chance

No problem . Ill help out any way possible. I want to see pictures of the little guy too!

 

[lisa h]

Ok, hyper down. First, if he just hatched he can go a few days without food because he absorbed his yolk before hatching (unless it's still attached). Pinheads or fruitflies will do him just fine for food. Don't put too many in or they will be on him and stressing him. Do give him enough that it's easy for him to find them. I would go with fruitflies cause pinheads could nibble on him, and he's just a little guy. A tiny piece of banana in his enclosure will keep the fruitflies fed and off of him. If you put pinheads in you will have to remove them at night. He doesn't need a 10 gallon tank!!! He's just wee little lol. Get something small like a small critter keeper, or some kind of sandwich or deli container. Just make sure the sides are pretty high. Humidity is very important, so I have 2/3 of my container covered in plastic wrap, and the other third has pantyhose on top so the fruitflies don't escape. The only thing to put on the bottom is layers and layers of paper towels. Put a few *small* leaves, plastic plants in there for him to climb on. They're pretty active. Don't put a heat pad underneath or you'll cook him. He doesn't need lighting (other than what's normally in the room), so don't put him in front of the window or you'll cook him. Room temps are fine. Between 72-78 degrees or so. I wouldn't go above 80. He can be a bit lower at night. Don't keep looking in on him cause you'll stress him out. Only bother him to mist him and feed him. I mist 3 or 4 times a day. Please keep it very humid in there!!
I lost a clutch of 3 about a month ago, and I recently lost two from this clutch (they didn't live long enough for me to move them). I have one left. I am learning from my mistakes, and you will too. I am getting my advice from someone where I live, who bred them for many years. There are others on this forum who are very knowledgable and way more successful than me. Do your best and don't freak out. I know, easier said than done. Feel free to pm me with any questions. If you want I can call you if you put your phone number in your pm. Relax!!

 

[Courtney]

Ok, hyper down. First, if he just hatched he can go a few days without food because he absorbed his yolk before hatching (unless it's still attached). Pinheads or fruitflies will do him just fine for food. Don't put too many in or they will be on him and stressing him. Do give him enough that it's easy for him to find them. I would go with fruitflies cause pinheads could nibble on him, and he's just a little guy. A tiny piece of banana in his enclosure will keep the fruitflies fed and off of him. If you put pinheads in you will have to remove them at night. He doesn't need a 10 gallon tank!!! He's just wee little lol. Get something small like a small critter keeper, or some kind of sandwich or deli container. Just make sure the sides are pretty high. Humidity is very important, so I have 2/3 of my container covered in plastic wrap, and the other third has pantyhose on top so the fruitflies don't escape. The only thing to put on the bottom is layers and layers of paper towels. Put a few *small* leaves, plastic plants in there for him to climb on. They're pretty active. Don't put a heat pad underneath or you'll cook him. He doesn't need lighting (other than what's normally in the room), so don't put him in front of the window or you'll cook him. Room temps are fine. Between 72-78 degrees or so. I wouldn't go above 80. He can be a bit lower at night. Don't keep looking in on him cause you'll stress him out. Only bother him to mist him and feed him. I mist 3 or 4 times a day. Please keep it very humid in there!!
I lost a clutch of 3 about a month ago, and I recently lost two from this clutch (they didn't live long enough for me to move them). I have one left. I am learning from my mistakes, and you will too. I am getting my advice from someone where I live, who bred them for many years. There are others on this forum who are very knowledgable and way more successful than me. Do your best and don't freak out. I know, easier said than done. Feel free to pm me with any questions. If you want I can call you if you put your phone number in your pm. Relax!!

awesome reply i was worrie dmyself

 

[lisa h]

Thanks Courtney. I'm pretty crushed about the whole thing, but after to talking to a lot of people I realized that I did my best. We're always learning. I have another two clutches that I have in situ, so I hope they do better. I think there are about 10 eggs in total. If my husbandry doesn't improve I will get a couple of females and leave the breeding to the experts. I find them so rewarding though, that I know I don't want to be without them. Unfortunately raising babies might not be for me.

 

[Julirs]

You do not need any lighting. All of my herds of Pygs and babies sit on my dining room table and get ambient UVB/light from other tubs of babies-but I do not have any UVB or light or heat directly on them-and I have been hatching and raising them for years. So that should certainly fit your budget. A 10 gallon will be too big for one little hatchling-any container the size of a shoe box or even a little less with a paper towel and piece of plastic plant in it will work just fine. Since you do not know when it hatched-I would be offering pins or FF right away. Good Luck-and I have never gotten a pygmy to hand feed anything-not that I have tried really hard!

PS-Temps should be low to no higher than mid 70's-80 is really too high.

 

[Psychotic4mb3r]

Aww hes a cutie. I think he will be just fine as long as you keep a good eye out on him . He's getting the food he needs and everything. I think he's in good hands

 

[Cozmicskid]

Ok, hyper down. First, if he just hatched he can go a few days without food because he absorbed his yolk before hatching (unless it's still attached). Pinheads or fruitflies will do him just fine for food. Don't put too many in or they will be on him and stressing him. Do give him enough that it's easy for him to find them. I would go with fruitflies cause pinheads could nibble on him, and he's just a little guy. A tiny piece of banana in his enclosure will keep the fruitflies fed and off of him. If you put pinheads in you will have to remove them at night. He doesn't need a 10 gallon tank!!! He's just wee little lol. Get something small like a small critter keeper, or some kind of sandwich or deli container. Just make sure the sides are pretty high. Humidity is very important, so I have 2/3 of my container covered in plastic wrap, and the other third has pantyhose on top so the fruitflies don't escape. The only thing to put on the bottom is layers and layers of paper towels. Put a few *small* leaves, plastic plants in there for him to climb on. They're pretty active. Don't put a heat pad underneath or you'll cook him. He doesn't need lighting (other than what's normally in the room), so don't put him in front of the window or you'll cook him. Room temps are fine. Between 72-78 degrees or so. I wouldn't go above 80. He can be a bit lower at night. Don't keep looking in on him cause you'll stress him out. Only bother him to mist him and feed him. I mist 3 or 4 times a day. Please keep it very humid in there!!
I lost a clutch of 3 about a month ago, and I recently lost two from this clutch (they didn't live long enough for me to move them). I have one left. I am learning from my mistakes, and you will too. I am getting my advice from someone where I live, who bred them for many years. There are others on this forum who are very knowledgable and way more successful than me. Do your best and don't freak out. I know, easier said than done. Feel free to pm me with any questions. If you want I can call you if you put your phone number in your pm. Relax!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH! you have know idea how much this has helped me, i might email you later for some more questions when i get home. and im calling now to ask my dad to turn off the light......so your saying a ten gallon is too big for him right now? i can put him in a little 5 gallon i have or the smallest of what i have is a 2-3 gallon if that would be good ...again THANK YOU!!!

 

[lisa h]

Little is better. Easier to find his food, and easier to control humidity. You can use a little container that you'd put leftovers in. Don't worry about gallons at this point! lol