The cost of

[Anilr16]

breeding Trioceros sternfeldi(Rudis Chameleons)...
I have a gravid female and i plan on selling the babies.
anyone ever done this and experienced the budget???

 

[eisentrauti]

You need:

one full screen tank or two depending on the size of the clutch
lots of lil crickets and fruit flies (you can breed them both yourself)
a bright place at a window
a dripper

 

[Chris Anderson]

Well, hopefully this is an example of you asking a question and actually wanting us to give you the right answer, not you already having what you want to hear in your head and not liking what the rest of us have to say (like most of your posts). At any rate, it will depend greatly on what resources you already have. If you already have enclosures to raise babies in, already have fruit fly cultures going and culturing equipement, etc. Because I have most of this equipment already, it really only costs me the price of Fruit Fly Culture Medium and a couple new UVB bulbs but it may cost you much more. Here are things you will need:

- A couple baby enclosures (could range from screened cages, rubbermaid tubs, exo-terra tanks, etc., depending on what works best for you)
- New UVB bulbs for each baby enclosure
- Plastic or live plants for each baby enclosure (depending on what works best for you)
- Fruit fly cultures and new culture cups & medium to make your own.
- Calcium and Vitamin powder

Raising babies can be extremely expensive and time consuming. Julie posted an estimate on how much her clutch of veileds cost her to raise. It will probably be similar: https://www.chameleonforums.com/cost-raising-69-baby-18467/

Chris

 

[Anilr16]

Instead of Fruit flies, i was figuring pin head crickets to use??
whats your view Chris on that?
Do I have to use fruit flies? are they alot easier for the babies compared to pinheads?

 

[Chris Anderson]

Pin heads die off quickly and those that don't die get too large quickly. Unless you're going to start breeding a ton of them yourself so that you constantly have a renewed supply, you'll end up having to get a large order at least once a week. Fruit flies live longer, don't outgrow the babies and are easy to breed yourself. Once the chams get a little bigger, you can switch to 1/8" crickets which last a little longer. When the babies are growing though, they should basically have constant access to as many fruit flies as they want to eat. This can be difficult with pinheads.

Chris

 

[Anilr16]

Shoot! lol.
fruit flies it is then.
i dont understand Chris...wouldnt i have flies flyin around everywhere in my house? lol. how would i transfer the flies into my neonates terrarium???
and how would i house the fly culture considering crickets could be in a container and worms could be in a cup in a refrigerator..
your advice?

 

[Eric Adrignola]

pretty much all commercially available FF cultures are flightless, wingless or near-flightless(gliders, loopers, etc.). Most will be 100% flightless unless stated otherwise. They climb and jump, so keep that in mind.

 

[summoner12]

pretty much all commercially available FF cultures are flightless, wingless or near-flightless(gliders, loopers, etc.). Most will be 100% flightless unless stated otherwise. They climb and jump, so keep that in mind.

A bit of fruit keeps the FFs in one place.

 

[Anilr16]

pretty much all commercially available FF cultures are flightless, wingless or near-flightless(gliders, loopers, etc.). Most will be 100% flightless unless stated otherwise. They climb and jump, so keep that in mind.

Thanks for clarifying