Trioceros Hoehnelii captive born babies!

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This past weekend on Saturday 4/26/25 my wild caught pair of Trioceros hoehnelii gave birth to 8 healthy babies. I'll keep everyone updated as things progress, fingers crossed for some healthy well established captive born babies for sale soon!
 

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Have you raised this species before? What are your plans for their care?
I haven't raised this species before but fortunately have been getting help from people who have. Currently I have them housed in pairs in bioactive enclosures (don't worry there are no isopods as I worried about predation). After the first two weeks I plan on separating the pairs into their own individual enclosures. Temp ranges from 68-70 F during the day and at night the room drops to 62-65 F. Humidity during the day is around 50% and at night its around 90-100%. I only mist/fog with distilled water. I am feeding fruit flies daily and giving a light dusting every other day of Earhtpro-A. UVB meter is reading between 1-2 currently pending on basking site. Let me know if you have suggestions! I have found with my adult pair that air flow is really important so I have a fan on in the room all day allowing circulation to occur.
 
Kudos on getting them separated so early. I was able to batch raise mine for several weeks without separating them into smaller groups or pairs. I think they handle it better than Jackson's. That said it doesn't mean it wasn't stressful for them to be grouped. I wish I had the option. Smart of you to do it.

Thanks for sharing your experience here.
Thank you! I've heard that this species is more tolerant of being kept together although I still prefer to keep my adults separate. Agreed that the babies can tolerate it but at some point there may be an unnecessary stress imposed keeping them together. I'll continue to give updates on how things go! The babies are coming up on their one week and doing well. I'm seeing little poops and all have plump little bellies so I'm assuming the fruit flies are being gobbled up. At what point did you switch to the pin head crickets?
 
It's been quite a while since I raised my last batch so I can't give specifics. I also fed bean beetles and I introduced those before pinheads. You just have to judge by the size of the chameleons head as always. I do recall hoes being more willing to tackle larger feeders than you would expect. Obviously don't get carried away.
 
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