THECHAMMAN
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i am thinking about buying a pygmeleon and i was wondering which one is pretty colorful but not too fragile. also give me some info on the cham ex: where to buy, what to put in the cage,etc...
type of pygmeleon
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Tygerr
Avid Member
I presume that you're referring to a pygmy chameleon (I know there's a UK site that trades as Pygmeleons, specialising in pygmies).
The one thing you need to know about pygmies is that they aren't colourful. Well, at least not colourful in the sense that panthers, carpets and male veileds are. However, some of them have very cryptic and intriguing foliage-like patterns on them.
As for being fragile, they certainly aren't chams that you can handle frequently. They're far too small and delicate for that. But if they're given the right environment and care, they're known to be relatively hardy chameleons.
If you'd like to read up more about them, try these articles:
- Rieppeleon brevicaudatus - Husbandry Techniques
- East African stump-tailed Chameleons
- Constructing a Stump-Tailed Chameleon Habitat
The one thing you need to know about pygmies is that they aren't colourful. Well, at least not colourful in the sense that panthers, carpets and male veileds are. However, some of them have very cryptic and intriguing foliage-like patterns on them.
As for being fragile, they certainly aren't chams that you can handle frequently. They're far too small and delicate for that. But if they're given the right environment and care, they're known to be relatively hardy chameleons.
If you'd like to read up more about them, try these articles:
- Rieppeleon brevicaudatus - Husbandry Techniques
- East African stump-tailed Chameleons
- Constructing a Stump-Tailed Chameleon Habitat
THECHAMMAN
Established Member
i know that they arent sooo colorful and are fragile. i just want a small cham that is hardy. not in the sense that you can handle it alot, but, in the sense that you can mess up the temps a few degrees and not kill it, or miss a watering and not kill it. the small things.
THECHAMMAN
Established Member
im prob gonna buy a rudis or i will get the leaf cham, whichever i like more and is not breaking the bank. lol
AndrewH
New Member
If your looking for colorful and small, i think a Carpet Chameleon or Chameleo lateralis would be your best bet, max length is about 8 inches with tail so I'm guessing thats about 5-6 inches SVL.
Anything pygmy would tend to be fragile, If you wanted to browse through the different kinds of Pygmys out there, FL Chams has a good variety to choose from.
http://www.flchams.com/inventory_all.asp?id=1027
Trace
Captain Awesome
Just because the pygmy chameleons are smaller, doesn't mean they are more tolerant of husbandry mistakes. In fact, quite the opposite. A small temperature spike of a few degrees can be lethal to many species of pygmies. Same goes for most, if not all, montane species of true chameleons.
Trace
skeeta
Established Member
Pygmalerious ...
Check out this link, join up and fill your cup with tons of info on our little stump-tailed buddies!
http://www.pygmychameleon.co.uk
Nothing like a little down and dirty research to wet your appitite for MORE CHAMELEONS!
(by the way Trace, we finally got that girlfriend for our Brev. Of course we will have to wait for you to verify it's breed and sex first)
I'll try and post some pics of Gilda Smartfoot AKA Ol' Greg, tomorrow. (don't want to bother her during her beauty sleep)
Check out this link, join up and fill your cup with tons of info on our little stump-tailed buddies!
http://www.pygmychameleon.co.uk
Nothing like a little down and dirty research to wet your appitite for MORE CHAMELEONS!
(by the way Trace, we finally got that girlfriend for our Brev. Of course we will have to wait for you to verify it's breed and sex first)
I'll try and post some pics of Gilda Smartfoot AKA Ol' Greg, tomorrow. (don't want to bother her during her beauty sleep)
THECHAMMAN
Established Member
i will be doing research on the pygmies and the carpet cham for the rest of the week and then i will make my decision. i already have a veiled so i have started the "addiction".
