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If I was going to ask someone that question I would probably ask you. If I was going to throw out a guess it would probably lack natural sunlight or something lacking in their diet. Do you have a theory?
well larger because they may be older than what we see in captibity, but more colorful yes, indeed.Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't a lot of WC animals often larger and more colorful?
cool, then it could actually be something about those things. Yeah I saw a male/ males jacksonii jacksonii at Hamm that looked bigger than your regular jacksonii jacksonii, bigger than the one I had. Pretty damn cool. perhaps there is a sub populations of larger ones or just that all that space makes them use his body more and promote growth. r they are just older then the cb we have.I recently got a wild caught male and he is 1 1/2 times the size of my CB male and has long straight horns. My avatar came bent up at the tip but grew straight from then on. The most significant difference in my husbandry from that of his breeder was that I got him out in an outdoor cage on weekends. My cage was probably larger than what he had as a juvenile and I do feed snails occasionally. Later in his life I added bee pollen to his diet.
yea and it varies in the wild too. it probably goes lower now and then and a bit higher too.I do manage to do that most of the year but not all the way down to 60˚F or 15.5˚C
Usually just into the mid 60's
could be, and they meet other males now and then which probably stimulates hormons. maybe one should let the males go at eachother in a controlled matter to stimulate their hormons and natural behavior.One more thing to consider is seasonal variation in their colors. Males probably don't do much mating in the certain months. They may have a natural hormone drop just like male panthers.
probably more sunny or somewhat more Daylight aswell. maybe I Think i read somewhere either here or in chameleonnews ( which btw should release a new issue soon, it has really been a while) that keep their Jacksons together in spring in a greenhouse. I Think it was sticky farm tounges if I recall correctly. I don´t Think that letting them sparr eachother for a minu or few seconds could manage to injure them. but who knows. maybe letting them see eachother as you say could be enough.They probably only need glimpses of other males for that kind of stimulation. I'm not willing to risk it.
I think it is more the change of seasons that really sets up their hormones. I know being equatorial the changes aren't drastic but there must be some variation, could even be by rainy season.
Will look into that, thanks Jill."Chameleon's in the Garden" has some anecdotal interactions observed by a homeowner in Hawaii. It might shed some light on things. It is beautifully illustrated.