My new pygmy chameleons :-)

[just_one_more]

I just love them!!

[Pono]

Very nice! Good luck with them.

Ed

[Mujician]

Looking good, I got two of these the other day! Are you not a bit concerned that it might be too big for them to find enough food, or do you have a feeding method?!

[just_one_more]

Before I feed them I put them all on lower brances if they are up high and put the crickets in - within seconds they creep up and tongues out and crickets gone!
Was thinking about feeding them seperate but wouldn't this stress them out more? I always sit and watch and make sure they have eaten and they all do.

[James D]

Is that the 12x12x18" exo?
If so, that isn't too large for them to find their food in. You can just release the food in the viv and allow them to find it naturally. They don't do well with stress so moving them every day is something you'll want to avoid. They really are much better at hunting than they look.

Oh, and just seen in your sig that you've listed them as Rhampholeon brevicaudatus......they were actually reclassified as Rieppeleon brevicaudatus a few years ago. Sorry for being picky, but science is a passion

[just_one_more]

Originally Posted by James D

Is that the 12x12x18" exo?
If so, that isn't too large for them to find their food in. You can just release the food in the viv and allow them to find it naturally. They don't do well with stress so moving them every day is something you'll want to avoid. They really are much better at hunting than they look.

Oh, and just seen in your sig that you've listed them as Rhampholeon brevicaudatus......they were actually reclassified as Rieppeleon brevicaudatus a few years ago. Sorry for being picky, but science is a passion

The viv is 45cmx45cmx60cm so if that's the above then yeah (I'm too poorly to think)!! I've seen them all eating so they seem fine.

I will tell the person who sold them to me about the name so it is I just had a look on !! Thanks for that

[MadFerret!]

That's 18 x 18 x 24 inches

Nice chameleons. Good luck with them!

[just_one_more]

I tell a lie - it's 30x30x45!! Not with it today!!

[madshawty]

They are just gorgeous! Soooo tiny!

[thorrshamri]

Originally Posted by James D

Is that the 12x12x18" exo?
If so, that isn't too large for them to find their food in. You can just release the food in the viv and allow them to find it naturally. They don't do well with stress so moving them every day is something you'll want to avoid. They really are much better at hunting than they look.

Oh, and just seen in your sig that you've listed them as Rhampholeon brevicaudatus......they were actually reclassified as Rieppeleon brevicaudatus a few years ago. Sorry for being picky, but science is a passion

I totally agree with this.

May I add that natural plants would be a better choice than plastic ones, to keep humidity up inside your viv?

I would also cover the floor with a thin layer of dead leaves (use the microwave oven to kill fungi and germs prior to using them in your viv), pygmy chams usually blend with dead leaves and yours will feel more "comfortable" with the presence of leaves on the floor. Keep in mind chams rely on their camouflage as their only means of defense against predators, and even in the absence of predators this will reduce stress and make them adapt better to capitivy