Hello @Anach. Welcome to the Forums
Congratulations on your new chameleon
He’s a good looking guy
There’s several things that you will want to do to keep your new Cham healthy. This is going to seem like a lot, but don’t be discouraged. I’ll try to recommend long term changes you’ll need to...
It would be great to hear more about breeding these guys.
It looks like you incubated the eggs outside the enclosure, how hard was it find their eggs (they must be very small)?
What did you use for incubation temps? Day/night temp variations? Diapause?
I would love to hear more about breeding...
I just finished the book. It is well done. I’m impressed.
Your passion for the health of these amazing animals is evident throughout the book, and anyone looking into their first Cham would certainly be on the right path to proper Cham care by reading your book
Keep up the good work...
If you want to learn more about hoehnelii in their natural habitat, get a copy of Mountain Dragons by Jan Stipala.
It is an incredible reference to natural habitat of Kenyan chameleons.
I received mine as well. Thank you again! You did a very nice job, and you should be very proud of yourself. I haven’t read the whole book yet, but I was very excited to see Nausicaa, one of my hoehnelii, near the back of the book.
To be honest for much of Florida your out door temps from late fall to early spring are probably about perfect.
It’s difficult to achieve the temp drops in the enclosure unless the ambient temps in the room are fairly close to your goal temps. The most effective methods are opening windows...
In my opinion they are similar, but hoehnelii are from higher elevations than the Jackson’s, especially xantholophus.
To me this means lower basking and ambient temps, and lower nighttime drops for optimum care
Let me see if I can figure it out. I probably have access through my university’s subscription
Just started reading it. I think it’s probably pretty good
I’m in my cups right now, so I’ll have to listen later, but it seems to me some of this magic ratio is discussed in this podcast episode
https://chameleonacademy.com/ep-154-allen-repashy-and-reptile-supplementation/
I’m going to see what we’ve got here
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - A veiled chameleon. Male (?), pictures of the posterior part of the back feet will show tarsal spurs on male Veiled’s. Age (?) appears less than a year
Handling - sounds like some. Keep in mind handling can cause stress...