A pretty Pyg, a perky Parsons and a picky Porcus

Twitchet

Twitchet

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Hello all, Here's a few pics of some of my kids- The parsonii -orange eye- has only been here a matter of a few days so is rather shy at the moment- I can't get very good photos of him yet as I dont want to worry him but here he is. He's only a juv- at about 60 g, I'm hoping it is a 'he'- any opinions welcome!


Also my male pyg was looking particularly handsome today in full colour-



but just to throw a spanner in the works- here's my false chameleon enjoying lunch. He loves his snails but is a very choosy eater for anything else- unless it's a waxworm!:ROFLMAO:
 
Hi there, No he is genuine captive bred with paperwork and lineage back to grandparents listed which is nice, They are from Andreas in Germany, as I am in the U.K. I have an unrelated four year old female from Andreas too so maybe in a few years they may get together?:love:
 
Hi there, I don't feed my chameleons snails but I do feed the false chameleon snails, Chameleolis porcus are specialist snail feeders which is why they have such large snail shell crushing jaws and head compared the rest of their bodies. He's actually from the anole family.
 
I love the pics! The little pyg is looking particularly well!

The pic of the false chameleon eating that snail is a great pic...very nice!!
 
I have heard of certain panthers eating snails, but have never heard of a veiled, though that doesn't mean it hasn't happened. It seems more common for montanes to do.
 
JGuinan007 said:
So you think A veiled would like snails or you think this is more for montanes?
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Yeah, my panthers have taken them too.

I personally have never offered any snails to my veileds. Not saying they wouldn't take them. I have seen multiple articles and people's necropsy reports where the wild population of veileds found in southern Florida have utilized the indigenous snails as a fairly substantial part of their diet. Just food for thought.
 
I wouldn't be surprised either veileds eat vegetation, I wouldn't be surprised if they eat snails as well. Seems they live just about everything XD
 
I have never fed snails because of the risk ( or not?) of lungworm. I tried to research if there was a viable risk to reptiles with lungworm using them as a host sp but never came up with much, some people here say there is a small risk and they are happy to take it, I decided for me it was too risky to chance, I feed the porcus snails as that is natural for him and I dont want to deny his natural behaviour, I felt for him it was worth chancing and even then I always feed him human grade snails not ones from the fields, we have sheep so the risk is greater. I personally just feed insects for the chameleons. Maybe someone can shed more light on this as I am by no means sure of the threat to a reptile, maybe there is no risk at all.
I'd love to see a cham try a snail- the false chameleon is very good at it- he rolls the snail around in his mouth, cracks the shell then holds the snail in his mouth, waits for 10 or 15 minutes with his head upright like in the picture whilst the snail wiggles around loosening itself from the shell, then he rolls the snail around again spitting out all the shell fragments before swallowing the soft body of the snail.
 
Well, with a title like that it was impossible for me not to click on it.:) They're all beautiful animals and good pictures. I bought and raised snails for awhile a couple of years ago just for my panthers and I never could get either of them to try one.
 
Thanks everyone and thanks giesle - Been checking your photographs , Love all of them but surprise-naturally am drawn to the chameleon ones- Love the beautiful dog and the carpet cham, fantastic photos and brilliant bonkers ideas.:ROFLMAO:
 
Hi action Jackson, I was told to look out for eye turret colour, orange male, green/ yellow female. For my education what makes you thing male. Is there something one looks for in body shape or colour or is it because of the beginnings of rostral process( correct name?) that males have. Many thanks, there's not a lot written about parsons so am always interested in learning as much as I can.
 
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