Anyone know where I can get this species?
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eisentrauti
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I've heard that Nick Mole never answers any mails...look on kingsnake, the last weeks many animals from TZ arrive in the US
eisentrauti
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Why do you search one ? Don't you have your gravid female still ?
He never answer any of my mails...he might be too important for normal keepers...
He never answer any of my mails...he might be too important for normal keepers...
Anilr16
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No. I have a red male and a regular gravid female rudis.
I wanted a female to breed with my male. and no luck on the internet:/
their not as big as veilds, jacksons, even regular rudis's themselves.
Nick Mole is incredibly friendly and understandable in person but when it comes to contacting him.........he is gone with the wind. lol.
I wanted a female to breed with my male. and no luck on the internet:/
their not as big as veilds, jacksons, even regular rudis's themselves.
Nick Mole is incredibly friendly and understandable in person but when it comes to contacting him.........he is gone with the wind. lol.
Anilr16
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Hey Trace!
Alright, I shall wait! lol
But shes excellent.
but for some reason today as soon as she woke up she turned blackish and wasnt under her light and kept going back in forth in her cage.
But now she is peacefully green under her UVB light. Why do you think she was this way? I didnt do ANYTHING at all to stress her out or anything.
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Trace
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I know you are excited about possibly breeding the reds and your regulars; I appreciate that, but don't feel you have to rush. In fact, it's better to gain experience with just keeping chameleons healthy, particularly the odd species, than to jump into mass producing said animals. Trust me. Your enjoyment of the hobby will be greater.
Glad to hear your female is doing well. Make sure you offer her healthy, properly gutloaded insects and she'll do the rest. Pacing is usually an indicator that she is getting ready to give birth; maybe you'll see babies in the next few days/weeks. Maybe not. Maybe she was just trying to find a decent temperature or food. Do you have any idea how long she has been gravid?
So... quick question: you have the red male and the regular female co-habitating?
Glad to hear your female is doing well. Make sure you offer her healthy, properly gutloaded insects and she'll do the rest. Pacing is usually an indicator that she is getting ready to give birth; maybe you'll see babies in the next few days/weeks. Maybe not. Maybe she was just trying to find a decent temperature or food. Do you have any idea how long she has been gravid?
So... quick question: you have the red male and the regular female co-habitating?
ocular_factitus
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Red Rudis a.k.a Jeweled Rudis.
Nick mole at first choice reptiles never gets back to me nor picks up his calls and he is the only known vendor of them.
Any help?
Here?
I've known that they have carried Rudis for a while
Fearaffect
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Yea, Nick is a borderline crook as far as I'm concerned!! Its been 3 months now, with a paypal dispute that he said he would send me the Rudis, but still hasnt....now I have to open another dispute which means I have to explain to Paypal on the phone on why I'm redoing it. First he said he "misplaced" them......yea ok next, after emails and phone calls and the original dispute on paypal, he finally replied back to me.......now hes doing it again, no contact!
Trace
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Trace
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Fearaffect
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Rudis Chams C.T.rudis, but not the Red Rudis....C.T.rudis.sternfeldi
Fearaffect
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Sorry Trace, totally forgot....happens in my old age.....
Anilr16
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Im not sure how far along she is, Nick Mole at FCR said she was a couple months in, but not sure what that means and he recently jus said she should be close. But that doesnt help either, shes still eating like a horse so I presume she still has some time to go??
And no Trace, their in seperate enclosures. Im not breeding them or introducing them via a thread I once posted awhile back where you said not to mix the species. Remember?
Trace
Captain Awesome
I do remember.
The line...
... made me think otherwise.
Average gestation for the sternfeldi is usually about 6 months so you may have time to go yet before she drops. Through my work with the bitaeniatus complex, I've noticed the girls will put on a large amount of weight almost immediately after mating and have that pregnant "look" even though they won't give birth for months and months and months.
Another thing I should point out is sternfeldi females have HUGE appetites and will gorge themselves if given the chance. Don't overdo it with the bugs for her. It's hard to distinguish a pregnant chameleon from an overweight one.
Trace
The line...
... made me think otherwise.
Average gestation for the sternfeldi is usually about 6 months so you may have time to go yet before she drops. Through my work with the bitaeniatus complex, I've noticed the girls will put on a large amount of weight almost immediately after mating and have that pregnant "look" even though they won't give birth for months and months and months.
Another thing I should point out is sternfeldi females have HUGE appetites and will gorge themselves if given the chance. Don't overdo it with the bugs for her. It's hard to distinguish a pregnant chameleon from an overweight one.
Trace
Anilr16
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Sorry Trace! if I baffled you as well as other readers on this forum with the sentence about the UVB bulb. I corrected it.
But yes. I feed her 2 crickets in the morning around 11. Another cricket in the afternoon around 3. then two more around 7/8. Lights off at 9-10.In your opinion, what are some things youve noticed your Sternfeldi doing weeks/months before birth??
Trace
Captain Awesome
Beyond becoming more ungrateful?
They start basking a bit more as they get heavier - it's harder for them to move gracefully through the foliage. Their appetites decrease as their bellies fill up with babies and their appetite is almost nil towards the end. A day or two before they give birth the females may (or may not) become more active looking for a birthing site. I also find they sleep in funny positions - almost bottom heavy in a way. (See attached pics). Most babies are born in the mid morning and the whole process only takes an hour or two. Contrary to what people will tell you, the mothers will not eat their babies. Well, I suppose they will if you house them together for long enough but you don't have to remove the babies as they are born. In fact, I find Veileds far worse for cannibalism!
As much as watching ovoviviparous chameleons give birth is cool (It's REALLY, REALLY cool actually) I highly recommend you leave her alone when she starts. They like privacy. They need the privacy. Let her be; she knows what to do.
That sounds like a good amount to be feeding her. I give my girls 6 bugs a day? 6 bugs every other day? I don't have a set schedule.
Good luck.
Trace
They start basking a bit more as they get heavier - it's harder for them to move gracefully through the foliage. Their appetites decrease as their bellies fill up with babies and their appetite is almost nil towards the end. A day or two before they give birth the females may (or may not) become more active looking for a birthing site. I also find they sleep in funny positions - almost bottom heavy in a way. (See attached pics). Most babies are born in the mid morning and the whole process only takes an hour or two. Contrary to what people will tell you, the mothers will not eat their babies. Well, I suppose they will if you house them together for long enough but you don't have to remove the babies as they are born. In fact, I find Veileds far worse for cannibalism!
As much as watching ovoviviparous chameleons give birth is cool (It's REALLY, REALLY cool actually) I highly recommend you leave her alone when she starts. They like privacy. They need the privacy. Let her be; she knows what to do.
That sounds like a good amount to be feeding her. I give my girls 6 bugs a day? 6 bugs every other day? I don't have a set schedule.
Good luck.
Trace
Fearaffect
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Holy shite Trace!! That Chams gota gut like me!! LOL get her off the soda...b4 its to late....I KNOW!! LOLBeyond becoming more ungrateful?
They start basking a bit more as they get heavier - it's harder for them to move gracefully through the foliage. Their appetites decrease as their bellies fill up with babies and their appetite is almost nil towards the end. A day or two before they give birth the females may (or may not) become more active looking for a birthing site. I also find they sleep in funny positions - almost bottom heavy in a way. (See attached pics). Most babies are born in the mid morning and the whole process only takes an hour or two. Contrary to what people will tell you, the mothers will not eat their babies. Well, I suppose they will if you house them together for long enough but you don't have to remove the babies as they are born. In fact, I find Veileds far worse for cannibalism!
As much as watching ovoviviparous chameleons give birth is cool (It's REALLY, REALLY cool actually) I highly recommend you leave her alone when she starts. They like privacy. They need the privacy. Let her be; she knows what to do.
That sounds like a good amount to be feeding her. I give my girls 6 bugs a day? 6 bugs every other day? I don't have a set schedule.
Good luck.
Trace
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