Brookesia superciliaris (Horned Leaf Chameleon)

[c81kennedy]

Just wanted to show of some guys I got at the Tampa repticon.

 

[chameleoman]

great pick up! my female temporalis just died

 

[c81kennedy]

great pick up! my female temporalis just died

Sorry to hear that. The poor pygmies take a beating before we get them. Also Temporalis need temps in the upper 60s from what I read.

 

[chameleoman]

yea its kind of hard to keep those temps in my house my female brev is doing great shes eating and drinking like a champ i also got vermiculite for my eggs

 

[c81kennedy]

After a few days they seemed to settle in Nicely. This is the first time Iv seen chameleons drink from the leaf litter. They would put there faces side ways in the leaves like they were snuggling. The Brookesia already look much better now that they are hydrated. Check out how dark there eyes are now like little dinosaur's. I still ahve no idea how to sex them.

 

[qdude46]

Wow, that's a really cool Pygmy. I plan on getting a pair of Brevs soon. Also I don't know how you make your enclosures so perfect, all your pygmies and Pygmy enclosures look amazing

 

[chameleoman]

They do look really hydrated now. I have a quick question though about my male temporalis should i just leave him be? I dont want him do die hes really cool and he eats and drinks to my female temp is the one who didn't eat at all shes been looking really bloated though like she had eggs, not too sure if i should cut her open though

 

[c81kennedy]

Wow, that's a really cool Pygmy. I plan on getting a pair of Brevs soon. Also I don't know how you make your enclosures so perfect, all your pygmies and Pygmy enclosures look amazing

Lots and lot of practice I learned doing the dartfrog tanks. Check out the rest of my reptile room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wasNqp6XChw

 

[c81kennedy]

They do look really hydrated now. I have a quick question though about my male temporalis should i just leave him be? I dont want him do die hes really cool and he eats and drinks to my female temp is the one who didn't eat at all shes been looking really bloated though like she had eggs, not too sure if i should cut her open though

Just keep the male as cool as possible. One way to help is dont put a light on his tank and keep him away from the windows. You can try to get the eggs out of the female sometimes they live sometimes they dont.

 

[chameleoman]

I just cut her open, no eggs though

 

[Chase]

What the heck! Who had these? I didn't go, but I've never seen these at the Tampa Repticon :O

 

[c81kennedy]

Snakes at sunset only had one pair though

 

[Chase]

Snakes at sunset only had one pair though

Great pick up! Good luck with them!

 

[qdude46]

I think i saw an ad for 2 females of this species on king snake classifieds for $180

 

[c81kennedy]

Yeah I saw the 2 females but its alittle to much for me right now

 

[c81kennedy]

Sleepy time

 

[JonRich]

Great pickup and great looking tank. Is that a mantid i see in the pic above, on the Brom to the left? what are you offering for them in terms of feeders?

 

[c81kennedy]

Great pickup and great looking tank. Is that a mantid i see in the pic above, on the Brom to the left? what are you offering for them in terms of feeders?

Good eye JonRich yeah its a chinese mantid I use them for feeders. I also use fruitflies, bluebottle flies, crickets, beanbeetles, springtails, isopods, dubia and flourbeetle larve. I try to culture as many things as possible.

 

[c81kennedy]

Does anyone have any tricks for sexing Brooksa ?

 

[qdude46]

Well I imagine you noticed this but its most likely not a male-male combo if they aren't combative