Cerafina New Meller's

[Kazboots]

I got my first Meller's a week ago.
I have had Fischer's, Veileds and Jackson's in the past although the Jacksons did not like the predators that I own even if they couldn't see them so the spent the rest of thier lives with Little Leaf and I don't think either the chams or the person were bothered by this arrangement. I have worked with Veileds in a reptile facility and have cared for clutches of 60+.
I have been reading for a long time but usually call Cheryl with questions rather than posting but I intend to breed the Meller's in the future so I figured I might as well post. I believe if you get a wild caught especially a female that is healthy enough to breed you should try or pick a captive bred animal.
It was down to getting more Fisher's or Meller's this time around. I am used to seeing crappy sick imported Meller's but when I went to the show last week there was a reasonably healthy group of new imports and I fell in love with this one. She had brighter colors but has a healed notch in her tail so people were picking others first.
She spent the entire trip home cruising the back seat because she freaked out in the pillowcase they gave me to transport her. She was definitely not going to fit in the Fischer's size critter keeper I had. It was a nearly 3 hour drive. I was NOT driving so she was supervised.
She is in quarantine but I am going to set up a permanent cage with it's own direct drainage into the basement because she requires alot more water than I intend to empty every day.
She is eating, drinking,and seems happy. She hates cameras, I can talk on the phone but the minute I try to use it as a camera she gets all pissy.
I am following the websites that Cheryl said to trust for her care but I wanted to show her off.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I got my first Meller's a week ago.
I have had Fischer's, Veileds and Jackson's in the past although the Jacksons did not like the predators that I own even if they couldn't see them so the spent the rest of thier lives with Little Leaf and I don't think either the chams or the person were bothered by this arrangement. I have worked with Veileds in a reptile facility and have cared for clutches of 60+.
I have been reading for a long time but usually call Cheryl with questions rather than posting but I intend to breed the Meller's in the future so I figured I might as well post. I believe if you get a wild caught especially a female that is healthy enough to breed you should try or pick a captive bred animal.
It was down to getting more Fisher's or Meller's this time around. I am used to seeing crappy sick imported Meller's but when I went to the show last week there was a reasonably healthy group of new imports and I fell in love with this one. She had brighter colors but has a healed notch in her tail so people were picking others first.
She spent the entire trip home cruising the back seat because she freaked out in the pillowcase they gave me to transport her. She was definitely not going to fit in the Fischer's size critter keeper I had. It was a nearly 3 hour drive. I was NOT driving so she was supervised.
She is in quarantine but I am going to set up a permanent cage with it's own direct drainage into the basement because she requires alot more water than I intend to empty every day.
She is eating, drinking,and seems happy. She hates cameras, I can talk on the phone but the minute I try to use it as a camera she gets all pissy.
I am following the websites that Cheryl said to trust for her care but I wanted to show her off.

I was in Reptile Pets Direct's retail store in San Antonio a few days ago and saw a group of really lovely Mellers. One in particular was spectacular--he just oozed that something special. The owner of the store was saying he would be taking him home soon if no one bought him because he was just such a lovely creature. Wild caught, but has been in the store for maybe a month (or was it three????) and was already eating out of his hand. If you are looking for a male, you might want to give Reptile Pets Direct a call. He was an adult.

I really fell in love with him, but decided that I would get a sub adult T. quadricornis since the quads won't be available again for possibly years. A Mellers, on the other hand, is available.

 

[Kazboots]

With the weather we get here in the winter, if I have to resort to shipping it will be in the spring. Unless I stumble on a nice one I am hoping to get her out of quarantine first. Only one of my quarantine areas can handle the drainage.

 

[Mikael]

I was in Reptile Pets Direct's retail store in San Antonio a few days ago and saw a group of really lovely Mellers. One in particular was spectacular--he just oozed that something special. The owner of the store was saying he would be taking him home soon if no one bought him because he was just such a lovely creature. Wild caught, but has been in the store for maybe a month (or was it three????) and was already eating out of his hand. If you are looking for a male, you might want to give Reptile Pets Direct a call. He was an adult.

I really fell in love with him, but decided that I would get a sub adult T. quadricornis since the quads won't be available again for possibly years. A Mellers, on the other hand, is available.

Why won't the quads be available again?

 

[jajeanpierre]

Why won't the quads be available again?

I understood from the store owner (I think he was the owner) that the quads just imported were the first group to be imported for years and the species were unlikely to be imported again for many years.