Da Pygs

[hallenhe]

Here they are:
Garbanzo (male; I got him as a WC adult March 2009 from FL Chams). He was tan to brown the first several months I had him, but has become greener since maybe November. His eye turrets always fired green.

The new guy. The local pet store sold him as a female; he was a dull, solid tan when I got him, but when I put him in with Garbanzo, both chams quickly told me he was male. Here he is in those first moments in the same cage with Garbanzo (they were separated as soon as I knew they were not going to be the Happy Couple I had hoped for). Since he seems to be a Big Scary Pygmy, I named him Viking. His eye turrets fire yellow, and he has a consistently different color scheme from Garbanzo.

A juvie,kind of washed out by the flash.

 

[jannb]

What little cuties!!!! Garbanzo is very handsome with his green coloring.

 

[hoppingherps]

Sweet lookin little guys. I used to keep them when I was really big into darts, but don't have the room for them now

 

[PardalisGirl]

Very Handsome....

The WC one does have some excellent coloring! Very cool looking. They all look nice. Of the two males, was one getting the upper hand when they were together?

 

[hallenhe]

The WC one does have some excellent coloring! Very cool looking. They all look nice. Of the two males, was one getting the upper hand when they were together?

Viking, the new one seemed to be dominant. That surprised me a bit; he's actually slightly smaller than Garbanzo, and it was Garbanzo's home turf. Garbanzo turned back after getting within a foot from him, and Viking started in pursuit after a couple minutes. Garbanzo is more likely to inflate if they see each other, and is also the first to back down.
Viking and one other were acquired by my pet store several months ago, from a long-time customer who was moving. The other one died in August. My guess is that they were indeed a male-female pair, and the store was confused about who was who (I can't fault them otherwise; their husbandry was impeccable). And I'm poor at sexing lone pygmies; I was perfectly ready to accept Viking as female until the eye turrets went yellow and he started pursuing Garbanzo.

 

[Orchidartist]

Nice pics! I have to get me some Pygs, soon!!

 

[PardalisGirl]

Video?

Any chance of getting a video? I haven't seen Pygmies interact. It would be cool to actually see them. Not that I want you to create a stressful situation. I guess I'm just wishing they were being captured on video at the time. But we never have the camera or video device handy do we? I sure dont'!