different way to drink water

[Kristin]

So this was cool... today i came home and proceeded to spay my veiled cham cage with my spray bottle like i do often. They were very calm when i arrived, Titus (male) was chillin on one side of the cage and Yuna (female) was hanging out on the other. Now they really dont like misting time which is why their behavior got my attention. Usually when i mist then they hide under leaves, this time was different. They both got up and started to walk to the back of there cage. It was neat to see them start on opposite sides of the cage and head in the same direction, so i watched for a few minutes. When they reached there destination i thought their focus was on a water filled leaf, but as i watched they checking something else out.
See the thing is, is that my cage had a mirror up against the back of it very close to the screen. What happens is that when I mist them the water beads on the mirror and they want those water beads really bad. They hung around that spot together interacting a little with each other and looking at the water bead wondering how to get them.
Now because i cant tease my poor lil lizards, i got out a smaller mirror and cleaned it of real good.I put it in there cage and sprayed it with water. They went nuts over it. They both came over to it and drank like 3-5 big drops each.(I couldnt keep track due to the amount of pics i was taking) It was really fun to watch.
So does anyone else use this method of watering??????? If not you should try it, tis fun...

 

[booshified]

wow.

so many things sounded bad for your chams in that paragraph. two obvious ones are:

1. you should get veileds separate. being together can stress them out. if this gets bad enough if can even lead to death.
2. a mirror anywhere where the cham can see is a bad idea (for the reasons above)

dont mean to rain on your parade but these are some things you should do some research on.

 

[Kristin]

Im sorry about the misunderstanding but i have enough sence to research anything before i put my time and money into it. I should have clearifyed that the mirror is not alway behind the cage, i moved my cage temperarily yesterday and didnt notice the mirror until today when i was watching them. ( mirror has already been removed) And the watering idea does not mean use a mirror it was just what i had... it just gave me an idea to use a plexy glass suface or something like that to water them. and as far as them being together... i felt the same way when i bought them. but when I spoke the the breeder she suggested to try them together first and if there is a problem then seperate them. She insisted due to the changes in there colors when they interact.They are in a large cage with more then enough room where they have there own space and i dont really have any problems and they have been this way for 4 months and together since birth. but rest asure that when i went into this i made sure that the cage can be devided to make there own cages if i need to. Do you think there are stresses i am not aware of or cant see?

 

[Julirs]

Kristin-how old are they? Some of the breeders will say if they are OK with each other in a very large cage it might be OK, but she will become gravid far too soon, and when she does become gravid you will need to move her.

 

[Ren]

The only question I have is, you said since they were born, are you positive they aren't siblings.... that would be the only quam I would have about them living together...