Import T. perreti
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Chameleonmaster
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Beautiful as always! That's funny she's attracted to the camera.
Chris Anderson
Dr. House of Chameleons
Awesome species. They looks great, Mike!
Chris
Chris
little leaf
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they are so pretty ( or is that perreti ) love the last pic - lol
kameleons jvo
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She looks not bad for an import
Mike Fisher
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Thanks everybody for the comments!
Chase, I've got two clutches from these WC, with one more to be laid. Sadly the one female that I had to force feed and water from day one passed, but not before she laid a clutch. The eggs look just "ok". I think they are viable, but discolored slightly. I think she was nearly egg bound, but I got her to lay without oxytocin. It was very hard on her and she passed within two days of laying. We'll see if the babies can make it out ok.
The rest of the group is settling in nicely.
I'll have eggs/babies from four distinct bloodlines before I even pair up the new imports, so I've got a pretty good start on a US supply of CB T. perreti. I'm hoping a few other keepers who purchased some will come out of the woodwork to participate eventually. The small clutch sizes of this species will limit the numbers produced, and even then I'm not sure of the demand for a smaller species such as this, but we'll see.
Sometime mid summer I should have three clutches of T. perreti hatching, along with K. multituberculata, and K. tavetana. I predict K. uluguruensis hatching in March, but that last one is a guess since it has never been hatched in captivity.
I think T. perreti is a lovely species. Extremely friendly and will readily come to their owner's hand and hand feed from it. A true Cameroon gem.
Chase, I've got two clutches from these WC, with one more to be laid. Sadly the one female that I had to force feed and water from day one passed, but not before she laid a clutch. The eggs look just "ok". I think they are viable, but discolored slightly. I think she was nearly egg bound, but I got her to lay without oxytocin. It was very hard on her and she passed within two days of laying. We'll see if the babies can make it out ok.
The rest of the group is settling in nicely.
I'll have eggs/babies from four distinct bloodlines before I even pair up the new imports, so I've got a pretty good start on a US supply of CB T. perreti. I'm hoping a few other keepers who purchased some will come out of the woodwork to participate eventually. The small clutch sizes of this species will limit the numbers produced, and even then I'm not sure of the demand for a smaller species such as this, but we'll see.
Sometime mid summer I should have three clutches of T. perreti hatching, along with K. multituberculata, and K. tavetana. I predict K. uluguruensis hatching in March, but that last one is a guess since it has never been hatched in captivity.
I think T. perreti is a lovely species. Extremely friendly and will readily come to their owner's hand and hand feed from it. A true Cameroon gem.
Mike Fisher
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I hope all of your eggs hatch, it would be great to have 4 bloodlines to work with
Chase
Five if you get eggs/babies out of yours and we do some swapping.
Chase
Chameleon Enthusiast
Five if you get eggs/babies out of yours and we do some swapping.
She's still getting bigger. I'm thinking within the week I should have eggs
Chase
Mike Fisher
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"Most" of them. I doubt they were treated any differently. I would guess that their smaller size and calm demeanor made it easier on them. They are not biters, so if they were group bagged they don't chew on each other.
