Kinyongia Boehmei

[Sybet]

Since the 12th of february i have a female (most likely to be wildcaught) kinyongie Boehmei. I have found out it is a rather rare specimen and that it is barely ever captive bred. But enough talking, it's time to show off some pictures.
This pic is of her just having entered her new home.

These pictures where taken after she had really settled in. Her colours differ from bright green, with or without a shade of red, to really dark green, when really stressed she can get near black, but she has only done that once.

Her tub still at the show:

And at home:

I have added some thinner branches, as I heard they need different sizes of branches.

Greetz,

Sybe

 

[ChamomilleCame]

Kinyongas! Gotta love em She's really cute!

 

[showjet95]

she can climb on those branches with no texture on them?

 

[Sybet]

Yes, she can, the branches are sandblasted and it does have some texture, plus that she has rather sharp nails that hold on to it

 

[camimom]

Do you have any future plans to breed her?

 

[Cainschams]

Nice looking girl!!

 

[Sybet]

Camimom, I do not yet intend to breed her, as I'm rather inexperienced and I first need to get the funds together to buy a 2nd (and maybe a third) enclosure, (1 for the male, the third for possible babies) and the chameleon it self. It's not all that expensive, but it's a lot for a sixteen year old without any job. And I heard that breading this species is rather hard to breed, plus that their incubation needs to be quite cold (66 degrees) and for that i would need an expensive incubator that has a cooler as well (for in the summers) But I hope to breed in the future.

 

[camimom]

Camimom, I do not yet intend to breed her, as I'm rather inexperienced and I first need to get the funds together to buy a 2nd (and maybe a third) enclosure, (1 for the male, the third for possible babies) and the chameleon it self. It's not all that expensive, but it's a lot for a sixteen year old without any job. And I heard that breading this species is rather hard to breed, plus that their incubation needs to be quite cold (66 degrees) and for that i would need an expensive incubator that has a cooler as well (for in the summers) But I hope to breed in the future.

Any questions you have on breeding, i would ask showjet.. or chris anderson.
they are both knowledgable about pretty much al of them.

 

[showjet95]

if you have questions on these as far as care goes, I have kept them before, but as far as breeding and raising offspring goes, I would ask Jared(cainschams) he has bred K. tavetana which are very similar and he has done it multiple times, so he would be your best bet.

 

[Sticktongue]

Very very cool! you're lucky to have such a rarity.

 

[wendyeeeo]

Beautiful!!

 

[Vegas Chad]

Nice cham!

 

[Seeco]

Someone sign this person up please.

 

[Sticktongue]

Someone sign this person up please.

I thought the same thing

 

[Ferdy Timmerman]

Camimom, I do not yet intend to breed her, as I'm rather inexperienced and I first need to get the funds together to buy a 2nd (and maybe a third) enclosure, (1 for the male, the third for possible babies) and the chameleon it self. It's not all that expensive, but it's a lot for a sixteen year old without any job. And I heard that breading this species is rather hard to breed, plus that their incubation needs to be quite cold (66 degrees) and for that i would need an expensive incubator that has a cooler as well (for in the summers) But I hope to breed in the future.

You have a PM

 

[Sybet]

Hi everybody!

I had the time today to shoot some pics and some came out rather well.
I also have a question for the more experienced members: Is she carrying eggs?
She has gotten a lot fatter since she came here and you can't see her ribs anymore (different from the first pics, where they were only invisible when she sat curled up)

But enough talking, here's them pics:

By the way, I'll tell some about how I house her:
I house her inside due to the crappy climate in the Netherlands.
She is housed in a glass terrarium 60x40x60 cm (24*16*24 inches)
I spray trice a day, or else twice.
I have 2 ficus plants in, and a chamaedora sp.
the temp is 20-21 degrees Celsius by day and about 16-18 degrees Celsius by night (not exact as I don't stay up late to check my thermometer)

Hope you enjoy!

Greetz,

Sybe

 

[Ferdy Timmerman]

She doesn't look gravid to me, but you could try to feel if there are any eggs inside her. Otherwise, she might make it clear when you'd introduce her to a male. But since you bought her on 12 February, I think it should have been more obvious if she were gravid (unless she fertilized 'herself' in the meanwhile with sperm from a mating longer ago).

 

[Sybet]

I just tried to feel whether there were eggs, there wasn't anything obvious to feel, yet she didn't want to cooperate. I'll leave her alone right now as I've stressed her out a bit. She is quite a bit pissed at me atm...
I guess I'll have to get her with a male soon, I'll sent you a PM soon

 

[Seeco]

You should gently pinch and hold her mid body and with the other hand tap her tail. She will flatten her body and squeeze herself through your pinch grip. The presence of eggs will be more obvious and it is minimally stressful since she is "escaping" as you examine her. You can do this repeatedly and she will just squeeze through every time.

If you pin her down she will puff up and you will not feel anything.