life span of pygmys?

[im faster]

Whats the actual average life span of these guys?

and can you get them captive born?

 

[Jbujarski]

Whats the actual average life span of these guys?

and can you get them captive born?

From what I've read they only live about 2-3 years.
You could probably some where but it is very unlikely to find them cb right now

 

[im faster]

i was asking if they are EVER captive born

 

[Jbujarski]

and can you get them captive born?

... yes I believe it is ferretinmyshoes who did have some she bred

 

[KellysChameleons]

i just bought 2 cb babies so the answer is def yes

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Slightly off topic but I'd love to see a newborn pygmy... must be so tiny!

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Yes, I've had several clutches of cb pygs that have gone to new homes! Shawntea, and several others have too. Right now there are two people with cb eggs in incubation. They only have clutches of 2-5 eggs with 3 seeming to be the average a few times a year so there aren't a lot of them. And they were always so easy to get so people didn't focus on developing big captive populations and when Tanzania closed unexpectedly and no more pygmies were coming in the captive population took a serious nose dive. Some of us are trying to build more stable groups for the future, but it's going to take a while. They don't sell for very much so it's only the people who care about the species that will be invested in doing this I think. Big names and those in for profit won't find any value in breeding them because they'll be more trouble than they're worth. In the meantime there won't be many cb available, but there should be some.

 

[im faster]

i couldnt imagine how small a hatchling is

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Slightly off topic but I'd love to see a newborn pygmy... must be so tiny!

Indeed!!

Those are fresh out of the egg! Still have vermiculite from the incubator on them.

 

[im faster]

i figured much smaller than that.

 

[c81kennedy]

Soo cute what temp do you incubate them at and how long till they hatch.

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Better size comparison maybe:

This little one is 2 months old.

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Soo cute what temp do you incubate them at and how long till they hatch.

65-78 degrees and they take 45-90 days to hatch on average. Lower temperatures make longer incubation times, and vice versa.

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

I think in a few years I'll start some pygmies, I'm 4'11 so maybe they'll make me feel big!

 

[Tetsuo]

I think in a few years I'll start some pygmies, I'm 4'11 so maybe they'll make me feel big!

65-78 degrees and they take 45-90 days to hatch on average. Lower temperatures make longer incubation times, and vice versa.

I'm 6'4". lol And to ferritinmyshoes those pygmies are absolutely adorable.

 

[zjuckett]

Oh. My. God. I need to start a breeding pair of my own because they are ADORABLE! Plus, it'd be nice to get more CB out there so we don't have to have so many WC.

 

[samuk]

Wow they're adorable, I still imagined the babies to be smaller though =S

 

[DavidBuchan]

Those are fresh out of the egg! Still have vermiculite from the incubator on them.

So sweet

I think in a few years I'll start some pygmies, I'm 4'11 so maybe they'll make me feel big!

Lol - You'll probably be a bit bigger in a few years anyway