My Crested Chameleon (Trioceros cristatus) video

[Dez]

UPdate on my little female cristatus.

She is doing well. Getting bigger everyday.

We got her at the Daytona Breeders Expo in August and jumped on the chance to own a captive hatched.

Maybe one day I will find a male to breed with her

Here she is..a super cutie

 

[rshewfel]

I love cristatus. Hope you find a male for her.

 

[Chameleonmaster]

Very cool, wish you luck on finding a male. I haven't seen any in awhile but I'll keep my eye out for you.

 

[werecat]

Such a cool species and so rare to get to see. It's so nice of you to post a video. Really fun to watch!

 

[Mijah139]

one of my fav species. so awesome to see a vid of one

 

[Deevo]

nat geo was looking for one of these

 

[Dez]

nat geo was looking for one of these

I know.

They are hoping to find a male for a shoot in Chicago. I am not willing to send my girl to Chicago but I offered to sell them footage as a last resort. In fact most of these shots came from me putting together a sample of shots.

Imports only come in once or twice a year and WCs don't live more than a few months. That's why they are so hard to find

 

[LLGabriel]

She's so pretty Dez! I hope you find a male. These guys are too cool.

 

[jannb]

She is a little doll! I don't blame you for not sending her to Chicago. Maybe they will decide to use your footage.

 

[Dooley1]

She looks great Dez. My problem was that the males never showed interest in the females. I got my male at 6ish months old and gave him back to the original owner when he was 4 years old because I had moved on and my females died.

I had a WC male too at one point & he was not interested in the girls either. I tried separate and communal housing, outdoors and indoors and it made no difference. Perhaps a bigger sampling to choose from would have been more successful.

 

[laurie]

Kevin half the male chams you own are not interested in females. I think it is you living in PA, even chams are not happy there. Move to FL.

 

[Dez]

She looks great Dez. My problem was that the males never showed interest in the females. I got my male at 6ish months old and gave him back to the original owner when he was 4 years old because I had moved on and my females died.

I had a WC male too at one point & he was not interested in the girls either. I tried separate and communal housing, outdoors and indoors and it made no difference. Perhaps a bigger sampling to choose from would have been more successful.

I have had a few WC pairs and the males always head bobbed at the females but the females where never receptive or not healthy enough to breed.
I never got a successful breeding and my WC females died after a few months without the female laying even a wild bred clutch