New deremensis arrived!

[ponders]

Here is our new deremensis, just arrived, fresh out of the bag! He looks great and is now hiding in his new enclosure. He is from Fabian, and arrived in great shape. Can't wait to watch him grow up! Thanks Fabian! I'll be sure to post updates on his progress.

 

[eisentrauti]

His horns are so cute !
That's how he looks probably in the future:

 

[ponders]

I love those little horn nubs he's got growing there. They are too cute.

 

[eisentrauti]

Now it should work:

 

[ponders]

Great picture! I hope he'll grow into such a handsome cham as that, with attitude of course.

 

[luevelvet]

Gorgeous animal. That has to be one of the better examples of a Deremensis I've seen.

Luis

 

[Dave Weldon]

Howdy Tylene,

Neat!

 

[hallenhe]

His horns are cute! And such a nice smile!

 

[ciafardo 4]

Wow!!!!!!!! Fabian did a really nice job on these guys i have never seen one so clean you are very lucky thats for sure!!!!

 

[AJA]

I got my pair from Fabian today too !



Now comes the tough part of giving them names.

 

[ponders]

Wow, they look good too! We are going to call ours Duke. I heard it on the Tv the other night and thought that would be a good name for a chameleon.

 

[reptimom]

When I saw your cute cham - I thought of the show The Dinosaurs - and the cute baby dino "baby Sinclair" - that cute little face and smile - had to laugh!

 

[Pure]

not the momma!

LOL that show was the best.

Great looking cham you got there. I can't wait to see pics of all these guys as they grow up.

 

[ChrisnLisa]

Duke is so cute, he looks like a cartoon character. I absolutely love deremensis!

 

[SoCaliSon]

Simply Gorgeous!

 

[merumontanus]

Wooohoo!

Wow, great photo, Tylene! I'm so glad he made it in one piece. T. deremensis in general have quite peculiar personalities, especially during feeding, but these juvenile males are, ahem-- and I am going out on a limb to say this-- ... cute?

Amy, so good to see they're finally in the Northwest-- they are going to love the cool temperatures and cloudy days. So glad to see they've gone to good homes. All of them. I see what you mean by "lipstick" on the little female-- the slight bruising must be the result of trying to escape the cloth bag and should clear up in no time. I think it's a safer method than shipping in plastic containers, especially for species with delicate horns.

Keep us posted!

Cheers,

Fabián

 

[ponders]

Update on Duke

As requested, here are some updated photos of Duke. His little horns are growing and he eats great. The pictures progress as he's getting madder and madder at the camera.

Fabian, does the lower horn look OK to you? It seems to be growing to one side and rounded off. Of course, this gives him character. But just curious.

Thanks for looking!

 

[merumontanus]

WOW, Tylene! He looks flawless!!! The rostral horn growing upward at this age isn't all that uncommon in deremensis, in my experience with juvenile wild-caughts. As adults, they rarely have perfectly straight horns, and as you said, it's really what makes this species so interesting. The biggest challenge with imports, much like melleri and merumontanus, is that their horns are quite delicate and often break or bend during shipping, so the fact that we were able to arrange for Duke's placement just in time (and the fact that he's captive-hatched) should make him develop some nice, full (though maybe a bit bent), horns.

Thanks for the update, Tylene! It's always great to see them.

Cheers,

Fabián

P.S. I can't get enough of their eyes-- so elephant-like. Good job!

 

[Kent67]

Duke's lookin' hot! Isn't it weird how late the horns of this species start really growing out? My pair here seem to have grown a good deal, too. I've really noticed the horns coming in now. It's funny, probably ten years ago I got a little male from LLL for half price because they thought his horns were broken. Maybe they were, but they eventually grew into a perfectly normal looking rack (for the species, anyway )

Btw, I finally fixed our scanner at work and have a boss-less day tomorrow so was going to take in the article on this species tomorrow. Fabián, do you have a copy already? Brad?

 

[Dean Pulcini]

It's to bad they don't keep their juvenile coloration he looks great.