huskerhoek
New Member
Greetings All,
I just wanted to pop in and introduce myself and my first 'child' Nirodha. Niro is a just over 4 month old Sambava male from KK's Montezuma.
I also want to just put a general thank you out there to all of the regular posters here that have greatly facilitated my research and preparation over the past months before I took the leap!
So far everything is going pretty well (I've had Niro for about a month now). He is eating well, drinking well, pooping well, and seems generally pretty active. I'm pretty confident that we have the essentials down with respect to lighting, misting, cage, food, supplements, etc. We've even got his "big boy" (2 x 2 x 4) setup pretty much complete and hope to move him in soon.
My biggest concern so far is primarily with handling, which I know is a common topic with differing opinions within the community. We are being very patient so far (and of course will continue to be indefinitely if necessary), but the N-man definitely doesn't want to be handled, he still won't even pluck any yummies out my hand (even a hornworm, which he loves). I've taken him out 3 times so far in the past month (twice for cleaning, and once most recently for some outdoor basking), and he still hisses, and bites (more comical than menacing, but still....)... It'll be interesting to see how he matures, but regardless of how "handle-able" he becomes, we love our new baby!
Peace & Love to the Chameleon World!
I just wanted to pop in and introduce myself and my first 'child' Nirodha. Niro is a just over 4 month old Sambava male from KK's Montezuma.
I also want to just put a general thank you out there to all of the regular posters here that have greatly facilitated my research and preparation over the past months before I took the leap!
So far everything is going pretty well (I've had Niro for about a month now). He is eating well, drinking well, pooping well, and seems generally pretty active. I'm pretty confident that we have the essentials down with respect to lighting, misting, cage, food, supplements, etc. We've even got his "big boy" (2 x 2 x 4) setup pretty much complete and hope to move him in soon.
My biggest concern so far is primarily with handling, which I know is a common topic with differing opinions within the community. We are being very patient so far (and of course will continue to be indefinitely if necessary), but the N-man definitely doesn't want to be handled, he still won't even pluck any yummies out my hand (even a hornworm, which he loves). I've taken him out 3 times so far in the past month (twice for cleaning, and once most recently for some outdoor basking), and he still hisses, and bites (more comical than menacing, but still....)... It'll be interesting to see how he matures, but regardless of how "handle-able" he becomes, we love our new baby!
Peace & Love to the Chameleon World!
