SuppezPygmy
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I don't quite know much about pygmies.. or chameleons in general. This is the first time owning a chameleon for me. I have 3 pygmies I bought from a local petland. i got them in there terrarium, and they seemed fine.... AT FIRST.
The lady who helped me at petland was in a rush and it seemed she didnt know much about them. For food she supplied me with pheonix worms, superworms and pre-froze meal worms. later on after doing more research i found out they don't eat dead stuff. So meal worms were out the window. Later i found out that they preferred crickets.. So this solved a reason why they weren't eating.
Sadly one of the first three that i bought passed away the following morning after i got them. pet-land has a 30 day garuntee for all animals so i took the little guy back and they gave me a new one. Now after all the research i got everything they need but I still have a problem..... They aren't eating!! (I think?) the only one that eats food when i offer it is the new one that i got as the replacement.
The new Pygmy (Todd) has total different color and behavior then the others. Todd is constantly green and is always climbing in the high branchs and vines. My other two, Trudy and Theodore are always on the ground sleeping and they hide in the corners out of sight.
I never handle them except for the transfer to the new home and when I changed the bedding. Todd will always eat crickets from the tweezers and will stalk down the crickets if i let them loose in the cage. He ate three within an hour one day!! trudy and theodore both turn there heads away and move away when i offer them food. The crickets even crawl on them from time to time and they still don't move sometimes.
The lady who helped me at petland was in a rush and it seemed she didnt know much about them. For food she supplied me with pheonix worms, superworms and pre-froze meal worms. later on after doing more research i found out they don't eat dead stuff. So meal worms were out the window. Later i found out that they preferred crickets.. So this solved a reason why they weren't eating.
Sadly one of the first three that i bought passed away the following morning after i got them. pet-land has a 30 day garuntee for all animals so i took the little guy back and they gave me a new one. Now after all the research i got everything they need but I still have a problem..... They aren't eating!! (I think?) the only one that eats food when i offer it is the new one that i got as the replacement.
The new Pygmy (Todd) has total different color and behavior then the others. Todd is constantly green and is always climbing in the high branchs and vines. My other two, Trudy and Theodore are always on the ground sleeping and they hide in the corners out of sight.
I never handle them except for the transfer to the new home and when I changed the bedding. Todd will always eat crickets from the tweezers and will stalk down the crickets if i let them loose in the cage. He ate three within an hour one day!! trudy and theodore both turn there heads away and move away when i offer them food. The crickets even crawl on them from time to time and they still don't move sometimes.
