ParabuthusKing
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I won't ramble too much as I am just about as ecstatic as a gopher in the garden, but my Ambilobe babies are starting to hatch!! I have 5 clutches from two separate breeding pairs. This first clutch was 30 robust eggs. 2 molded over quickly and one at about 7 months of incubation. I started with closet method and when temps dropped significantly in the winter I switched over to an incubator. During first 2 months temps were anywhere from 63 F to 79F. I was freaking out about temperature swings but this was no more than about 7 degree spread over a full 24 hr period. Well my anxious parent to be worries have subsided as 26 /27 babies have hatched and are healthy! Now I am just as anxious to do a superb job as a first time grandpa of panther chameleons. It has been a long road to get here which makes me even more enthralled 
I have approximately 70 more healthy eggs from later clutches incubating right now which should hatch in the next 2-4 months as well. Time to order some dragon stands I think as these appear to be some of the nicer baby racks I have seen for sale currently. One final note as I am learning as I go like most.. I have a huge problem with black ants in my house as I live in rural farmland currently. They bring thousands of larvae and setup shop under roach tubs, transformers for lighting, in the kitchen, etc. I use bait but also breed tarantulas so spraying or bug bomb is not happening. Well, I have noticed there have been about 20 or so ants in each of my baby tubs when I go to check or feed the little tikes. Today when I dropped the Drosophila melanogaster into tubs those little ants vicioouy attacked the flies and were having a hay day of a picnic oh I was pissed, so... I never knew black ants were predatory and always thought of them as more scavengers... Not true. My solution: fill 50 dram vials half full of water and place under each leg of rack ) still need to figure out about power cord to lamps as this poses more danger to introduce water to the setup. Anywho, I rambled enough but haven't posted about my critters much and am so happy words can't describe right now. Pictures are of sire (son of Candy Cane from Chameleon Paradise ) and some of the babies. Pics are terrible as taken from cell phone, but I need to get my camera out for some better shots. Been too busy getting everybody settled in and will be sure to keep updated with baby albums )
I have approximately 70 more healthy eggs from later clutches incubating right now which should hatch in the next 2-4 months as well. Time to order some dragon stands I think as these appear to be some of the nicer baby racks I have seen for sale currently. One final note as I am learning as I go like most.. I have a huge problem with black ants in my house as I live in rural farmland currently. They bring thousands of larvae and setup shop under roach tubs, transformers for lighting, in the kitchen, etc. I use bait but also breed tarantulas so spraying or bug bomb is not happening. Well, I have noticed there have been about 20 or so ants in each of my baby tubs when I go to check or feed the little tikes. Today when I dropped the Drosophila melanogaster into tubs those little ants vicioouy attacked the flies and were having a hay day of a picnic oh I was pissed, so... I never knew black ants were predatory and always thought of them as more scavengers... Not true. My solution: fill 50 dram vials half full of water and place under each leg of rack ) still need to figure out about power cord to lamps as this poses more danger to introduce water to the setup. Anywho, I rambled enough but haven't posted about my critters much and am so happy words can't describe right now. Pictures are of sire (son of Candy Cane from Chameleon Paradise ) and some of the babies. Pics are terrible as taken from cell phone, but I need to get my camera out for some better shots. Been too busy getting everybody settled in and will be sure to keep updated with baby albums )
