T. quadricornus - share your experiences

[Zach Valois]

I really love this species, and with my montane shed up and running perfectly, I think I might consider a few animals.

What are your experiences with them, or what do you have to share?

The only people that I know have them right now is Eco Regional, and I have not heard good things about them.

Of course, just about any I find will be imports - but hey, someone has to breed them right?

I just want to get an idea of my chances before I drop several hundred for a small group.

Thanks

 

[nightcrawler]

They are my favorite cham by far, and im also looking forward to working with them in the distant future. Chuck G used to breed them not sure if he does anymore. joshdhensley has some, and trace does too I think. Alls I have with information on them is a few links to care sheets and stuff. You should get some and start breeding them, and by the time im out of school and ready to grow some, you will be really well off with producing them.

 

[warpdrive]

I highly recamend you give joshdhensley a PM.
while he doesn't have any babys right now, he does have 3 clutches of eggs cooking and the babys will go fast...I'm buying 2 for me, and 1 for a friend.

Josh is a great guy to deal with and they will be far better then some wild chams that you'll have to deal with problems or deaths.

Harry

 

[Zach Valois]

This is great guys. Thanks for the info, I will MOS DEF be contacting him!
I JUST about order a few pairs today too...

I guess they would be pretty typical of any other montane species, from what I am reading.

I will be curious to hear from Josh, just what he did as far as incubating the eggs.

ok....I thought I was excited before....now I am exactic!

 

[nick barta]

My Captive-Hatched Quad from Mike @ FLChams is now over a year old. He has the unusual behavior of leaping of the branch if he thinks I am coming to pick him up to move him to his outside cage. In fact, I need to have my other hand under him to catch him.
He is a more reclusive cham than my other species, and that trait seems common to the Quads. I used to sell Wild Caught Quads and Montiums in the late 90's, and parasites did not claim as many as the warmer WC species as the Panthers, or so it seemed.
I agree the Montanes have been overlooked due to the lighter green and beige coloration, but are more dinosaur-like, and don't seem to get so pissy as the brighter colored Furcifer group. The baby blue dots are a fantastic trait, as are the horns. The back sails are unmatched in any other cham-what more could you want?

Nick

 

[slowfoot]

My favorite species ever

I haven't kept them in a long time, but a few of my experiences with them:

1. They did not bask like some other montanes (my Jacksons were avid baskers).
2. The females liked to stay lower in the canopy, and often went on the ground.
3. They will drop to the ground to escape, and will also drop while you are carrying them - they will literally just let go and pull their legs in - so I learned to be very careful.
4. Drank a lot, especially in the mornings.
5. The male was extremely restless when kept alone and very good at escaping, but after I moved him in with a female in a large outdoor cage he calmed down.
6. Very interested in butterflies, flies, and moths.

 

[laurie]

My favorite species ever

I haven't kept them in a long time, but a few of my experiences with them:

1. They did not bask like some other montanes (my Jacksons were avid baskers).
2. The females liked to stay lower in the canopy, and often went on the ground.
3. They will drop to the ground to escape, and will also drop while you are carrying them - they will literally just let go and pull their legs in - so I learned to be very careful.
4. Drank a lot, especially in the mornings.
5. The male was extremely restless when kept alone and very good at escaping, but after I moved him in with a female in a large outdoor cage he calmed down.
6. Very interested in butterflies, flies, and moths.

Mine are pretty much like yours, we need to tell Nick that a number of the quads seem to jump off of hands, first time Jet did that I almost killed my sister cause I thought she dropped him!!

My male doesn't seem restless alone, or at least not so far. Both my male and female drink lots in the morning. I hand spray them and they seem to drink forever. Each drinks the entire time I spray their 32 oz bottle of water. Warm, almost hot water - they don't like cool water.

My eggs are doing well so far and so is the one I mailed to Seattle to Royden. Can't wait to have little ones. All I can say about quads are my 2 have stolen my heart. I love my veileds & panthers and my new Brev's (almost forgot them) but nothing comes close to my quads. Bet the other 12 feel neglected.

My male came from Josh and Michelle, and they know their quads. Best people are josh, luevelvet, & Chris Anderson, all three have quads and are very knowlwdgeable about them. Glad you are joining the rest of us quad lovers. We have a number of other quad owner's but my mind is a blank. Wait AJA also has quads, but not a pretty as my Jet is.

 

[AJA]

. Wait AJA also has quads, but not a pretty as my Jet is.

HEY! I heard that!

I have a female quad from Mike at FL Chams - WC and she is too the prettiest WC Cham on the West Coast, just ask Julie (Chams1). If you do get a WC, try to get a young one, they seem to adapt better.

She does 'the Fall' as well, but hasn't done it in a long time. Recently she has been taking silkies from me. LOOOVES flies and just about anything I put in her cage. I mist her twice a day with hot water and her cage is high above me and I think she likes the privacy of that.

We are currently looking for a husband for her. You can see photos of her in my gallery. She is probably the top three of my favorite montanes at this time.

 

[joshdhensley]

OK I saw the thread and had to post. Yes we are one of the only breeders that I know of right now to breed and have CB quadricornis (unless someone else has them that I havn't met yet). We have found that sometimes even the WC are hard to get your hands on and then you have to deal with possibe parasites etc. We love our quads, we have no idea how it happened but we came upon them, they thrived and we have been fortunate to have a few clutches of them successfully. While we by no means are the experts on them, you can't really find any other information on the net besides what we have found from the experience of other members and the knowledge that we have gained by keeping and breeding them. We currently have 2 adult WC females and one adult WC male breeders (we downsized), we also kept 2 holdbacks from our last clutch, and I can't believe how huge our little guy has gotten, his horns are huge for his age!! Will have to post pictures soon, I swear he just exploded one day and doubled in size. We also have about 17 eggs that should hatch anywhere from now until Dec 2 and then about 8 unrelated eggs that should hatch one month after that and then one final clutch of 15 (I can't remember as I am at work) that will hatch a few months after that. We will be moving to NC shortly after those hatch and don't want to have any eggs in transit, actually Luevelvet may be taking on our adult trio. If you are looking for different, unique and interesting chams then Quads are definately a great species to have, however make sure to do your research and talk to as many people as you can who have actually had them and make sure you can keep your humidity high and temps low before you get one. We have been very fortunate as all of our babies that went out from our last clutch (Chris Anderson, Luevelvet, Laurie, Socalison and some local Southern CA folks) are thriving. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions as we are always willing to help fellow members.

(Laurie, Jet is cute but I actually think that our little guy may be cuter :0) )

Thanks
Michelle Hensley

 

[joshdhensley]

I highly recamend you give joshdhensley a PM.
while he doesn't have any babys right now, he does have 3 clutches of eggs cooking and the babys will go fast...I'm buying 2 for me, and 1 for a friend.

Josh is a great guy to deal with and they will be far better then some wild chams that you'll have to deal with problems or deaths.

Harry

Thanks Harry, really appreciate it and looking forward to sending some babies your way once they hatch.. will definately keep you all posted on the progress and let you know as soon as they hatch.. can't wait as I miss running home everyday to feed the baby hatchlings.. they sure can eat!! As long as you don't mind fruit flies escaping and all over your house.

Michelle

 

[joshdhensley]

My eggs are doing well so far and so is the one I mailed to Seattle to Royden. Can't wait to have little ones.

My male came from Josh and Michelle, and they know their quads.

Thanks Laurie, so glad to hear that your eggs are still doing well, cant' wait to see them when they hatch!! Remember to let us know when they do, got to trade those blood lines!!! Keep us on the list!

Michelle

 

[OntarioLizardman]

Well, I've been looking into getting one for awhile, but because I've been out of the country I haven't been able to obtain one. For a long time I was in touch with Johndhensley about getting one of his babies. Though I did not actually buy one from him, he was a great help and a highly recommend him. And from what I hear from people, his offspring quads are doing great! best of luck

Edit: I just noticed that he has been posting on here, I need to read everything before posting!

 

[dirrtybirdy]

I reaaaaaaaaallly want one! I really love how they look. to me they look like dinosaurs lol. Im waiting for them to hatch!

 

[celine]

i ve got Quad at home they live separaly without any problems
i d like to know if someone tasted to keep them in smal group???
i saw in books that they can live toghether ne male and two or three females
thanks

 

[slowfoot]

I kept my quads together for about 3 years (male and female) in a large outdoor enclosure and they did well in there, but this was a very large cage and very heavily planted. I watched them a lot and, although they didn't interact much, they tended to stay near each other. I didn't really see the male harassing the female - he courted a few times and I caught them mating once - but the female rarely had stress colors (except when I was cleaning or bothering her).

I only started keeping them together because when I kept them separate my male was escaping constantly - he would literally push on the mesh until staples popped out and could fit through any tiny crack in a door. And he would always end up on or in the female's cage. One time I thought I'd lost him, but he actually made it through the house and outside (where I had the female in an outside cage). I found him on her cage trying to bust in. Plus, he seemed really stressed out all the time and was a sporadic eater. Eventually I got sick of duct-taping all the seems on his cage and decided to give him what he wanted And he was a very nice, mellow lizard after that.