The babies tried bean beetles today, and Pepper made me question my sanity!

[Peppered]

I was looking at the beautiful, edible plant arrangement in Pepper's cage and saw these 2 half-eaten pothos leaves, but I thought it was some kind of ivy plant by the shape! I had to wonder when I got an ivy plant for a moment before I realized

And I'm finally able to start feeding out of my bean beetle colonies a little bit, so I dropped some in and the babies immediately went to town! I meant to have them separated by now but I've been up and down with illness recently and haven't had much energy to set up the 2nd cage. At least with this one it's a lot of space for them to get away from each other if they start having any tantrums. But, I have noticed that M&M seems to hang out more in the lower areas whereas Boo spends more time near the top/basking areas, so I'm wondering if Boo has staked a claim on the prime UVB spots... I'm going to try and get a friend to come help me with setting up the 2nd cage soon so M&M can feel comfortable getting UVB again by himself.

Here's the babies eating beetles, though! You can see that I moved one of Pepper's sad looking pothos plants to the babies cage to recuperate, too

 

[ERKleRose]

The ivy thing is hilarious! And the babies are sooo cute!!! I hope you start feeling better soon!

 

[Peppered]

The ivy thing is hilarious! And the babies are sooo cute!!! I hope you start feeling better soon!

Thank you, me too!! It's been a back and forth battle for a month now and I'm tired of being tired lol

 

[ERKleRose]

Thank you, me too!! It's been a back and forth battle for a month now and I'm tired of being tired lol

I feel you, I’m glad your friend is helping out! My support system really helped me mentally when I was chronically ill, I hope yours is, too!

 

[MissSkittles]

Too adorable! If it weren’t for having to find them homes and all that, I would spend the rest of my life breeding chameleons just so I can ‘Squee’ at the adorable babies.

 

[ERKleRose]

Too adorable! If it weren’t for having to find them homes and all that, I would spend the rest of my life breeding chameleons just so I can ‘Squee’ at the adorable babies.

Same!

 

[Peppered]

Rather than keep making new threads I figured I will just start compiling all my cham pics here I noticed this chunk sleeping (directly above the 'feeding station' I might add) and had to take a picture! This is Boo, being a cutie. Already a little bit bigger than M&M too as far as growth.

The plastic lid above him is there to stop from climbing to the ceiling of the cage because I've found them up there a few different times seemingly unsure how to get back down (I have corrugated plastic sheets on the back and side walls for humidity retention and it covers most of the screen).

 

[Peppered]

I walked in on Pepper looking a bit extra monkey-like today I doubt she was actually stuck, but I helped her out anyways. She's such a sweetie. Also noticed the tradescantia started flowering tiny and beautiful!