Trioceros hoehnelii help please

[Vert340]

Long story short an uncle that likes giving surprise gifts to family members heard from my brother that I wanted a chameleon with
" spikes on his head" I had been wanting a jacksons for a while, so I was like okay thats cool. After he showed me a picture of it on his phone I quickly saw that it wasn't a jacksons at all. The chameleon looked more like a chameleon mixed with an iguana to me. After looking around the web for a while I was able to find that it was a trioceros hoehnelii. I'm picking the little dude up in 2 hours.

I need your guys help though. I couldn't really find a detailed caresheet online for this chameleon. I'll find some sites with a bit of info here and there, but nothing really detailed. It could be that i suck at finding information tbh :'). Which is stressing me out a bit. Any advice or information you guys can give is appreciated. I made my mesh cage with a jacksons in mind, but will it work for this kind of chameleon too? Are pothos and drawf umbrella plant/tree good for this kind of chameleon too? I'm hoping that i don't gotta switch out the plants at this short of a notice but i will if i gotta.

 

[JoXie411]

@bobcochran you keep these guys?

 

[JacksJill]

The care is very similar. You should be on track enough to get started. The plants are fine.

 

[Vert340]

The care is very similar. You should be on track enough to get started. The plants are fine.

Okay awesome ty that makes me feel relieved

 

[bobcochran]

Jacksjill is right, the care for hoehnelii is similar to jacksonii. Hoehnelii can take lower night time temps, down to almost freezing, but are comfortable at 38-40F.. High temps are the same 70-80F.
They bask a lot and should be provided an area to bask and absorb uvb that doesn't get too hot. For a smaller species they eat more than most of similar size. Food prey is smaller than jacksonii.
If you have questions, feel free to ask me. These are one of my favorite species. If you want to see some of the different geographic morphs look through my posts in the photograghy section.

 

[JacksJill]

I meant to tag bobcochran for you. Listen to him he knows the species.

 

[bobcochran]

If you post a picture I might be able to tell you what area it's from. Probably sex it too.

 

[Vert340]

If you post a picture I might be able to tell you what area it's from. Probably sex it too.

Awesome, I have a few pics i took before i left for work. Hopefully these will give you enough info to determine that stuff. Also my main question rn is what type if bulb and uvbulb would recommend? I just wanna make sure i get the best light for it

 

[Mawtyplant]

so! you got the info! remember about the cold temperatures, I was keeping my hoeh outside when temperature at night was 4-5 Celsius and.. they were fine and happy!
If your unforfortable, they are confortable! basking 25w 3 hours a day is suffisant, natural plants and small feeder!

UVB : like any other chameleon, linear bulb t5ho 5.0 or 6% Arcadia

Remember females give live birth since this is probably wc, if its female be ready

 

[bobcochran]

Looks to be a male, not guaranteed. Cute little guy.This locale is from the Nairobi area.
More pictures would help to determine sex.
I can't help you with uvb bulbs as mine are outdoors all year except on the occasional too cold nights.
I have to say this is a wonderful species to work with, I have so much fun with them!

 

[Tony_S]

wow, he is a handsome little guy. I like his coloring a lot.

 

[Vert340]

Looks to be a male, not guaranteed. Cute little guy.This locale is from the Nairobi area.
More pictures would help to determine sex.
I can't help you with uvb bulbs as mine are outdoors all year except on the occasional too cold nights.
I have to say this is a wonderful species to work with, I have so much fun with them!

Okay here are a few more pics hopefully they are what ya need to determine the sex. I wanted to get more and better quality ones,but he didn't feel lile coming out today haha. If you need any spesific pics to determine the sex just let me know! Also yeah he seems pretty cool, really loving him .

 

[Vert340]

so! you got the info! remember about the cold temperatures, I was keeping my hoeh outside when temperature at night was 4-5 Celsius and.. they were fine and happy!
If your unforfortable, they are confortable! basking 25w 3 hours a day is suffisant, natural plants and small feeder!

UVB : like any other chameleon, linear bulb t5ho 5.0 or 6% Arcadia

Remember females give live birth since this is probably wc, if its female be ready

Ty so much for the light info!

 

[Vert340]

wow, he is a handsome little guy. I like his coloring a lot.

Yeah he's a cute little dude

 

[bobcochran]

Yeah he's a cute little dude

Yeah, he's an imported male.