Mike Fisher
Established Member
I've had a mating pair of T. perreti for awhile. I wanted to make sure they were settled in and that I could do well with their husbandry requirements before sharing my findings.
The female arrived with edema so severe that she could not climb. Her feet were so swollen she could not grip branches. She was treated for hypovitaminosis of A and D3 and within two days nearly all symptoms of edema were gone.
The male arrived very healthy and active.
I've heard many warnings about how this species in particular is very sensitive to certain vitamins particularly A and D. I believe that is why the female was so deficient. I believe that she was being under supplemented because of articles published about this. I've had them on my regular feeding/supplimentation schedule as my other montanes and I'm finding their care to be very similar to other species I have kept.
The female has continued to get stronger and can now climb to the top of the enclosure without my fear of her falling.
7 eggs were laid by the female on 5/2/2014. I dug her nesting hole for her because of her uncoordination caused by the vitamin deficiency. She chose the hole I had started for her and was able to successfully bury the eggs and emerge from the nest after which time she has fed voraciously for the last five weeks. All 7 eggs are viable and growing.
She has continued to get stronger and more active. She consumes twice as many feeders as the male.
An indoor mating was observed today.
They are being housed in my standard fully planted screen cages with 4 two minute misting cycles daily and 4 five minute drip cycles daily. They seem to like it a bit warmer than my Kinyongias, so this fall I will be building them a more enclosed habitat to hold in heat better.
So far I really like this species and don't find them difficult to keep at all. They are a very pretty chameleon.
If there are any other keepers or breeders of them in the US, please contact me. Otherwise the plan is to try to get some stock from Europe at the next available opportunity.
The female arrived with edema so severe that she could not climb. Her feet were so swollen she could not grip branches. She was treated for hypovitaminosis of A and D3 and within two days nearly all symptoms of edema were gone.
The male arrived very healthy and active.
I've heard many warnings about how this species in particular is very sensitive to certain vitamins particularly A and D. I believe that is why the female was so deficient. I believe that she was being under supplemented because of articles published about this. I've had them on my regular feeding/supplimentation schedule as my other montanes and I'm finding their care to be very similar to other species I have kept.
The female has continued to get stronger and can now climb to the top of the enclosure without my fear of her falling.
7 eggs were laid by the female on 5/2/2014. I dug her nesting hole for her because of her uncoordination caused by the vitamin deficiency. She chose the hole I had started for her and was able to successfully bury the eggs and emerge from the nest after which time she has fed voraciously for the last five weeks. All 7 eggs are viable and growing.
She has continued to get stronger and more active. She consumes twice as many feeders as the male.
An indoor mating was observed today.
They are being housed in my standard fully planted screen cages with 4 two minute misting cycles daily and 4 five minute drip cycles daily. They seem to like it a bit warmer than my Kinyongias, so this fall I will be building them a more enclosed habitat to hold in heat better.
So far I really like this species and don't find them difficult to keep at all. They are a very pretty chameleon.
If there are any other keepers or breeders of them in the US, please contact me. Otherwise the plan is to try to get some stock from Europe at the next available opportunity.
