Trioceros perreti (Southern Peacock Chameleons)

[Texas Panther Man]

Ok, cool. I figured you'd probably want to keep most if not all of them. Your friends with eggs, were they bred in captivity? Im just wondering if anyones actually bred these guys and produced young? Or if everything we're seeing is ch from wc females.

 

[Chris Anderson]

Ok, cool. I figured you'd probably want to keep most if not all of them. Your friends with eggs, were they bred in captivity? Im just wondering if anyones actually bred these guys and produced young? Or if everything we're seeing is ch from wc females.

I would say the majority are CH from WC gravid females but they are bred occasionally. The problem has really been that acclimating T. perreti and T. serratus can be very difficult and its been difficult for most to establish breeding groups. I'm hoping that a group of CH babies will make that a better option.

Chris

 

[jack29]

Great job Chris! Congratulations as always

 

[Chris Anderson]

Thought I'd post an update. All 9 babies are doing well, eating a ton, and growing. Here are a couple photos from earlier today:

Chris

 

[brandychams]

that first pic is too precious, congradulations

 

[coldbloodedAL]

Those little ones are too cute! I can picture the one in the first pic saying (If he could speak) "I am a stick, I must be one with the stick". lol, a lot of chams sure do not seem to like cameras.

 

[Lizardlover]

Awesome! Glad to hear they are all doing well.

 

[luevelvet]

Congrats Chris! They're looking fantastic!

Cheers,

Luis

 

[ChameleonRave]

I'm glad to see you have some. If I remember correctly this was on your wanted list? Cute babies! You're going to share with me right??

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Chris Anderson]

I can't believe how fast these babies are growing. I'm going to have to split them up into smaller groups this weekend already. Here's a pic of one from today:

Chris

 

[g 3rd gen]

Very well done!

 

[sergio reyes]

those are awsome!! are you willing to sell about 2 of them ???

 

[Chris Anderson]

those are awsome!! are you willing to sell about 2 of them ???

For most of the babies I plan to hold them back or trade for unrelated CB/CH babies. I will probably let a couple go but they are spoken for and ultimately I've had more inquiries than I have babies.

Chris

 

[Chris Anderson]

Well, this clutch is now 3 weeks old. I had to split the babies into smaller groups today. They are growing quickly. Here is a shot of one of the babies today:

Chris

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Wow amazing growth they look much bigger than I would have expected for only being 3 weeks old (and started to develop a bit of a sail-fin back).

 

[Chris Anderson]

These guys are continuing to grow very quickly and all are doing well! The largest of the clutch are really starting to look like small peacock chameleons now. Here is an updated pic of one of them from today:

Chris

 

[okiroo]

awh they look like minis of the adults. how cute

 

[Lizardlover]

WOW! They do look like they're growing incredibly fast.

 

[Chris Anderson]

These guys started hatching 6 weeks ago today. They are growing very quickly and all 9 are doing well. I wasn't convinced I could sex them yet but I'm starting to think I was second guessing myself because of the number of males in the clutch. My current best guess is that these 9 are 7.2, which is a little disappointing. Hopefully I'll be able to get some other CH/CB females to add to my group though. Anyway, we'll see if that prediction ends up being right but here are a couple pics from today:

Juvenile male:

Juvenile female:

Enjoy,

Chris

 

[Monties1982]

About how much do they weigh now? I'm guessing they weighed somewhere around 0.5g when they hatched and I just wanted to get an idea of how fast they're growing.