Unexpected New BABIES!!!

[yellermelon]

So I knew the female was gravid...I just couldnt ever find any eggs. I found one and set it up..but it didnt hatch. However I did notice there was 2 baby chams running around in the tank! I seperated them Too bad I cant find any info on breeding adults,feeding, or housing babies..I tried contacting Flchams but they never emailed me back...Oh well hopefully they do well! Hatching day today. First ever enigma, and first ever cham babies!
Bad pic good size comparison

Putting them away..No we didnt mean to flip everyone off lol!

 

[GeckoJunkie]

That is way cool Chris. Im not sure how you ever even seen them they are sooooooo small. Good luck with them man I hope they do good!!!!

 

[Ccrashca069]

You are just having an Amazing day Chris. Congrats

 

[Kristi23]

So cute & tiny!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Halley]

good day then i guess

 

[dprince]

OMG, how cute is that?!?!?!?

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Very cool. Congats!

 

[ReptileMan27]

Congrats

 

[rhino43grr]

enclosure size looks about right. i'm sure you already know about the heat and lighting stuff from having the adults. for feeding get them either flightless fruit flies or pinhead crickets dust with calcium every feeding and vitamins once a week or so. you can either let the feeders go in the enclosure or else put them in a cup or something they can't climb out of. just make sure the food dish isn't clear or they'll try to strike at the bugs through it. also make sure you spray them down a bit more often than the adults. (i'm not sure why, but i just read a book on chameleons today and remember it saying to spray neonates more often, probably for easier shedding)

for my help you owe me the firstborn male chameleon unless you can guess my name. you can sex them from birth by looking on their back feet for a tarsal spur, if there's a little bump between the sets of toes facing toward its tail it's a male.

 

[rhino43grr]

oh and the reason you probably didn't find any eggs is that they like to bury them fairly deep. according to one caresheet you're supposed to have at least a 6" deep area of play sand (cocofiber would probably work as well) for them to lay the eggs in or they can become eggbound and die. i really want to get a chameleon at some point when i have somewhere to build an outdoor enclosure, but i'm kinda scared off by the short lifespan and specific care requirements.

 

[spykerherps]

Nice Find . What kind of chameleons are they? Brooksia?

 

[bugkrazy]

nice

 

[rhino43grr]

ok disregard most of what i said about care, i was assuming they were veileds for some stupid reason but looking at them now i feel dumb for thinking that. also i realized that you probably wouldn't have had too much difficulty finding care info on veilds after i posted, about the only part of what i said that would apply is the stuff about feeding in the first post.

 

[yellermelon]

Thanks for the help Greg I do appreciate it
These are pygmy chams ..the bearded ones...

 

[GeckoEcho]

Yeah that was a pretty pleasant surpise. Gotta respect the power of nature.

 

[Mel&Keith]

Congratulations! Keith totally guessed Pygmy Cham but I didn't believe it. We've never been able to keep them alive let alone get babies. That's really exciting!!

 

[efx*]

Very nice Chris!!

 

[LadyGecko]

OMG-How did I ever miss this post?
Congrats Chris!!
They are just soooooooooooo cute

BTW-how are they doing now?

Sandy

 

[yellermelon]

I was not able to keep these babies alive. I could not find much info, fed crickets, mealies, roaches..all very small. I do great with the adults but not as good with the young ones. Any info on what to do for the next group would be great as the female is still laying.....

 

[Mel&Keith]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear about the babies. We were rooting for you! There just so fragile. Hopefully you'll find out how to care for the next back of babies.