Over the past few weeks, the animal store down the street, had 2 jackson chameleons that mated. They had offspring, and now they were being sold. Many died, as expected, and 3 survived. I'v been watching these 3.
And since my birthday is tommorrow, (The 17th) my parents said I could have 2 of them! And since the owner of the store is one of my good friends, i took them for free. Their names are Ying, and Yang, Brothers as far as I know. The third one, i know will evantually die, and tommorrow I will ask if I can help this one group and give it some TLC. (Tender Loving Care) But this is good news. As soon as Ying and Yang got to their new home, Ying ate some fruit flies, and Yang explored the cage. I've read varius guides, and I think i'm ready to do the task put before me. Keep the Chams alive!

BTW, i've lost my digital camera so I cant take any pictures ATM.

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Sorry i wont be on for awhile. Yang died and i'm in a low morale state. PM if you want more info, but be patient for me to anwser you. In case you didnt know, Yang was my young jackson chameleon, i wish he was still here.

Cool Bill Hope you can keep them alive! Just make sure you house them seperately. Chams get stressed so easy and one of the causes of stress is company. If they are both males, then it will even be worse when they get older cause then they'll fight too.

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congrats on you new babies, its great you have taken these little guys,

How are you housing them? they are very territorial and like to live alone, if you keep them together it can cause great stress.

Congratulations Bill! And happy birthday!

Just a couple of concerns - as Matt said, make sure you house them separately as chams can get very stressed if housed together, or if housed in glass, where they can see their reflection.

Another is, why did most of them die? You might want to take yours to the vet just for a check-up as if most of their cage mates died there could be a health concern there that might affect yours.

Aside from that, good luck with them, and try and get us some pics soon! Also, if you want to check their sex, it's quite easy and you can sex them from when they first hatch - males have a spur on their feet,. a little point at the back of their foot, which is absent on a female.

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Sorry Rachel, thats only the veiled cham. These are jackson's

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They live together ATM, i just picked them up and only had one chameleon cage. I dont think they show any aggresive stance, they seem to be together fine, but it could be that there young still. I'm sure that these Chams are like 2 or 3 weeks old. As for the other ones dieing, i'm sure it was an envirment thing. The 2 I just got were almost dead in the shop, but since I put them in their new home, the've quite changed in attitude. As I said Yang explored every inch of the new terranium, and Ying ate like 4 fruitflies. None of these things happened in the pet shop. But I should have them checked out, just to be sure. As far as other elements are concerned in care (Humidity, Temperature, ETC) Humidity is like 95%, i was told to keep it high for the young Chams. And temperature is around 85.

I'm not sure if this is okay, but, its okay if I keep them in the same room as my WD's? Since the WD's have Mesh cages and take in all the humidity as well.

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Sorry i wont be on for awhile. Yang died and i'm in a low morale state. PM if you want more info, but be patient for me to anwser you. In case you didnt know, Yang was my young jackson chameleon, i wish he was still here.

Temperature and humidity sound good. Just make sure the temp drops at night to about 65-70 degrees and the humidity raises a little. As for keeping them in the same room as your WDs, that all depends on if they hacvve a clear view of the WDs. If they can see a large lizard in sight, it will only stress them out. Do you have a UVB light for them yet?

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Sorry, my mistake, I didn't read the post properly!

95% humidity is too high! It needs to be 50-70%. Your temps are fine, but you still need to separate them really, even if you don't see obvious signs of stress they may well be stressed.

2-3 weeks is very young, the pet shop shouldn't have had them on sale so young, but now you have them I hope they do well in your care. It doesn't sound good that their siblings died It may well have been the incorrect and stressful environment they were kept in. Good luck.

Also, try a search engine for various care sheets and books. I always like to gather as much information as I can from various sources so that I know I have the correct advice and I can give my animals the best home possible.

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Yes, i have one UVB for them. 95% humidity too high? When there young they should have more right? 2-3 weeks isnt old enough, i know, i even told Damien that (He owns the shop) He hadnt sold any really, most died, and 2 he gave to me as a present. I just switched to dark light for night time, and I hope when I wake up tommorrow there allright.

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Sorry i wont be on for awhile. Yang died and i'm in a low morale state. PM if you want more info, but be patient for me to anwser you. In case you didnt know, Yang was my young jackson chameleon, i wish he was still here.

Chameleons hide illness very well, and will still eat even when very ill, so its best to get them checked out, just to be safe

happy birthday, and hope they do well for you.