My melleri did best with hand spraying/dripping over their face for direct drinking too. When they tip their head straight up they are "full". That's the key. It's easy to tell how much water they want at any one time. They may need to drink several times a day especially if they are newly imported or salivate heavily while drinking (strings of clear saliva form as they drink). Once they were acclimated and hydrated I found that they didn't always drink much if I offered water more than once or twice a day. They didn't respond to falling water with reflex swallowing, or turned away. For misting I set the cycles more to maintain a daily humidity cycle rather than provide drinking water.



Yes, melleri are such neat chams! I learned more from them than just about any other species. When they are nice they are so gentle, but there are evil ones out there too. Some seem really stable, healthy, and content, and others are very fragile and stressy.

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