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Carlton
at Wed Jan 3 14:35:59 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Carlton ]
I guess my first question would be "why?". There are lots of veileds available these days (from terrible to good quality) and you may not see much return on all your work. Caring for eggs is pretty simple, but caring for gravid females and hatchlings is complex to do well and a totally different operation from boids. There are other cham species that could use a dedicated breeding project so the trade impacts wild populations less and less over time (jacksons, dilepis, senegalensis, gracefuls, rudis, carpets, fischeri). I think this is one of hobbyists' biggest responsibilities...establish sustainable captive populations to fill the pet market. I'm not sure a basement lends itself to chams. You will need a lot of artificial lighting and may need a ventilation system to provide temp and humidity cycles too. IMHO, I'd look around on commercial herp sites that sell chams (wc, cbb etc) and see what species are being marketed and what the demand seems to be. If a species seems to be advertised "cheap" very often or part of a "package deal" chances are they are not in demand (poor things) or the market is saturated. There are imports being marketed that probably would benefit from a breeder's dedication. Pick a species that you like personally and work to figure out its needs. I would also contact breeders or cham collectors to see what species they would be interested in seeing cbb. Some good contacts would be on adcham.com.
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- opinions? - lutzmr2, Mon Jan 1 17:45:08 2007
 RE: opinions? - Carlton, Wed Jan 3 14:35:59 2007
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