It doesn't sound as if chams will be good options for you. Even the more "hardy" species will take daily misting (2-3 times per day depending on your particular climate), routine maintenance of LIVE plants, and live prey feedings at least every 2 days. Chams setups aren't really low maintenance...there are too many variables and they are very sensitive to the proper temp and humidity gradients. If you are gone that often you could either automate your misting/dripping system or have someone check the setups daily. You would have to have a large enough water reservoir for the misting system to last the length of your trips or have someone refill them. Chams don't tend to gorge on a lot of prey and then fast. They do better with meals every day while they are juveniles and every other day as adults. They need a pretty high variety of feeders too. Either way, if you planned on getting a pair of any chams except the little pygmy leaf chams you wouldn't be able to house them in the same cage...at least 2 separate setups.

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