They are doing GREAT and growing fast. They survived a week of 95degree temps without losing any, I just kept the mister on almost all day on one side of the cage and they spent alot of time just turing dark and "absorbing" the water. They would get covered with water to the point where their features fused with the stick they were on, just looked like shiny bulges, I don't know how they kept breathing, which is a real concern, but they did. It also, for the record, seemed they ate more when it was hotter, hmmmmmmmm. There seems to be an exponential growth rate difference though, so its more than one cage for them SOON. They LOVE green-bottle flies.
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35 baby Jax update
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Matt
Great news so far! I wonder if they ate more during hotter weather basically because hot days warm up faster and stay warmer longer than cooler ones. There may have been more time for them to stay in "operating temperature" and hunt. I'll bet they didn't actually eat much during the hottest part of the day but were active sooner in the morning and later in the evening. Insects were probably more active and attracting attention too. I know to some degree warmer body temps mean higher metabolic rate and calorie use, but chams I've seen who were a bit too warm just sat inactive in a shady spot.
