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3 months ago, I had purchased a pair of pygmy chameleon and recently add one more to the group. Originally, my plan was to add an addition female but unfortunately it comes up with a male instead (it was the last one in the pet shop). Now the question is should I separate the two males? Or any advise of how to kept two males in the same vivarium without stress them?

unless you viv is HUGE you will need to separate the males. Even if they don't seem to show obvious signs of stress it will be happening in their little cham bodies and minds The fact that you got them from a pet store means they are most likely wild caught so you need to quarantine the new one anyway and get a fecal done to insure it has no parasites and if so treat it (by the vet) I assume you have had your other two checked?

I had, and lost, a trio of leaf chams and know how sensitive they can be and that it is even more difficult to determine problems in them than the bigger species.

look at it this way, now you can get your new male a girlfriend and have 2 couples!

lele

>>3 months ago, I had purchased a pair of pygmy chameleon and recently add one more to the group. Originally, my plan was to add an addition female but unfortunately it comes up with a male instead (it was the last one in the pet shop). Now the question is should I separate the two males? Or any advise of how to kept two males in the same vivarium without stress them?
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0.1 veiled - Luna
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Thanks a lot of your advise lele. I totally agree with you.

Well, just talk to the shop keeper today and I'm going to return him to the store tomorrow. Guess I'm happy with the two already.

So, how long did you kept yours? I've been told that leaf cham. can have a live span of 3-4 years, is that ture?

Ricky

I think that is stretching the age limit. So many die from health problems we may not know. I do know a keeper Doug Johnson has kept brevicaudatus for about 3 generations and he said they typically live about 2 years. Add to this the fact that most imports are selected for their larger size you are most likely getting old animals to begin with. We may be seeing old animals who cannot adjust to rigors of captivity.

Amen to that Carlton..!!!!!!!!

From one who has hatched them and raised them up to have offspring of their own - about 2 years is the average. My first male (bought cb from a friend) lived 28 months and was a grandfather many times over.

I've seen many brevs at the shows.. and few are under 9-10 months of age. They are so small when hatched (can put two on a penny with room to spare), that most people would feel cheated if you asked them for $20 bucks for a youngster.

But watching them grow up and become parents... well, the warm feeling goes all the way to your toes! Those tiny guys always amaze me.
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