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I recently acquired 1.2 brevs and they are SUCH a pleasure. Its like watching the cute phase of a baby cham for a lifetime. Anywho, just a few questions I have them in a large aquarium, I can't figure the size or dimensions but it is very adequate. I have a repti-glo 5.0 on them and was wondering how much do I feed them? I saw them eat about 4-5 crickets each, a few they ate were kinda big for them though but it was the smallest my local pet store had.

P.S. Few worries:
1. As I was getting the aquarium situated and the lights plugged in, I turned around and saw the little guys climbing out of their contained that they came in that I opened cause I was ready to put them in their new home. All 3 got on one edge and tipped the light container over and all 3 fell from a 4 foot drop onto tile floor. I almost fainted lol! I thought it was over for them but they got up and started roaming my kitched floor. I placed them in the cage and they ate. Should I worry?
2. Saw female eat 3 crickets shooting her tongue and then on the 4th she shot her tongue but it only went out about half an inch and about an inch away from the cricket itself. She did that for about 5 times until finally the cricket moved to her lol. Does that mean I'm feeding too big prey and she can't shoot very far because food is lodged? Should I worry?

Hey, Pygmies are a personal favorite of mine aswell. First off how old are yours if WC what size? Adult Brev's should only eat a max of 2 week crix, and offer as many as they'll take. Also another food choice you can try are house flies (I hatch them cheap from maggots) ive also noticed house flies hold powder alot better, and mine go crazy for them(dont use as a staple tho). As for the 5.0 Bulb ive been debateing that its not necessairy(on the forest floor they dont get much light), but its better to be safe then sorry. The fall shouldnt be too much of a problem as long as theres no physical symptoms (keep an eye on them just incase of internal). BTW keep very HIGH ventilation, with an average humidity of 60%. VENTILATION is the key to success with these IMO. I hope ive answered everything, and if you have anymore questions feel free to ask. Goodluck.

Words of warning...when startled or scared, they can play dead
so well that I've know of people who have thrown them out
thinking that they were dead....so don't throw one out until you
are certain. Even after you leave their sight they will/may
continue to play dead for a while.

You said..."Should I worry?" Hopefully they will be okay.
Can't say for sure though...but I have seen other species fall
from even higher than that and be fine.

These are awesome little chameleons and can do well if you can
get them past the first few weeks with you. They aren't
long-lived though.

Hm, today the female has only eaten twice and the male doesnt seem interested in food. I havn't seen the male drink either but that just maybe because he drank when I wasn't looking. I think my female is gravid too. She has a pretty large belly and a apetite that surpasses the male. The temps have been getting pretty high so I took away the the 5.0 bulb. One think that concerns me is that my male tried to mount my female. She thrashed and turned and he got off, and ran away. I havn't seen any agression yet. Should I separate the two?

There is a very good chance that your female is gravid, most females that come in are. Also females do hold onto their eggs for months at a time so it is very possible. Unfortunately the morality rate of these guys seems high (either from stress or parasites other issues). If there is ample hideing places and alot of foilage then there is no reason to separate the 2. If you do notice agression form, or the female does become more stresses you might want to consider separateing the male. And your male is just doing what comes naturally to him. In the wild he rarely sees a female so often .