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Hi
Interested in pygmy chameleons.
I keep couple of snakes thus no experience at all when it comes to pygmies .
What would be a good begininner species that could be kept in planted terrarium and might breed if kept correctly?

Are they short lived even if kept correctly?

Thank you

Hello there~

Pygmy chameleons make fabulous tank specimens.

Brevicaudatus would be the species that i would recommend. They are hardier and more frequently available then other species..

They are also VERY easy breeders. I have a colony of 9 at the moment, with many eggs incubating.

Please check out:

cherisse44 .webs. com (no spaces)
or
pygmychameleon. co. uk (no spaces)

for info on Brev's.

good luck!
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Also, captive bred specimens will live longer then wild caught animals.

always try to obtain CB pygmies rather then WC.

FLChams. com (no spaces) has many in stock.

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Thank you very much for the great sites. I am glad to read that CB can live 3-5 years.

I live in Florida so will go look at Fl Chameleon site. Might be to hot to ship now even over night as its hot .
A friend of mine keeps adults outside in screened enclosures and recently saw pygmy at a pet store .

I loved it but neither of us knows anything about them and wild caught thus wouldnt buy it.

I read on your site that 10 gallon is enough but prefer a 20 gallon long to give a pair 30 inches.

Will read more about them now. Thanks again for great sites.

you have to understand that keeping a cham, especially a pigmy, is nothing like keeping a snake or bearded dragon , chams are infinitely more sensitive to everything, and much less tolerant of mistakes and neglect . Until they are well established you need to fine tune things almost daily ,and buy the time a problem is noticed, it is frequently too late, so there is little room for error, or learning as you go, my advice would be to surf all you can find on the species of your choice and chams in general , when you no longer have any questions,then you are ready to get one. the short answer is ; for those who are serious enough to learn what they got to learn and dedicated enough to do what they got to do and do it properly ,and be willing to babysit their animals until well established, then yes bearded pygmies would be an ok starter species for somebody willng to meticulously set them up , and in the right enviroment are relatively easy to breed

Thanks.

Yes ,I have been reading about them since finding out the type that I should keep.

I plan for a planted 20 gallon long tank for 1 M/F . Its way to hot here now for shipping as even at night its been in high 80s low 90s thus will probably wait till fall.

However the tank going to set up this week as plants need to take,etc and would want springtails to establish.