{"id":6298,"date":"2017-12-13T09:41:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T08:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madcham.de\/?p=6298"},"modified":"2021-09-26T14:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T12:30:21","slug":"aufzucht-von-jungtieren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/","title":{"rendered":"Rearing offspring"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Inhaltsverzeichnis<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0200115967e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 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ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Einzeln_oder_in_Gruppen\" >Einzeln oder in Gruppen?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Futterung\" >F\u00fctterung<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Supplementierung\" >Supplementierung<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Tranken\" >Tr\u00e4nken<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Geschlechtsbestimmung_bei_Jungtieren\" >Geschlechtsbestimmung bei Jungtieren<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Abgabealter\" >Abgabealter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#The_right_terrarium\" >The right terrarium<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Single_or_groups\" >Single or groups?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Feeding\" >Feeding<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Supplementation\" >Supplementation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Water\" >Water<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Sex_determination_in_juveniles\" >Sex determination in juveniles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Giving-away-age\" >Giving-away-age<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Le_terrarium_approprie\" >Le terrarium appropri\u00e9<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Individuellement_ou_en_groupe\" >Individuellement ou en groupe ?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Alimentation\" >Alimentation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Supplementation-2\" >Suppl\u00e9mentation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Larrosage\" >L&#8217;arrosage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#La_determination_du_sexe_chez_les_jeunes_cameleons\" >La d\u00e9termination du sexe chez les jeunes cam\u00e9l\u00e9ons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-21\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/aufzucht-von-jungtieren\/#Age_pour_passer_les_jeunes_aux_nouveaux_proprietaires\" >\u00c2ge pour passer les jeunes aux nouveaux propri\u00e9taires<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p class=\"dropcap\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you successfully mated your chameleons, the female laid her eggs also successfully and egg incubations went well, it is time for the juveniles to hatch and thus you have to rear the offspring. But actually, how do you raise young chameleons? What to pay attention to? In this article, we want to give some suggestions.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_right_terrarium\"><\/span>The right terrarium<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For chameleon offspring you need matching\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/bauanleitung-fuer-alu-forex-nachzucht-terrarien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offspring cages<\/a>. Size of the cages depends on the species you want to keep. For example, hatchlings of a <em>Brookesia<\/em> species are naturally much smaller than a juvenile of <em>Calumma parsonii<\/em>. With panther chameleons we made good experiences with offspring terrariums in 30 x 30 x 50 cm (width x length x height) for five juveniles. For Parson&#8217;s chameleons, we use 30 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm in the beginning, later 30 x 40 x 40 cm for each hatchling. Like adults&#8217; cages, offspring terrariums should have spacious ventilation screens. It is also favorable to have easy-to-clean cages for young chameleons.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-6298 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzuchtterrarien-Furcifer-pardalis.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzuchtterrarien-Furcifer-pardalis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzuchtterrarien-Furcifer-pardalis.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzuchtterrarien-Furcifer-pardalis-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzuchtterrarien-Furcifer-pardalis-81x54.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6345'>\n\t\t\t\tAufzuchtterrarien f\u00fcr Panthercham\u00e4leons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-Parsons7-e1513179401578.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"995\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-Parsons7-e1513179401578.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-6346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-Parsons7-e1513179401578.jpg 995w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-Parsons7-e1513179401578-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-Parsons7-e1513179401578-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-Parsons7-e1513179401578-420x250.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-Parsons7-e1513179401578-81x48.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-6346'>\n\t\t\t\tAufzuchtterrarien f\u00fcr Parsons Cham\u00e4leons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whether you want to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/bodengrund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bioactive ground<\/a> or keep the juveniles on paper towels during their first weeks, is a matter of taste. When choosing paper towels please be aware that you will have higher cleaning efforts. Every offspring cage should contain alive plants, may it be inside their pots or directly planted into soil. As thin branches, Hazlenut and Chinese Willow have proven to work perfectly for us. Especially important for juveniles is to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/uv-b-strahlung\/\">UV-B<\/a> which is vital for their growth. You can either use fluorescent tubes with UV-B components or metal halide lamps right above the cage (be careful to use the required minimum distance) or use an additional Osram Vitalux 300 W daily for 30 minutes from a distance of 80-100 cm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11372\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11372\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren-578x771.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren-420x560.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren-81x108.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Nachzuchtterrarien-mit-Leuchtstoffroehren.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Current breeding terrariums, six per row, with fluorescent tubes above<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For years we have raised young animals with halogen lamps and daily Vitalux irradiation. Our last offspring were kept with equally good results under an Arcadia Pro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/terrarienbeleuchtung\/\">T5<\/a> UV-B kit with an 850 mm D3 Forest 6% UV-B (39 W) at a distance of 20 cm from the lid gauze. With temperatures, you have to be rather careful in juvenile chameleons. Many species do not tolerate high temperatures as juveniles. So we suggest keeping all offspring terrariums below a maximum of 28\u00b0C. You need to clean your offspring&#8217;s cages on a regular basis, at least weekly. Feces, feeder, and supplement residues have to be removed from leaves and branches. Paper towels should be changed every few days.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Single_or_groups\"><\/span>Single or groups?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Generally, chameleons do not like to be around other specimens. Juveniles are an exception because you can often raise them for few months together in groups. In species such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/furcifer-lateralis\/\">Furcifer lateralis<\/a><\/em>, <em>Furcifer pardalis,<\/em> or <em>Furcifer oustaleti<\/em> we made good experiences in raising groups of juveniles. These juveniles feed better on insects when kept in groups and mostly tolerate each other well. Generally, in groups, all juveniles need to have enough possibilities to retreat. All groups should be split up depending on size, so only same-sized juveniles are part of the same group. It might be necessary to re-arrange the groups from time to time because juveniles grow differently and some may be larger than others. Please always have some separate cages available just in case single juveniles are especially aggressive towards others.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-6298 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schlupf-erste-Nacht-auf-dem-Ast.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schlupf-erste-Nacht-auf-dem-Ast.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-6401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schlupf-erste-Nacht-auf-dem-Ast.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schlupf-erste-Nacht-auf-dem-Ast-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schlupf-erste-Nacht-auf-dem-Ast-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schlupf-erste-Nacht-auf-dem-Ast-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Schlupf-erste-Nacht-auf-dem-Ast-81x54.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-6401'>\n\t\t\t\tWenige Tage altes Parsons\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Furcifer-pardalis-Baby.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Furcifer-pardalis-Baby.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-4-6431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Furcifer-pardalis-Baby.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Furcifer-pardalis-Baby-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Furcifer-pardalis-Baby-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Furcifer-pardalis-Baby-420x282.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Furcifer-pardalis-Baby-81x54.jpg 81w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-4-6431'>\n\t\t\t\tPanthercham\u00e4leon-Jungtier\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When raising juveniles in single cages, you may need lots of terrariums depending on clutch size. This means much higher financial efforts and a shortage of space. In sensitive species such as <em>Calumma parsonii parsonii, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/calumma-parsonii-cristifer\/\">Calumma parsonii cristifer<\/a>, <\/em>or <em>Furcifer minor<\/em> it has proven to be easier to raise offspring in single cages than in groups. This way you can better control every individual juvenile, you know how much everyone ate and can put notice papers on each cage.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Feeding\"><\/span>Feeding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Freshly hatched juveniles usually still have a small yolk sac. As long as they have this, they do not need to feed on insects yet. As soon as the yolk sac is gone, the small chameleons should eat their first feeders. From the beginning on they are able to hunt, climb and shoot. You only have to adjust the feeders&#8217; size to the small chameleons. As first food, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/futtertiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fruit flies<\/a> have proven to work well for all Malagasy species. Exceptions are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/category\/chamaeleons-habitatsdaten\/brookesia-arten\/\">terrestrial chameleons<\/a>, where the hatchlings are sometimes so tiny that one has to resort to even smaller food animals like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/bodengrund\/#Springtails\">springtails<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"BorlabsCookie _brlbs-cb-youtube\"><div class=\"_brlbs-content-blocker\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-embed _brlbs-video-youtube\"> <img class=\"_brlbs-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/borlabs-cookie\/assets\/images\/cb-no-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"YouTube\"> <div class=\"_brlbs-caption\"> <p>Mit dem Laden des Videos akzeptieren Sie die Datenschutzerkl\u00e4rung von YouTube.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Mehr erfahren<\/a><\/p> <p><a class=\"_brlbs-btn _brlbs-icon-play-white\" href=\"#\" data-borlabs-cookie-unblock role=\"button\">Video laden<\/a><\/p> <p><label><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"unblockAll\" value=\"1\" checked> <small>YouTube immer entsperren<\/small><\/label><\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><div class=\"borlabs-hide\" data-borlabs-cookie-type=\"content-blocker\" data-borlabs-cookie-id=\"youtube\"><script type=\"text\/template\">PHA+PGlmcmFtZSBsb2FkaW5nPSJsYXp5IiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUtbm9jb29raWUuY29tL2VtYmVkL1RzSm4zbjYzLWlnP3JlbD0wIiB3aWR0aD0iNTYwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjU1MCIgZnJhbWVib3JkZXI9IjAiIGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbj0iYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuIj48L2lmcmFtZT48L3A+<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To prevent the fruit flies from wandering all over the terrarium room, we put an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/fuetterungsmethoden\/\">orange slice<\/a> in a small plastic flowerpot coaster during the first weeks. The fruit flies that are not immediately consumed collect on this. The orange slices must be changed every three days and the coasters must be rinsed thoroughly so that nothing molds. The little chameleons soon learn that there is food right there. Later we change from orange slices to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/fuetterungsmethoden\/\">yogurt cups<\/a>. When eating the first tiny feeders well you can slowely expand the offered diet to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/futtertiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">aphids<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/futtertiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">firebrats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/futtertiere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bean weevils<\/a> and other feeders until they finally deal with the size of young crickets and freshly hatched grasshoppers. Hatchlings should be fed daily so there is plenty of food inside the terrarium all day long and the juveniles can eat any time. The first time of less food may come with the juvenile moving to its new home.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Supplementation\"><\/span>Supplementation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_11380\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11380\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-1028x771.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-420x315.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-81x61.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Informationzettel-Jungtier.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Notepaper with information about mother, hatching date, and sex at the terrarium of an offspring<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Especially in juvenile chameleons, good supplementation of feeders is essential. With each feeding, feeders are powdered with calcium and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/vitamin-und-kalziumpraeparate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vitamin supplement<\/a> in alternation. For years we have been using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/vitamin-und-kalziumpraeparate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Korvimin ZVT + Reptil<\/a>. A lack of supplementation, just like a lack of UV-B, may lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/metabolic-bone-disease\/\">rachitis<\/a> quickly in juveniles.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Water\"><\/span>Water<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Compared to adult chameleons, juveniles drink a lot. In Madagascar, they hatch during the rainy season which means you should always care for a good water supply in captivity, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/tropftraenke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drippers<\/a> are often not used by juveniles yet. Usually, it is better to spray all cages with water several times a day. The juveniles will lick the water they need from the leaves. In juveniles of <em>Calumma parsonii, <\/em>you can begin to get them used to drink from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wasserversorgung\/\">pipette<\/a> at the age of few weeks.<\/p>\n<h4>Sex determination in juveniles<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beginners in chameleon keeping often have problems determining the sex of, especially, young chameleons. In many Malagasy chameleons, sex is easy to recognize even at a young age, in <em>Furcifer pardalis<\/em> even on the day of hatching. The males of many tree-inhabiting species can be clearly identified by their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/anatomie\/#Geschlechtsmerkmale\">hemipenes pockets<\/a> at the latest at the age of three months. These pockets cause a bulge right behind the cloaca in males that should not be confused with the cloaca itself that is of course visible in both genders.\u00a0Only in a few species like many <em>Brookesia,<\/em> it is a bit more tricky to estimate the sex of young animals due to the lack of clearly defined hemipenes pockets. For <em>Calumma parsonii<\/em>, for example, there are currently no reliable visual sex characteristics known for juveniles, so that the sex can only be determined with certainty at the age of 9-12 months.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Giving-away-age\"><\/span>Giving-away-age<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_6400\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzucht-erste-H\u00e4utung-anderthalb-Monate-alt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzucht-erste-H\u00e4utung-anderthalb-Monate-alt-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzucht-erste-H\u00e4utung-anderthalb-Monate-alt-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzucht-erste-H\u00e4utung-anderthalb-Monate-alt-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzucht-erste-H\u00e4utung-anderthalb-Monate-alt-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzucht-erste-H\u00e4utung-anderthalb-Monate-alt-81x54.jpg 81w, https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Aufzucht-erste-H\u00e4utung-anderthalb-Monate-alt.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erste H\u00e4utung eines Parson&#8217;s Cham\u00e4leons<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Generally, only healthy and stable chameleons should move to a new home and new keeper. That means juveniles have been eating autonomously and steadily for the last weeks, climb through the cage without problems, and do not show any signs of disease. They have already shedded several times without any problems. It makes sense to collect fecal samples of the juveniles and get those examined by your vet on a regular basis. A juvenile free from parasites that has been raised under UV-B has the best starting conditions. In most chameleon species, an age of at least three months is a good age to give them into their new home. If there are any matters of concern or if the young animals simply grow a bit slower, please do not hesitate to keep your offspring longer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The juvenile should leave its home in a suitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/chamaeleons-transportieren\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transport box<\/a>. Furthermore, you need to give the new owners a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/de\/gesetze-verordnungen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">certificate of origin<\/a> and information about the general keeping of this chameleon species. We are happy to provide additional photos of hatching and growing up. Most chameleon breeders would love to stay your contact person for problems with &#8220;their&#8221; offspring or general questions about chameleon keeping &#8211; just ask!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you successfully mated your chameleons, the female laid her eggs also successfully and egg incubations went well, it is time for the juveniles to hatch and thus you have to rear the offspring. But actually, how do you raise young chameleons? What to pay attention to? In this article, we want to give some suggestions. The right terrarium For chameleon offspring you need matching\u00a0 offspring cages. Size of the cages depends on the species you want to keep. For example, hatchlings of a Brookesia species are naturally much smaller than a juvenile of Calumma parsonii. With panther chameleons we made good experiences with offspring terrariums in 30 x 30 x 50 cm (width x length x height) for five juveniles. For Parson&#8217;s chameleons, we use 30 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm in the beginning, later 30 x 40 x 40 cm for each hatchling. Like adults&#8217; cages, offspring terrariums should have spacious ventilation screens. It is also favorable to have easy-to-clean cages for young chameleons. Whether you want to use bioactive ground or keep the juveniles on paper towels during their first weeks, is a matter of taste. When choosing paper towels please be aware that you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488],"tags":[1542,421,1401,1543,1546,524,521,379,1545,1544,1454,417,1397,1396,1398,1521,1400,1399,412],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6298"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11383,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6298\/revisions\/11383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madcham.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}