Hello From Denver!!!

Hello All,
I'm Brian and i'm about to get my first BP. Been hanging around for the past couple of weeks absorbing knowledge from the wealth of information that's on here. Unfortunately i already found a tank (for DIRT cheap), and have it setup about as well as i can figure despite me wanting to go with a tub. I've been communicating with Boas & Balls and i think i've landed on a '10 Pastel male. My friends and i are going to name it Herpert (we felt really special coming up with that).

I come from the world of Panther Chameleons (1 Abanja and 1 Ambilobe), which were a complete PITA to care for when i lived in UT, as 100% humidity+constant fresh air flow is... impossible lol. I had to part with them because work had me bouncing around quite a bit and i wasn't confident in my ability to give them all of the attention they deserved. They currently reside with a couple of friends and are happy, as of their last reports.

Anyways, i'm excited about getting the animal, and look forward to being part of this community!!!


PS- Here's the herp porn:

The Abanja:
http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/7...55original.jpg
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5727/abanja.jpg

The Ambilobe when he was little, didn't really get a good picture of him before i got rid of him:
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/952...08original.jpg

Welcome to the forum! Feel free to ask any questions you may have :D

Welcome to the site and the addiction :)

Hello Brian, and :welcome: to BP.net. Herpert is a great name... :gj:

:welcome:

:welcome: to BP.net. :colbert2:

Welcome! And add me as ur friend, cause were from the same state:cool:

Well i picked him up on tuesday and he's been left alone since. Temps are rock solid, but i'm doing battle with the humidity. Don't really want to change the substrate or majorly mess with the setup until he's fully settled in, but something really needs to be done. I'm misting at least 10 times a day, no exaggeration.

He's in his hide all day and he comes out and wanders around for part of the night. Seems pretty happy from what i've seen.

Welcome to the family, now you need to post some pics of him and his enclosure.

That's a pretty good feeling

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3930/phototm.jpg

EDIT: Also, i should probably mention in my month of deliberations i picked an '11 Mojave over the '10 pastel.

Also, here's his setup. 20 gal long, reptibark, 2 hides, CHE w/ dimmerswitch, Flexwatt w/ VE t-stat, back/ sides are covered with cardboard, most of the top is covered with aluminum tape. Using an LED strip for lighting, taped to the outside of the screen.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5079/photouc.jpg