Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/08 18:56Can you tell me if I have both a male and female and which one is which? I was thinking the female was on the top and male pictured below. Am I right? also what kind of collards do I have? thanks PS: the second photo is of what I think is the male by himself, am I right?
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/08 19:08Yeah, you are right. The female's tale looks pretty skinny. And the male has his eyes closed a little..like he's squinting. Do either tend to keep one or both eyes closed? And can you tell me ALL about they're set up and feeding? I'm here to help. I happen to be very partial to these guys. Thanks
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/08 19:45Oh..and they are Great Basin....I am fortunate enough to have them in my area and go watch them during Spring and Summer. Their range is Southwestern United States. And they seem to be unique having the black beard. Even these Arizona Easterns I have don't have the great Basin appearance. Strange how they can differ so much from one state over.
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/09 01:12Thanks if you look at the link I posted above you can see my set up and the info about the lighting.. So I was right about the male and female? Now I am wondering why the male is hybernating and the female isn't She has been turning in earlier at night but not sleeping all day and night like him. We checked him and he is breathing, and looks fine, just asleep. It's all so strange how they can do that. So what state are mine from? Arizona? thanks again
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/09 01:18Also although mine are tame, I have never let them run free in the house, I am afraid they will disappear under the couch. If I get them out they are a little jumpy at first then they will get calm and just sit in my hand or jump on my shoulder. I wish I could let them run around but I don't know if they would run or not. What is your experience? thanks
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/09 03:48Not sure what state they are from. They look like mine from here in Nevada. They are pretty wide spread and differ in seperate regions. Well, as you know they are very active and like to jump, so just be aware of letting them jump from high areas onto ...say hard tile or something like that. You can tell when they are getting ready to jump..when they focus in on something and get their legs in the position to jump. I let mine run around on the ground, but am very cautious. They will run on thier hind legs for a while and then stop. But for the most part thier interest is not looking for crevices. It's looking for the highest point they can find. And there is a post on this site somewhere on brumation (hibernation). If in fact he is hibernating, then he won't eat for quite some time. I have read that it is suggested to still provide them water during brumation. What I do for mine is put ice cubes on the top (I have a screen top) and let them melt and drip to the bottom of the cage, which is a suggestion I saw on suncharmers.com I believe. They don't seem to recognize standing water. And I have one that is brumating right now while all my others are active as ever. He just dug a burrow and past out. Been a few weeks. As long as yours is well fed don't worry about it..he'll wake back up. Let me know if you got any other questions. I love talking about these little guys. They crack me up.
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/10 00:01thanks. Well I actually have a shallow lizard dish and put pebbles in it then water daily, they both drink from it. They will actually go to it after they see me add water to it. He has not come out of the rock house for several weeks now, she comes out for several hours eats a couple of cricket, drinks and jumps arounds then joins him to pass out. What did you think of my set up in my photos, can you tell by their size if they will get larger and if they have enough room? That link I posted to that other site had all my photos at the bottom of the post. Let me know what you think. thanks
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/10 01:55Ah..you're lucky. Mine refuse to drink outta a dish. Actually I've only seen Kermie drink once...the rest drink the droplets of water from the ice cubes. I'm kinda jealous of that setup. It's nice. From the looks of it they are a year old. The male will get a little longer, but mainly just fill out and get his muscles defined. Your female will get a little longer and fill out a little, but they stay smaller in the muscles and the size of the head. For the area in the cage...it looks like they have plenty of room. But if you ever run across a larger tank for a good price I'm sure they'd appreciate it. But everything looks and sounds good and you're taking excellent care of them. Here's some pics of Kermie. Your male will probably look a little different. Kermie's got one massive collar instead of two and they all vary a little from the other once I've seen around this area. Kermie is a tad over 1.5 years.
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/12 04:52he is so cool looking How long is his body without tail? I would say mine are only about 3 to 4" max without tail.. maybe they are still little teens.. who knows. They are now both trying to hybrinate. She comes out only if I turn the lights on, then only for about an hour or so just to drink and eat then goes back to sleep. So I just shut the lights off then.. they are both still breathing under the rock house.. I didn't try to hybrinate them but they did it on their own..Is that normal? or maybe they were WC and I didn't know. what do you think? they just seem so tame and calm to me... I just don't know anymore .
Do I have male and female collards, am I right? - 2010/02/12 17:09Yeah, Kermie knows he's a handsome guy. He's probably about the same size as yours...3-4", but he's started the filling out process. His face changed from a gray to white with those speckles developing. Well, if your lizards are hibernating then you should stop feeding them since the food can rot in their gut and kill them. So make sure you give her heat for another couple weeks, but no food. And my bet would be they are wild caught. The only CBCB collareds I see are some form of eastern. I got my two Great Basins from the wild as babies, but only these two and I plan on breeding them. Funny story with Kermie was, we were taking a chuckwalla back to the desert to let go when I saw a tiny lizard run to a bush. I looked down and it was a tiny collared. And at first he ran away, but not very far....so I slowly put my hand down and pet his chin and he jumped up in my hand! When I started to stand up he jumped off my hand. So I did it again and sure enough Kermie jumped right back into my hand. I think he may be a little slow, so I needed to get him before a predator got Kermie to jump into thier mouth. BambooZoo, Thank you and sorry for your loss. They are a real treasure of a lizard when they get acclimated. Hopefully the few people that have these lizards breed them and introduce them back into the market, so people don't have the food refusal.
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