Is it just me or does her leg look swollen
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Ghostbirb
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Thank you for asking, she’s doing alright right now, thank goodness.
i do have a trip coming up so I won’t really see her for a week but she will be taken care of by a friend of mine who also owns reptiles, so I’m not too worried. They will message me if she shows any signs of distress.
Ghostbirb
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Hello everyone! Just a small update with Nachito, currently she is doing fine 
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But I do have some question or speculation about her. She’s been steadily gaining weight even though her feeding is still relatively normal. She came in at 121.9 g today, and she was 113.6g about two weeks ago
. I wonder where this weight is coming from. I felt her tummy just in case there was a slim possibly of her eggs actually calcifying but it’s still as squishy as normal.
.But I do have some question or speculation about her. She’s been steadily gaining weight even though her feeding is still relatively normal. She came in at 121.9 g today, and she was 113.6g about two weeks ago
. I wonder where this weight is coming from. I felt her tummy just in case there was a slim possibly of her eggs actually calcifying but it’s still as squishy as normal.
I dunno I am seeing lumps far back abdomen... You see these gains with eggs.Hello everyone! Just a small update with Nachito, currently she is doing fine
But I do have some question or speculation about her. She’s been steadily gaining weight even though her feeding is still relatively normal. She came in at 121.9 g today, and she was 113.6g about two weeks ago
MissSkittles
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I can’t tell you anything other than my girls’ weights used to go up and down, lumpiness came and went and I could only guess that they formed and then absorbed eggs. If anyone has an answer about Nachito, it would be You said…”I felt her tummy just in case there was a slim possibly of her eggs actually calcifying but it’s still as squishy as normal”…you won’t be able to tell if the eggs are calcified by feeling the tummy. The eggs are “soft” shelled…not hard like a chicken egg.
She has had me confused for a while now…not knowing if she was really going to develop the eggs to the point of being able to lay them or not….but I’ve always been relieved but surprised that she is still ok but hasn’t laid. I wish I had a clear answer. We still have a lot to learn about them for sure.
She has had me confused for a while now…not knowing if she was really going to develop the eggs to the point of being able to lay them or not….but I’ve always been relieved but surprised that she is still ok but hasn’t laid. I wish I had a clear answer. We still have a lot to learn about them for sure.
In all my years of keeping chameleons, I’ve only seen one proven (x-rays) case of complete reabsorption of eggs although there have been a couple of cases where it was suspected that it had happened.
I have read though, that there is follicular atresia that occurs in some chameleons…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38215629/
You might find this interesting too…”In animals that failed to ovulate on their first cycle, follicles began to recede but were not fully reabsorbed and could be distinguished from a second batch of follicles based on their echogenicity.”…
https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...tton/687bb1e07d9b8c1c42367c0b278660fcf7d9398f
I have read though, that there is follicular atresia that occurs in some chameleons…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38215629/
You might find this interesting too…”In animals that failed to ovulate on their first cycle, follicles began to recede but were not fully reabsorbed and could be distinguished from a second batch of follicles based on their echogenicity.”…
https://www.semanticscholar.org/pap...tton/687bb1e07d9b8c1c42367c0b278660fcf7d9398f
Ghostbirb
Chameleon Enthusiast
thank you for sharing
