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holmesese

holmesese

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So I have been waiting forever and finally have my babies! They are ambilobe and incubated for a little over 7 months, over the past week 38/41 hatched and the other three eggs look like they are still good.

They are in 4 different rubbermaid containers right now and are looking great. It has been about a week since the first hatched and I put some FF in there but I haven't seen any eating.

Thanks for looking!
 

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Hey that is great. Babies are just cute, the vine looks huge and those little eyes looking back at you is precious.
 
Thanks for all the compliments!

I actually wrote an very general "How-to" article for breeding panther chameleons and detailed I prefer to incubate. Most of the information in the article is a summary of many of the posts on this site. Let me know if you have comments or suggestions!
http://www.ehow.com/how_5653850_breed-panther-chameleons.html

This is the first clutch I have hatched using the think-geek incubator and I will detail that in a new thread....
 
Cool, nice info on there.

My female stays a normal peach with light brown bars but when she sees the male she puffs up, is she just nervous?

Whith diapause incubation method, could you really expect hatchlings at 5 months? And would the hatchlings then not be smaller than usual or maybe not as healthy?
 
I have "heard" from unverified sources that some have hatched as early as 5.5 months with slightly modified diapause temps. I would expect those hatchlings to be much smaller that those incubated longer and would not advise trying to adjust diapause.

It is interesting that diapause is facultative in chameleons - whereas in some other reptile species diapause is obligate.(such as Dierochelys - chicken turtles)

It is hard to tell whether or not your female is puffing up because of the male or the introduction method - you may have to try a moving him to her. Overall, patience is a virtue!
 
holmesese said:
I have "heard" from unverified sources that some have hatched as early as 5.5 months with slightly modified diapause temps. I would expect those hatchlings to be much smaller that those incubated longer and would not advise trying to adjust diapause.

It is interesting that diapause is facultative in chameleons - whereas in some other reptile species diapause is obligate.(such as Dierochelys - chicken turtles)

It is hard to tell whether or not your female is puffing up because of the male or the introduction method - you may have to try a moving him to her. Overall, patience is a virtue!
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Ok well I want to experiment with mine. So with my first panther clutch I want to do a diapause, should I use the one you mentioned in your breeding article thing lol.
 
My female laid a total of 41 in the first clutch and 43 in the second.... sounds like a lot but keep in mind this girl is sister to one of Jim's (cham company) girls that laid something like 53(?) eggs.

Feel free to copy "my" diapause methods... I copied them from other folks who know much more than I! All I can tell you is those temps worked for me!
 
holmesese said:
My female laid a total of 41 in the first clutch and 43 in the second.... sounds like a lot but keep in mind this girl is sister to one of Jim's (cham company) girls that laid something like 53(?) eggs.

Feel free to copy "my" diapause methods... I copied them from other folks who know much more than I! All I can tell you is those temps worked for me!
Click to expand...

OK thanks I will do :)

Have you got any comments about the eggs and how they developed? What was your hatch rate and any mortalities?
 
Well 38/41 hatched within a week of each other and the other 3 eggs look good. As of now all the hatchlings are healthy.
 
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