BackwaterReptiles
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This afternoon I received 30 healthy-looking eggs from my big female Oustalet's (pictured below). I raised her as a ch baby, to adult size, for exactly this purpose.
I have put her with my male Ambilobe five times, twice overnight. By design, she's never been near another male chameleon. I witnessed my male Panther mount the female Oustalet's quite a few times, but much to my chagrin I never witnessed actual copulation.
So, the eggs are either infertile, which is entirely possible, or they are a cross. Time will tell, but I've been planning and working on this project casually for over a year so it's at least exciting for me personally. It's something that I am intensely interested in for a litany of reasons.
This is her about a year ago as a big ch baby, about six weeks old...
Here she is as an adult, about 1-2 months ago or so...
I have put her with my male Ambilobe five times, twice overnight. By design, she's never been near another male chameleon. I witnessed my male Panther mount the female Oustalet's quite a few times, but much to my chagrin I never witnessed actual copulation.
So, the eggs are either infertile, which is entirely possible, or they are a cross. Time will tell, but I've been planning and working on this project casually for over a year so it's at least exciting for me personally. It's something that I am intensely interested in for a litany of reasons.
This is her about a year ago as a big ch baby, about six weeks old...
Here she is as an adult, about 1-2 months ago or so...