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I'm selling the adult female Calumma parsonii cristifer that laid 39 eggs for me. She's alert, strong, and has a great appetite. You can purchase her on the following link using the drop-down menu: http://www.backwaterreptiles.com/chameleons/parsons-chameleon-for-sale.html [/url]image url...

Hi Ponders, They're doing great, I've sold quite a few, and have about 10 or so left. I lost about 8-9 out of the 39, two of which were a day after hatching, so overall I'm fairly pleased. They're big fans of house/blue bottle flies right now. Sam

I got 63 eggs from my big Yellow-lip, but this cristifer female was maybe half the mass of the Yellow-lip female.

Thanks Jeremy!

I'm definitely leaning towards incubating them with a diapause. I believe I heard their incubation is very long.

That's funny--I sold her those gravid brevicorne.

Great post, so cool. I had a gravid import two years ago but she died before laying. Your female looks healthy and vibrant. I'm amazed she can eat so much when gravid. Your post was a lot of fun for me to read, because a couple weeks ago I got quite a few C. brevicorne eggs, and I was reading...

Thanks Chris! Strangely enough, brevicorne eggs are the only species of chameleon eggs I've received that I haven't been able to hatch. In 2015 when I first tried, the eggs went bad in 2-3 months. I'm wondering if they do better with the Parson's-type incubation (diapause, etc). Thoughts? Sam

Thanks Bob! Much appreciated! Thanks Chris!

Thanks James! Agreed--we'll compare notes and good luck!

About ten days ago I had a banner week for C. brevicorne eggs, 85 in total, spanning three different clutches. One of the clutches had 36 eggs, which was amazing to me based upon my experience with them. I've had three other clutches (in 2015) that ranged from 17-23 eggs. As luck would have it...

My gravid female C. p. cristifer just laid 39 beautiful eggs this morning. I've been monitoring her remotely in the evenings with a video app on my iPhone, so it was interesting to observe/learn from her behavior, both pre and post laying. She preferred more water in the soil. I'm not an expert...

Sold. Thanks for looking.

I purchased a few Madagascar chams recently and received two gravid Calumm parsonii cristofer available for $1,500 each. Guaranteed gravid (can feel eggs), in great shape. If interested, please e-mail me as [email protected] with the subject line "Parsonii" or send me a PM...

Quick update: So the baby Yellow-lips are around 8-10 weeks old now, and I've lost a total of four out of 39. Two of those were lost right out of the egg. I haven't lost one in about a month so they all seem to be stabilized and doing well. They're eating 1/4" crickets and I'm introducing blue...