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It may have been a hemipene, or it could have been part of the cloaca. It is not uncommon for some of the cloaca to evert slightly while defecating. Like others have said, if it happens regularly (I know, I know, I don't see mine poop too often either) it could put him at risk for a variety of...

No your respiratory infections were most likely a coincidence. There are very few diseases that can be transmitted between mammals and herps. Nearly all of those affect the GI tract. The ones that do affect the respiratory tract are serious (tuberculosis / fungal infections) and would have...

Am I the only one who doesn't think he looks so healthy? He seems a little scrawny and maybe a little dehydrated. Retained sheds and an abnormal casque also suggest underlying problems to me. I also don't really know what you are asking about. The casque is certainly not quite right. I...

Does she have a good place to lay her eggs? Is she showing any signs that she is close to laying, like digging in the dirt, or pacing around the floor of the cage?

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I just meant that if you have a population of laboratory animals where you know their baselines and normals, and you have a grant to afford whatever tests you need to to find the information you are looking for, you have a lot of freedom. Just because someone at some university knows how to...

>>>I'm just saying that they don't have to produce eggs and this lessens the possibility of them having reproductive issues. You are right they don't have to have eggs to be healthy, that is not what I was trying to say, but I could see how I implied it. I just think that if you see a female...

>>>I have kept veiled females since before 1995 (and other chameleons for years before that) and veiled females can live to be over 7 years old without ever producing an egg, without ever suffering from follicular stasis or dystocia or other health issues. I didn't say females will either...

I wish. It is dumping snow here still. In May!

^^^ Yup ^^^ I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but oxytosin is probably not going to work here. It should really only be used within the normal laying period. If eggs have been retained for months, it probably is not going to work. Is your cham acting sick or is she fine and happy with...

Sorry I misread your post above, I thought that this female had laid two previous infertile clutches. If she is 15 months old, has never laid anything, and looks full of eggs, she may have one of the static conditions mentioned above. Not definite by any means, but just something to keep in...

Good to hear. A lot of people just don't seem to realize that even single females need laying tubs. In mammals, no sex = no babies, so I understand where it comes from. A healthy female should be able to pass infertile clutches without problems, so the fact that yours are doing this...

Yes your supplements can and do go bad. Well, not usually bad like spoiled, but definitely inactivated to the point where they do not provide what your cham needs. The minerals generally last longer than the vitamins. How quickly they deteriorate depends on many factors like temp, humidity...

Several people seem to be saying that they have females that appear to already have eggs or ovum present, and have a male but still don't put the male in. Why not? If your female is sexually mature and in good health, she will start producing ovum. From this point, the healthiest thing that...

There are lots of examples around. But that's the beauty of custom... you get to do whatever you want? What are your goals? Species? Size? Portability?

I should also add that I don't dust supper worms. I don't believe that anyone should feed enough super worms to feel that they have to dust them. Even if you only feed crickets or roaches (or anything else that holds dust better) a couple times a week, that should be enough supplementation for...

^^^ Yeah that. ^^^ I mist everything first. I find even with crickets that the tongue impact shakes off a lot of the dust. Use less supplement if you start spraying your feeders because they will be getting more than usual. I figure it also couldn't hurt their hydration status either.

It would be cool to know if they actually communally nested on purpose or if that spot was just the best realty in town. Anyone who has a colony that does this want to do some experimenting? I would be curious if that spot was blocked off, or if the cage was drastically rearranged, if the...

Broken ribs are not uncommon in chams. They can usually recover from them just fine. I am curious exactly why you think the ribs are broken? Chameleons have two parts to their rib, and the division between these two could look like a fracture line to the inexperienced. At this point...

If they are wiggling they are close. I don't know what normal incuabtion lengths are for those guys, but the embryo drowning is usually not a problem towards the end of incubation. By that time the embryo is large enough and the yolk is small enough that you should be fine. And I doubt she...