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On Monday, my WC Ambilobe female panther laid 26 eggs. I finally took the plunge and bought a WC pair early in March. They bred just once though, on March 12th. Right after mating, she took on the gravid coloration. She wouldn't breed again. Being new to panthers, that kind of surprised me...

I wasn't quite sure where to start this thread. At first, I thought maybe I should post in the "Memoriam" forum, but I thought it would be more appropriate here since I'm dealing with a subject that I'm sure many keepers have thought about. This week has been a really tough one for me...

In Kevin's (Dooley1) recent thread titled T. quadricornis photos, he posted pics of some beautiful captive born and bred quads of his and Nick's, mentioning that it is good for people to see the potential of the species as cbb. I thought it would be interesting to see some pics of adult or near...

I have a question for all of you quad keepers out there. What is the youngest male quad that you know of that has successfully fathered a clutch? Just curious. Thanks for any insight you might have. Perry

Some pics of the quads that were shipped to KY. I've only been caring for them for 18 days, but I'm sure going to miss them. Most of them will be going to live in OH for a while. First up are pics of them right after I took them out of the shipping box and got their weights. One female has...

Who else keeps these vegetarian desert denizens? These guys are so cool! The male wasn't fully warmed up yet when I took the photo so his red/orange coloration isn't as intense as it sometimes is. I once kept 4 together and I always found it funny the way they stack up on one another, even...

On 9/6/13, 2 the 11 eggs (bloodline B) laid on 3/2/13 hatched. The following day, 3 more hatched. Other eggs have slits. Now I'm just waiting on the rest. I've never had quad eggs take this long to hatch (6 months and 4 days), so I'm relieved that the neonates that are out look good. Almost...

I'm sad to say that the father of many of my quad babies (bloodline B) died yesterday. He was the 5 horned quad in my avatar. Back in March or April of this year, after a shed, he lost his central horn. After keeping chameleons for about 25 years, it never ceases to amaze me how quickly...

:eek: Just 3 days away and it will be 6 months that this clutch of quad eggs have been incubating. Of all the quad clutches I've had, and I've had my share, I've never had a clutch take this long to hatch (same incubation parameters). Almost always, they have hatched right at 5 months, give or...

Of the 16 that hatched 7/19/13-7/26/13, three have died (the smallest and the weakest ones from the beginning). The other 13 seem to be getting stronger every day and more enthusiastic about eating all the time. Perry

Just yesterday, I was very glad to receive a suspected pair of LTC melleri from Kelly (KellysChameleons). Kelly did a great job raising them from a size of approximately 9" in total length. Attached are a few pics I took today when I first put the highly suspected male with the suspected female...

:) Woo-hooo!! With my last post, I just became an senior member! :D I've always wondered what the "magic" number of posts had to be (251 apparently) before becoming one, although I read that it's based on more than just the number of posts. Writing lengthy posts doesn't count and being a...

While checking on the hatching melleri eggs this morning, I got a big surprise. Fortunately, I decided to check 7 incubating quad eggs laid by a deceased female (she laid 9, but 2 were not good). To my surprise, I found that two babies had hatched and more were hatching!!! At first I was shocked...

What a relief! :) They're finally hatching just 2 days short of 5 months. The clutch was laid on 2/21/13. Only 21 eggs were laid, out of which 19 looked good. Two went bad within a week. A third one went bad after 3 months. After opening up that one, I saw that there was only a small area of...

It seems that people who are intent on breeding melleri will often buy multiple wild caught adults (or sub-adults) and watch for interactions between them to determine sex, etc. and cross their fingers with the hope that they will one day breed. Most of us know that it can take quite a while...

I've had good fortune in being able to observe the growth of 4 groups of captive hatched quads from 2 unrelated bloodlines and to see what effect different supplements and foods had on their growth. Although any conclusions drawn can be viewed as tentative, likely being modified as I acquire...

Fortunately, until recently, I've never really had to deal with an intestinal prolapse. I've read a lot about them, but now, I have the misfortune to try to figure out possible causes. From what I've read, the cause/causes of intestinal prolapses are still pretty much a mystery, but I thought I...

Although all chameleons have cute babies :), some I consider more attractive than others. Of the species I've worked with, my two favorites are baby quads (love the patterns, greens and blues that quad neonates often display) and baby melleri (very sharp looking IMO with their bold black and...

They started hatching 2 days ago (March 22nd) from a clutch of ten which was laid on 9/27/12. So, this clutch took five months and 26 days to hatch. That's the longest incubation time for any of quad clutch I've ever had. This clutch was laid by the same female who laid a clutch of 8 huge eggs...

Is anyone aware of whether the following study was ever conducted and what the results were? Below is the title of an article from the Chameleon Information Network (1993) along with a concluding remark by the author John Annis. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was done on...