pamnsam94
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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 chameleons can take a turn for the worse. Just three days ago, he ate a half dozen small roaches and displayed to my adult female (she was having nothing to do with him though). Yesterday, after I discovered good news (see my other post, "quads took over 6 months to hatch", about more baby quads hatching), I shockingly found him at the bottom of his enclosure, eyes sunken and on death's door. He was dead less than an hour later. He was as calm as any quad I've ever had. He wasn't shy in the least. The second photo was taken in August with my cell phone, not showing his best colors but at least you can get a pretty good idea of his nice dorsal crest. Although it's still hard for me to do, if you are going to regularly keep chameleons, you better get used to them sometimes quickly dying on you for reasons unknown. Although it can be depressing and very frustrating not knowing, at least you can get enjoyment and satisfaction when you hatch out a new generation. Unless my female lays another clutch that he fathered, the babies hatching now are the last of his offspring.
Perry
After keeping chameleons for about 25 years, it never ceases to amaze me how quickly chameleons can take a turn for the worse. Just three days ago, he ate a half dozen small roaches and displayed to my adult female (she was having nothing to do with him though). Yesterday, after I discovered good news (see my other post, "quads took over 6 months to hatch", about more baby quads hatching), I shockingly found him at the bottom of his enclosure, eyes sunken and on death's door. He was dead less than an hour later. He was as calm as any quad I've ever had. He wasn't shy in the least. The second photo was taken in August with my cell phone, not showing his best colors but at least you can get a pretty good idea of his nice dorsal crest. Although it's still hard for me to do, if you are going to regularly keep chameleons, you better get used to them sometimes quickly dying on you for reasons unknown. Although it can be depressing and very frustrating not knowing, at least you can get enjoyment and satisfaction when you hatch out a new generation. Unless my female lays another clutch that he fathered, the babies hatching now are the last of his offspring.
Perry
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