Ch. cristatus how long gravid?
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chamelisa
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I know this doesn't answer your question but thought it was interesting anyway. I bought a gravid WC recently and she is digging her nest right now. She looked ready, but you couldn't really see the eggs as well as you can see them in your female. Yours looks like she's got a huge clutch.
Dean Pulcini
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Montane chameleons will hold on to their eggs longer because of the environmental conditions of where they come from. They can regulate the temperature of the eggs longer this way and therefore the time the eggs are in the ground is much shorter in most cases.There are exceptions Parsonii being one of them . As for how long for each species is a body work waiting to happen. I would definitely set something up for here now.
Cainschams
New Member
Very nice
I would also set up a laying bin for her now. She looks like she is going to pop! I hope all goes well with her and keep us updated on her and the eggs!!!
I would also set up a laying bin for her now. She looks like she is going to pop! I hope all goes well with her and keep us updated on her and the eggs!!!
eisentrauti
Avid Member
Wow,
hoffentlich klappt die Zucht !
hoffentlich klappt die Zucht !
THECHAMMAN
Established Member
amen to that.!
eisentrauti
Avid Member
Do you understand it ? If yes congratulation !
trioceros
Member
I´d like t give some more informations about my cristatus pair.
The are WC and i ve bought them in April 08.
I kept them at first in different cages and put them together in June.
the male was very often interested in her but she was shaking her body very often. Never she was colored black.
3 weeks ago i took the male out off her cage , because she was colored greenblack with a few little black dots on her.
So now i have to wait.
The are WC and i ve bought them in April 08.
I kept them at first in different cages and put them together in June.
the male was very often interested in her but she was shaking her body very often. Never she was colored black.
3 weeks ago i took the male out off her cage , because she was colored greenblack with a few little black dots on her.
So now i have to wait.
Jerm
Avid Member
Not sure what was meant by that comment, but this is how I translated it: "Wow, hopefully the breed folds!"
I know that cristatus are a difficult species to keep long term. The require low temps for incubation from what i've heard, but I haven't attemted to breed them. It is too warm here in Florida. She definately looks gravid to me though, ready to lay any time. She looks dark too which could be stress from being ready to lay the eggs. Good luck with her!
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eisentrauti
Avid Member
Yes, that's what I mean
Rocky
Established Member
from my bits and pieces of german i've learned i understood it as hopefully the breeding works out
and also, good luck with the eggs
chamelisa
New Member
Sorry! Anxious could be translated negatively as anxiety and worry. I meant as Jerm said... you must be very excited.
Mine has dug two holes. So now I am worrying and want her to be done with it.
blackbetty
New Member
Congrats, What a neat locale.
Chris Anderson
Dr. House of Chameleons
Its not a locale, its a species. Panther chameleons are a single species (Furcifer pardalis) and have different locales (Nosy Be, Ambanja, Ambilobe, etc.). This is a different species all together (Chamaeleo cristatus). There are just shy of 200 chameleon species.
Chris
