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Hey, as i said in a recent thread, i mad ethese notes about a month agop, im creating this thread to ask, if these notes are correct, and im asking fr peoples opinion
1/10 - 10/10?
Id also like peoples opinions on the Vermiculite : water mixture
Iknow about the hold it in your hand and the drops thing, BUT im not making it right now, just asking what water : vermiculite mixture you guys use?
Thanks all!
-Levi
Veiled Chameleon Breeding
Veiled chameleons are sexually mature at around 9-12 months old. Female veiled chameleons show blue/green coloured robin egg sized spots on her skin when she is receptive to breeding, and she will not color up.
When a male is receptive to breeding he will show colours, and bob his head to impress the female. If the female is ready for breeding, she will allow the male to approach her, and be on the same branch as her. If she is not ready, she will hiss and start to colour up
Then they will mate
When the female is Gravid
Once gravid, the female will reject the males advances and will start hissing or color up, so you should seperate them. you must keep the male and female from seeing eachother, this just causes added stress, so keep them in differant cages/rooms. the female will take about 20 - 30 days to lay the eggs (the most i heard was 42 days...
Laying of the eggs
The laying of the eggs will occur 20 to 30 days after breeding, during this time, it is a must to give her calcium dusted meals everyday (crickets mealworms etc.) so that the eggs can for perfectly. When she is ready to lay the eggs, she will go off food and will walk around tyhe bottom ogf the enclosure (As if trying to get out) Unless you ha ve a laying bin in her cage, put a laying bin in the cage, or put her into a laying bin. (A laying bin can be a 5-8 gallon bucket, filled with 1/3 to 2/3 of a mixture of coconut husk, and playsand) Make sure its moist, but not wet, so it can hold a tunnel. She should then lay them within a few hours, dont let he see you watching.
The eggs have been laid
Carefully remove the eggs (be careful not toturn them) from the container, and put them into an incubator (or tupperware with vermiculite/perlite). To lay them, just push a hole with your thumb into the vermiculite and place the egg in. lay them in roms, 1 ijn apart from eachother. in the tupperware make a few 1/8 holes in the lid, for ventilation and in the tupperware put 3:2 vermiculite : water (or 2:1 i read 2 differant sites) The tupperware or incubator temperature should be around 80 - 88f. and have a drop to about 74 at night (This should hatch the eggs in about 150 - 190 days.
When the eggs are almost to their hatching date
The eggs will shrink slightly when they are almost ready to hatch, they will also 'sweat'. check once per week for the first 4 months, then for the remainder check 3-4 times per week, usually they take around 4-9 months to hatch. When the eggs hatch, the chameleon will lay with his head out looking rather dead for anywhere from an hour, to a day or so, before climbing out
1/10 - 10/10?
Id also like peoples opinions on the Vermiculite : water mixture
Iknow about the hold it in your hand and the drops thing, BUT im not making it right now, just asking what water : vermiculite mixture you guys use?
Thanks all!
-Levi
Veiled Chameleon Breeding
Veiled chameleons are sexually mature at around 9-12 months old. Female veiled chameleons show blue/green coloured robin egg sized spots on her skin when she is receptive to breeding, and she will not color up.
When a male is receptive to breeding he will show colours, and bob his head to impress the female. If the female is ready for breeding, she will allow the male to approach her, and be on the same branch as her. If she is not ready, she will hiss and start to colour up
Then they will mate
When the female is Gravid
Once gravid, the female will reject the males advances and will start hissing or color up, so you should seperate them. you must keep the male and female from seeing eachother, this just causes added stress, so keep them in differant cages/rooms. the female will take about 20 - 30 days to lay the eggs (the most i heard was 42 days...
Laying of the eggs
The laying of the eggs will occur 20 to 30 days after breeding, during this time, it is a must to give her calcium dusted meals everyday (crickets mealworms etc.) so that the eggs can for perfectly. When she is ready to lay the eggs, she will go off food and will walk around tyhe bottom ogf the enclosure (As if trying to get out) Unless you ha ve a laying bin in her cage, put a laying bin in the cage, or put her into a laying bin. (A laying bin can be a 5-8 gallon bucket, filled with 1/3 to 2/3 of a mixture of coconut husk, and playsand) Make sure its moist, but not wet, so it can hold a tunnel. She should then lay them within a few hours, dont let he see you watching.
The eggs have been laid
Carefully remove the eggs (be careful not toturn them) from the container, and put them into an incubator (or tupperware with vermiculite/perlite). To lay them, just push a hole with your thumb into the vermiculite and place the egg in. lay them in roms, 1 ijn apart from eachother. in the tupperware make a few 1/8 holes in the lid, for ventilation and in the tupperware put 3:2 vermiculite : water (or 2:1 i read 2 differant sites) The tupperware or incubator temperature should be around 80 - 88f. and have a drop to about 74 at night (This should hatch the eggs in about 150 - 190 days.
When the eggs are almost to their hatching date
The eggs will shrink slightly when they are almost ready to hatch, they will also 'sweat'. check once per week for the first 4 months, then for the remainder check 3-4 times per week, usually they take around 4-9 months to hatch. When the eggs hatch, the chameleon will lay with his head out looking rather dead for anywhere from an hour, to a day or so, before climbing out
