Female clutch question ?

[rnara002]

What is the average number of clutches a female panther chameleon lays in her life time? Considering good food intake and supplementation.

Whats your average?

 

[SimonBolivar]

I've knwon female chameleon to lay about 3 clutches in a year.
Asuming she lives for 6 years... i hate math ugh.. 18 clutches.

 

[Miss Lily]

Laying clutches puts great demands on the female's body. The larger the clutches, the more chance that her life will be shorter. Lily, my female veiled, died in May and she laid her first clutch at 14 months old. She laid two clutches and died about a month after the second. The first clutch she laid 104 eggs and the second was 102, all infertile. Although these large clutches were not the cause her death, I am sure that they contributed to it in some way. If only I had been more strict with her food intake, then maybe she would have laid smaller clutches and still be here.

 

[rnara002]

Exactly what i wanted to hear miss Lily. Mr Bolivar if you ever get female that lasts six years producing three clutches a year let me know what your feeding that girl. I spoke to one of the big panther breeders and his average before death was about 3 to 6 clutches. I had a female pass away after the 3rd. She might have lived but I dropped her off at a friends house for a 4 day weekend vacation. While she was there she didnt eat and on the return stay at my house the same. She eventually died. The stress of the move and reproducing was just too much.

 

[Eric Adrignola]

Female panthers are less hardy than female veileds. My current female veiled is about 5 years old, and has been laying about 1 clutch per yer. I think the one this week was her 7th or 8th clutch. Not sure. Her largest clutch was 30 or 32 eggs. She's fine, too. Often, they die right after their final clutch. She seems to be good for another one.