NoseyRosie
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I've read that if I lower the temp of her area and don't feed as much, she will skip laying eggs. Is that true and is that health for her?
Female Veiled Cham...eggs
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It can slow egg production if you limit food a bit and keep temps a few degrees cooler. She will likely develop eggs anyway, and this method does not always work.
NoseyRosie
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Ok, it sounded very unhealthy for her. So I wanted to ask first. I'm a new cham owner and learning daily.
@NoseyRosie said..."I've read that if I lower the temp of her area and don't feed as much, she will skip laying eggs. Is that true and is that health for her?"...you need to start the "diet" at the right time for this to work...and I don't know if it works for all species. Are you talking about a veiled?
She can't already be producing eggs or you will cause her health issues...the time to start it is a couple of days after she has laid a clutch and if she's been mated don't do it while she's still producing fertile eggs. The temperature is only lowered a degree or two to slow her metabolism a bit so she won't be quite so hungry.
The "diet" must not starve her or make her very thin but keep her from getting too fat and producing large clutches. It's like "thinking" it's a lean year....not as much food is available so less eggs should be produced because the female needs to survive to produce more eggs the next year. I was always able to get mine to stop producing altogether but many can only bring them to the point where they lay smaller clutches. The veiled females I've done it with almost always live to be 7 years old...so I don't think it's harming them. You need to do it right though.
She can't already be producing eggs or you will cause her health issues...the time to start it is a couple of days after she has laid a clutch and if she's been mated don't do it while she's still producing fertile eggs. The temperature is only lowered a degree or two to slow her metabolism a bit so she won't be quite so hungry.
The "diet" must not starve her or make her very thin but keep her from getting too fat and producing large clutches. It's like "thinking" it's a lean year....not as much food is available so less eggs should be produced because the female needs to survive to produce more eggs the next year. I was always able to get mine to stop producing altogether but many can only bring them to the point where they lay smaller clutches. The veiled females I've done it with almost always live to be 7 years old...so I don't think it's harming them. You need to do it right though.
CamrynTheCham22
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Is it safer to avoid the diet altogether, so as not to harm her or the eggs she may carry?
If she's carrying eggs already then you should NOT use the diet at that time...that's why I recommend starting after she lays an infertile clutch and don't mate her while she's on the diet.
With a female veiled or panther if you overfeed them constantly or even a lot they will produce large clutches and it can lead them towards MBD, eggbinding, follicular stasis, prolapse, etc...so by putting them on a "diet" that will make them produce smaller clutches or even no eggs at all is a good thing IMHO as long as it's done right so it doesn't cause other health issues.
With a female veiled or panther if you overfeed them constantly or even a lot they will produce large clutches and it can lead them towards MBD, eggbinding, follicular stasis, prolapse, etc...so by putting them on a "diet" that will make them produce smaller clutches or even no eggs at all is a good thing IMHO as long as it's done right so it doesn't cause other health issues.
