Few questions about my female.

[Thompson]

I weighed my female Nosy be today and she was at 53 grams. I read that 70 grams was the ideal weight. She's nearing 11 months though so I was wondering is she underweight? She's pretty plump and healthy in my opinion. I'm so nervous about breeding her, I want to make sure she's in tip top health. So what's a good breeding weight and when I do decide to breed her I read that she should be given liquid calcium and liquid vitamins about 30 days before the actual breeding, is this true?

Just a couple pics of her, does she look too small?

 

[kinyonga]

She looks good to me!

 

[Thompson]

Thank you would you say that 70 grams is the ideal weight a female can be bred at?

 

[kinyonga]

I've never weighed one for breeding purposes in the 20+ years I've kept chameleons.

 

[Thompson]

Oh ok. So you just go by age and size? In your opinion do you think my female looks to small in size to be bred?

 

[kinyonga]

I can't tell....there's nothing in your pictures to give her length.

 

[stevie]

she looks fine and she's 11 month's, i start breeding around a year ore so

 

[jannb]

She looks good but it's hard to tell size from the picture. IMO I think 53 grams is a small female. I have been weighing my daughter's panthers for years and right now Joppa is the smallest one at 71 grams and she's short and fat. If it were me I'd wait until she's over a year old and weights more to breed. Has she laid an infertile clutch yet?

 

[Thompson]

No she has not yet laid an infertile clutch yet. I'll try and get a pic of her with a ruler. She's really skitish though.