Furcifer willsii - amazing little chameleons
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Motherlode Chameleon
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Joel
Great pictures and species! My Furcifer willsii was a great species to keep in my greenhouse. They have a lot of personality. Have you got any gravid females?
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Jeremy A. Rich
Great pictures and species! My Furcifer willsii was a great species to keep in my greenhouse. They have a lot of personality. Have you got any gravid females?
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
Davecameos
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Congrats. A species I would not mind to work with. Lovely pics.
jpowell86
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Wow Joel, very pretty indeed, the female is absolutely stunning, chameleon eye candy indeed.
and tell me .. is that a very super smart new greenhouse too? Looks very nice.
Thanks Tabitha! Yes, it is. I have been in the process of building another greenhouse since my other was mangled by a DirectTV Technician.
The female is my favorite. I need to take a pic that shows size. They are tiny. They remind me of chunky little toads. Hope all is well.
jpowell86
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I am fairly certain almost all of the willsii that came in were gravid. I think I saw maybe one that wasn't. Kind of sad.
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Joel
If they survived importation in good condition. Why is the fact that the females are gravid sad? I would not be surprised if Furcifer willsii was a high fecundity species in the wild.
Good luck incubating your eggs if your females lay for you.
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Jeremy A. Rich
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Rapunzel's Pascal
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Amazing pictures. I love to see and learn about all the different types of chameleons out there
jpowell86
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I don't say this in regards to wild numbers. I say this because most imported chameleons that come in gravid don't fare well in the end. Every once in a while it will all work out smoothly, but not that often. Also, even when you get the eggs, the survival rate of the hatchlings is not always great. I would much rather have a nice healthy specimen and attempt the breeding in captivity.
If mine do lay, I will be very interested to see how the eggs fare.
jpowell86
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Such paranoid faces they make, especially the female. I hope they do well for you ^^. How did a Direct TV Tech mangle your greenhouse... it's not that hard to see?
He was working on my dish. I head an awful noise. I went to inspect and found the technician had slipped on my roof and put his entire leg through the roof of my greenhouse. I helped him free his leg and get out, but the weight he had to put on the panels caused damage as well. So I used that as an excuse to build another greenhouse and make it larger.
Motherlode Chameleon
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I think most wild caught Furcifer willsii this time of the year are going to be gravid females. Especially If this species does prove to become a high fecundity species in the wild.
My wild caught clutch incubated 14 months before the last egg molded over. This is a species I want to keep and give a go at breeding again.
Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich
Andee
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Like you need an excuse lolHe was working on my dish. I head an awful noise. I went to inspect and found the technician had slipped on my roof and put his entire leg through the roof of my greenhouse. I helped him free his leg and get out, but the weight he had to put on the panels caused damage as well. So I used that as an excuse to build another greenhouse and make it larger.
jpowell86
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LOL, right!!
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