hi recenently got a female yemen

[sunndyd]

hi
can people shed some light on the stages of growth with a femal yemen mine is 5 months old or so i was told. Also colour changes to expect and what the mean?

 

[joshua n janet]

it really depends in the food they eat and how old are they ive seen small chams with alot of colors we may never know how they going 2 be. females are really nice way nicer then males

 

[pssh]

The temperment will of course depend on the animal as all are different. Females generally stay plain green with a more spotty pattern than males who have a striped pattern. Females usually show robin blue colored spots when receptive(willing to mate) and become darker when gravid (has eggs.) if you go to the general photography section you can look at different pictures of females to get a general idea of what she may look like. Remember to put a laying bin in her cage when she reaches 6 months or she may become egg bound (which can kill her.) there are ways to prevent egg laying, and it is described in the raisingkittytheveiledchameleon blog. Just google it.

 

[sunndyd]

hi the care sheet didnt say anytingy about layin eggs and i wasnt adviced in the shop, so am i correct in thinkin from what you said that i should put a nest box in as even with out a male she can lay eggs and to do this around 6 months of age as i have no intentions of breeding her

 

[Miss Lily]

Yes that's right. Females can cycle infertile eggs without having never even seen a male. Better to be safe than sorry and put a laying box in for her. They can lay anywhere from 6 months of age, but my first cham, Lily, didn't lay until she was 14 months. Here's a link to the blog that pssh told you about. http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/

 

[pssh]

Yes. They lay infertile eggs without a male. A laying bin should be big enough for her to fit in with a couple of inches on all sides including above her and it should be filled with 10-12 inches of clean play sand (home depot/ lowes) or organic potting soil without fertilizers.

You can keep her from laying or at least making the clutches very small by keeping the temps in the low 80s and feeding three days a week with 6-8 appropriatley sized crickets or equivalent of.

 

[sunndyd]

ok great thanx will sort her out a layin box just in case any way she does have natural plants in a pots but i rather she layed in a layin box . erm how deep should the soil be?

I wish shops would give better info! its a good job i found this place. i did look on line 2 must been looking on the wronge sites lol

 

[sunndyd]

may see if any one of my family can strecth to a cameleon book for christmas any suggestions? lol

 

[pssh]

10-12 inches. This site actually sells many good books.

 

[sandrachameleon]

You find the pictures in this blig entry useful as a general reference:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/bocajan/79-not-receptive-receptive-gravid.html

and this is a good reference regarding the care of females: http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html

 

[kinyonga]

The female will get mustardy/yellow splotches generally when she is sexually mature and then blue/torquoise dots on the normal green background when she is receptive. She will have an almost black background when she's non-receptive/gravid.

I leave a container of washed playsand in the cage once the chameleon is about 5 months old so she has a place to dig to show you that she needs to lay eggs. The minimum size the container should be when empty is big enough that she can fit into it with a couple of inches to spare on all sides including above and below her.

Here are some sites you might like to read...
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html
http://chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=102
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/
http://web.archive.org/web/20060502...rnals.com/vet/index.php?show=5.Vitamin.A.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20060421.../index.php?show=6.Vitamin.D3.and.Calcium.html
http://adcham.com/

 

[sunndyd]

You find the pictures in this blig entry useful as a general reference:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/bocajan/79-not-receptive-receptive-gravid.html

and this is a good reference regarding the care of females: http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html

apparently i dont have enough privalages to look at the pic lol

 

[pssh]

I think it's because you're a junior member still... Perhaps she will come back and post the pictures for you...

 

[sunndyd]

me again i have some pottings soil but it says dont use if ur plants dont like lime so i pressume it because it has lime in it. anyway as i have no plans for breading would this be ok a the eggs will be infertile or would it effect my babygirl cleo? she is 5month so getting to that age lol

 

[sunndyd]

hello? soil with lime?

 

[pssh]

If youre concerned about it, dont use it. I personally have no idea, but better safe than sorry!

 

[sunndyd]

ok thanx i may google it and see what it says its all i have at moment

 

[pssh]

Go buy some clean playsand from a hardware store.