I got my baby yemen yesterday!!!

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Give us a picture of the back of his/her hind feet.

 

[Fergie1989]

these are the best i could get without him moving

 

[Fergie1989]

did you have a look at the pics if so what do you think?

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

That is a female. You'll need a laying bin for her eggs. People will link you great blogs.

 

[Fergie1989]

thank you.... i was just wondering about how i will know if she becomes egg bound when or if it happens and what to do to help. i was also wondering what flooring you can use instead of the orchid bark as i dont really want nothing on the floor or paper towels.

 

[martinm]

welcome keep us updated on with her

 

[Fergie1989]

i sure will martinm

 

[Fergie1989]

can anyone recomend flooring for my yemen apart from nothing or paper towels

 

[martinm]

can anyone recomend flooring for my yemen apart from nothing or paper towels

ok good luck

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

can anyone recomend flooring for my yemen apart from nothing or paper towels

Those are the two best things to use. I know you want it to look realistic but that is not going to happen.

 

[ISA my Veiled]

thank you.... i was just wondering about how i will know if she becomes egg bound when or if it happens and what to do to help. i was also wondering what flooring you can use instead of the orchid bark as i dont really want nothing on the floor or paper towels.

Alright, so adding to Karma you don't have to have no substrate at all. Some members use a very fine top soil so that it is ingest-able so there are no problems. But when I say fine I mean very fine.

Second, she won't be laying eggs anytime soon. My female is currently 5 months old and it will still be a few months until she has her first infertile clutch. So don't worry yet. I would recommend you have the supplies ready for the egg laying bin but it isn't necessary as of yet.

For females you are going to want to keep the heat down, right now honestly she won't really NEED the basking light but you can have it. The optimal basking spot you should have is around 78-80 degrees top. YOu want to keep females at a lower temp because the increase of heat as well as feeders will cause her first clutch to be rather large which is extremely difficult on their bodies due to the amount of calcium it takes to produce the eggs.

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Alright, so adding to Karma you don't have to have no substrate at all. Some members use a very fine top soil so that it is ingest-able so there are no problems. But when I say fine I mean very fine.

Second, she won't be laying eggs anytime soon. My female is currently 5 months old and it will still be a few months until she has her first infertile clutch. So don't worry yet. I would recommend you have the supplies ready for the egg laying bin but it isn't necessary as of yet.

For females you are going to want to keep the heat down, right now honestly she won't really NEED the basking light but you can have it. The optimal basking spot you should have is around 78-80 degrees top. YOu want to keep females at a lower temp because the increase of heat as well as feeders will cause her first clutch to be rather large which is extremely difficult on their bodies due to the amount of calcium it takes to produce the eggs.

Actually they can lay eggs as early as 4 months.

 

[ISA my Veiled]

Actually they can lay eggs as early as 4 months.

Not very common at all though, and from what Jann told me very dangerous and not good if that were to happen. Not trying to disagree but I doubt that would happen unless it is like 90 degrees and she is getting 40 feeders a day lol

 

[Fergie1989]

well i feed her 5 medium small brown crickets twice a day, with vitamins and calcium 2-3 times a week.i am struggling to get the temp past 74-75

 

[lysinlight87]

thank you.... he tries to climb up my face and everything hes such a cutie

Mine tries to climb to my ear but he's 6 months now & his little claws are sharp! Lol

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

well i feed her 5 medium small brown crickets twice a day, with vitamins and calcium 2-3 times a week.i am struggling to get the temp past 74-75

What vitamins and calciums are you using? It should be calcium without d3 everyday, calcium with d3 twice a month, and multivitamins twice a month.

 

[Fergie1989]

im using multi vitamins but it contains calcium aswell which i give her 3 times a week

 

[laurie]

Your baby is adorable. I love it when they are still small enough to sit on one finger. May I ask where you live? It varies a good bit on how the same chameleon is kept in different parts of the world. With chameleons very few are one size fits all. They are individual, not cookie cutter type pets.