Is this my Melleri's Sperm Plug?
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CleaTheChameleon
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Looks to me like a sperm plug but i could be wrong. I hope it is o you know if your melleri is a boy
CleaTheChameleon
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Thats what i was thinking at first. I wasnt sure so i just said it looked like a sperm plug. I knew i was wrong lol
draetish
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If it is slimy urates, do I need to worry? Before this they have been solid and pure white, poop is good and solid and fecal showed no parasites.
laurie
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I guess to know if it is slimy urate you need to see what his poop is doing. I can't imange 3 sections of slimy urates but is that 3 pictures of the same one? They all look the same to me. send flux or the owner of the whole clan of mellers, summoner 12 , a pm with that picture and ask, if they don't know then I have no help to offer.
draetish
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That is the same thing, just 3 different pics. I just checked the bottom of the viv and there is a white urate down there, but it is small and it got wet from the drip.
I guess to know if it is slimy urate you need to see what his poop is doing. I can't imange 3 sections of slimy urates but is that 3 pictures of the same one? They all look the same to me. send flux or the owner of the whole clan of mellers, summoner 12 , a pm with that picture and ask, if they don't know then I have no help to offer.
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draetish
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Did you see the urate photo before your post?
draetish
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Darn, you know I'm wishing it's a sperm plug! The photos right above your first post are new.
Chameleons Northwest
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Meller's often drop mucous-y masses when they poop. Your's looks like a blob of mucous mixed with urate. That is normal for mature Meller's.
Here is a photo of a male Meller's sperm plug (sometimes the sperm plug can be mixed with the poop and/or urate, but it can usually be separated out. If you want to you can try to divide the mass and see if you get an object out of it that looks something like this photo- only a lot wetter. I can't tell from the photos what all is going on in that mucous mass.):
Here is a photo of a male Meller's sperm plug (sometimes the sperm plug can be mixed with the poop and/or urate, but it can usually be separated out. If you want to you can try to divide the mass and see if you get an object out of it that looks something like this photo- only a lot wetter. I can't tell from the photos what all is going on in that mucous mass.):
FroggtheCham
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Sorry Donna. I was hoping too. I think they do that just to watch how silly we get
Chameleons Northwest
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As I look at those photos on the branch it does look to me like there is possibly a very moist/fresh sperm plug in there, but it's hard to know for sure.
draetish
Avid Member
What a bummer, I know you wanted a male but hey you have a lovely mellers with this one so I know you are happy.
The thing that really sucks is I haven't given my new melleri a name yet.
weezyboi94
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Darn it... You should've checked it under a microscope for any sperm before you wiped it off...Ohh well...
Chameleons Northwest
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We got a fresh white-ish mucous blob off our first Meller's, and placed it under the microscope, and got a really nice (nasty) video of sperm swimming around. The chameleon had been "rocking" on his cage furnishings. I can tell you that Meller's are a VERY DIFFERENT breed.
We soon got him a female companion.
