bighutch917
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I have been delaying posting this thread but I felt it was time to share it with my chameleon bretheren 
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On 11/5/10, while cleaning one of my enclosures that was being occupied by a female Ambilobe I found a neonate in a puddle of water. Initially, I thought it was dead because of the dark coloration and lack of movement. To my surprise, he was alive and well. I moved him into a temporary enclosure and I hoped that he would be alive upon my return home from work. Well, not only was he alive but I found two additional neonates roaming the same enclosure. Shocked, I moved all three neonates to a small screened enclosure along with the planter from the females cage.
Fast forward two weeks, 24 neonates emerged from the planter. Unbeknown to me, the female laid her eggs in the small 6" planter and they remained there for the duration of the incubation period, approximately 8-10 months. The clutch was beastly in nature, eating and drinking like machines. Currently, the oldest are four months old but are reminiscent in size/color to chams at 6-7 months. They were sired by my orange body blue bar Ambilobe breeder Yamz and paired to a orange/red body blue bar Ambilobe female sired by Bonaroo of the Chameleon Company.
The results, see for yourself.
Pic 1 - Sire Yamz
Pic 2 - 5 - clutch mates (note...pic 2 & 3 are not of the same animal)
Now you know why I have been hoarding the clutch ;-).
.On 11/5/10, while cleaning one of my enclosures that was being occupied by a female Ambilobe I found a neonate in a puddle of water. Initially, I thought it was dead because of the dark coloration and lack of movement. To my surprise, he was alive and well. I moved him into a temporary enclosure and I hoped that he would be alive upon my return home from work. Well, not only was he alive but I found two additional neonates roaming the same enclosure. Shocked, I moved all three neonates to a small screened enclosure along with the planter from the females cage.
Fast forward two weeks, 24 neonates emerged from the planter. Unbeknown to me, the female laid her eggs in the small 6" planter and they remained there for the duration of the incubation period, approximately 8-10 months. The clutch was beastly in nature, eating and drinking like machines. Currently, the oldest are four months old but are reminiscent in size/color to chams at 6-7 months. They were sired by my orange body blue bar Ambilobe breeder Yamz and paired to a orange/red body blue bar Ambilobe female sired by Bonaroo of the Chameleon Company.
The results, see for yourself
.Pic 1 - Sire Yamz
Pic 2 - 5 - clutch mates (note...pic 2 & 3 are not of the same animal)
Now you know why I have been hoarding the clutch ;-).
