Thanks for all the nice comments and well wishes, everyone! They all seem to be doing well so far. Can't wait until they are a bit chubbier.. they are such thin little babies...
So would these be my stripey grandkids?
So to further my research on the bitaeniatus complex, I noticed some of the babies pictured had the black gular spot and mom does not. Once they've settled in a bit, shoot me an email with how many do vs. how many don't. I'd also like to know colours and patterns as they mature for locality data.
Looks like you've got a lot of females in the litter too. You know my penchant for the lady chams!
Yup, these are your grandbabies, Trace. I will let you know about the gular spots. Mom's doesn't have any coloring at all, as you are aware. It looks like more of the youngsters have black gular spots than not.. it will be a while before I am sure about that. Ok, so.. how are you sexing them at this age, oh, bitaeniatus queen?
Congrats they look Great. poor one eyed willy.
Ahh, such a good name. Thanks Brandy, Willy he is.
That defective one reminds me of that mulligan R. spectrum I hatched a ways back …
Hey roo.. did that spectrum have either of its eyes? How long did it live? This little guy has one eye.. not sure if it actually has an eye opening or not though. If it does.. then I suppose it is possible it will survive. I have decided to see what happens with him for a while. If it looks like he is starving, I will cull him, as Trace suggested. If he can eat.. well..
Can you share pics of the adults? They are a beautiful chameleon for sure.
Let me apologize for the pictures in advance.. I have a new camera, and I am still learning how to use it. Here are some adult pics:
This is not the mom of this clutch.. her gular spot is black:
Here is mom.. not the best picture, she is normally an orangish tan with blue/gray eye turrets. Very pretty chameleon. Her gular spot is there.. there is a "slash" at her throat where the skin folds for a gular spot, but it is not black. It is the same color as the rest of her skin.
And, here is the little male. He is not the father of this clutch.. the female that gave birth had a retained sperm clutch. He is always hard to take a picture of. He heads for the hills as soon as he sees the camera. A second before this picture, he was resting peacefully on that stick, glowing blue. As soon as the cage door swung open, he was moving.. and turning gray. Pretty boy anyhow.
Here he is staring at the evil camera just moments later:
Good thing you do such a great job raising hydei fruit flies
. They'll get a good start on life munching on those little buggers
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Bahh, I let my cultures run down because the veileds are too big to eat them. I only have four going right now for leaf chameleon variety and "just in case." I think I am going to have to buy a few more.
Heika
Congrats on the new little ones!! They are SO CUTE! That little guy's eye is really weird. I hope all is well with them, and that even that little guy makes it.
