Question about lowering egg production or even stopping it in female veiled chameleons…

[Kristen Wilkins]

there is bee pollen in the gut load

 

[Kristen Wilkins]

Thanks @jannb !
They are doing great then!!
You both must be happy with the fact that they are 5.5 years old now!


Just trying to see if I can figure out why some of the veiled females can be turned off of reproduction completely and why others still produce clutches even though the number of eggs is smaller.

I believe it has a lot to do with the keepers and or how they were kept prior . Temperatures and over feeding have a huge play.

Some keepers don’t have the ability to control temperature especially with outdoor enclosures . Outdoor enclosures they are not controlling food consumption either For the females. I’m speaking of enclosures that are outside 24/7

In the wild, they probably don’t have much more than a year if they make a year. Their not meant to live long in general.

With Jann her babies are hatched with her so she can start this at the 12 week mark . Her babies are with me. I continue on this strategy. It worked for me .