Staying with black spots

[trinityjean1993]

For the past week everytime I enter the room my chameleon is green with black spots. Is this a bad sign? She is still very activate, hydrated, and eating like normal

 

[MissSkittles]

Hi. Has she just started showing her colors? Has she been now or recently very restless?

 

[trinityjean1993]

She barely started showing this color this week. And no she always moving around the cage

 

[trinityjean1993]

She just tore up 6 six super worms

 

[MissSkittles]

She barely started showing this color this week. And no she always moving around the cage

So I’m going to guess she’s reached her sexual maturity and is receptive or well on her way to it. Each chameleon has her own patterns and colors. I have one that pretty much just shows teal and yellow with some light teal dots and my other girl is mostly dark patterns and dots.
Grumpy


Stella

Also Stella (peeking at a boy)

 

[Snuits]

So I’m going to guess she’s reached her sexual maturity and is receptive or well on her way to it. Each chameleon has her own patterns and colors. I have one that pretty much just shows teal and yellow with some light teal dots and my other girl is mostly dark patterns and dots.
Grumpy
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Stella
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Also Stella (peeking at a boy)
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Omgoodness your chams are so beautiful. Lol I love seeing them. ♡

 

[Snuits]

She just tore up 6 six super worms

She's so cute!! I agree with Skittles. Might just be her colors, there will be more ♡ hopefully you have a lay bin in your enclosure

Also I know this is not about your husbandry but the net she is on is not really recommended for chameleons cause they could pull out their nails on it. Just a tip. ♡

 

[trinityjean1993]

Thanks for the feedback! And yes I need to switch it up a little bit in her husbandry. I am just struggling with ways of putting branches in there since it’s a fully vented mesh cage

 

[trinityjean1993]

I did have a laying bin in there but realized she was just eating the sand so I removed it because her poop was literally sand and would just crumble when I cleaned it up

 

[trinityjean1993]

I will definitely place another one in there

 

[Beman]

Thanks for the feedback! And yes I need to switch it up a little bit in her husbandry. I am just struggling with ways of putting branches in there since it’s a fully vented mesh cage

Take a look at this thread or buy dragon ledges... https://www.chameleonforums.com/thr...anches-to-screen-cage-diy-alternative.184190/

 

[Lindasjackson]

Welcome! Your Cham is pretty! Garden trellises or lattice is good as well. Just cut to size and put it inside the cage against the walls and then attach branches.

 

[trinityjean1993]

Welcome! Your Cham is pretty! Garden trellises or lattice is good as well. Just cut to size and put it inside the cage against the walls and then attach branches.

Great idea thanks so much

 

[kinyonga]

You need to watch how much you're feeding her...especially when it comes to things like wax worms, that are quite fatty, or you will put her in the position of producing a large clutch, possibly developing follicular stasis, dystocia, MBD, prolapsing, etc.

How old is she now? About 6 months?
You definitely need to have n egglaying bin in there all the time too.

 

[trinityjean1993]

Roughly 6 months. And I no longer give her wax worms she was not digesting them right and was causing her to have diarrhea. She eats large crickets, Dubai roaches, super worms, and moths. The laying bin will be placed in there tomorrow

 

[kinyonga]

The recommended amount to feed her is 4 to 5 crickets.. or equal value in other insects... 2 to 3 times a week if you want to keep her reproductively healthy.

 

[trinityjean1993]

The recommended amount to feed her is 4 to 5 crickets.. or equal value in other insects... 2 to 3 times a week if you want to keep her reproductively healthy.

I have been feeding her this amount daily! I read somewhere where I was supposed to feed her 8-10 daily! I will definitely cut back. Thank you all so much.

 

[kinyonga]

When they're young you can feed them quite a lot because they are growing but if you continue doing it with the female veileds as they reach maturity, she will almost certainly end up with the problem I listed in my previous post. It's a major problem with veiled females and some other species.

 

[trinityjean1993]

Okay I will definitely cut back! Again thanks so much