meowmix450
New Member
Hey,
A few years ago I tried breeding panther chameleons (Nosy be) with some success. However I'm trying to determine what went wrong during the breeding/incubation process. The female had 2 -3 clutches for me and majority were fertile (Nice and white). However when it came close to hatching, some started to mold after they had sweat and none broke through. Did dissections and noticed that they had funny looking legs (Looked like MBD) but everything else seemed fine. So basically thats what I saw in all her clutches and none had hatched on there own and none survived when I helped with the hatching process.
Assumptions Were...
- Temperature (Had the correct temperature...)
- Bother and sister (Unlikely, but possible)
However those assumptions didn't add up to the leg deformity. So I have been recently thinking and this is my question really....
Is it possible for females to not receive enough calcium/vitamins during pregnancy and leave her young to be born with MBD??? If so wouldn't that have affected the egg itself due to low calcium levels?
Anyways here are some photos of her eggs and the hatchlings that survived a few days, you might not see any leg deformities in these photos but they were there
A few years ago I tried breeding panther chameleons (Nosy be) with some success. However I'm trying to determine what went wrong during the breeding/incubation process. The female had 2 -3 clutches for me and majority were fertile (Nice and white). However when it came close to hatching, some started to mold after they had sweat and none broke through. Did dissections and noticed that they had funny looking legs (Looked like MBD) but everything else seemed fine. So basically thats what I saw in all her clutches and none had hatched on there own and none survived when I helped with the hatching process.
Assumptions Were...
- Temperature (Had the correct temperature...)
- Bother and sister (Unlikely, but possible)
However those assumptions didn't add up to the leg deformity. So I have been recently thinking and this is my question really....
Is it possible for females to not receive enough calcium/vitamins during pregnancy and leave her young to be born with MBD??? If so wouldn't that have affected the egg itself due to low calcium levels?
Anyways here are some photos of her eggs and the hatchlings that survived a few days, you might not see any leg deformities in these photos but they were there
