Brad Ramsey
Retired Moderator
I have 15 baby veileds left (12 trans and 3 normal) but after next week they should all be gone.
I no longer have any females I lost Agnes awhile back and not too long ago, Alice. Both had complications with laying.
I was able to keep Alice from cycling eggs, except for the one breeding but she had problems laying those and 8 months later developed a clutch that for some reason she was not able to lay.
I believe Agnes was just worn out. I could not stop or even slow down her production and she was laying 4 clutches a year regardless of food, temps, etc.
I have decided to keep one translucent male (high visibility) and of course Kitty. I am done with breeding veileds.
I have a male T. deremensis, captive hatched from Fabian and I will (at some point) be looking for a female.
I have a great male T. montium, also looking for a female.
No rush on either of these ... but always on the lookout
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I have a dozen brevicaudatus that will make up my new breeding colony ... all hatched here from different females and they should start reproducing in a few months.
I am keeping one male xantholophus from the small group I raised, and then there are the cristatus.
I still have my single WC male and now 5, two week old neonates from a clutch that Elisa hatched, and don't forget my 6 good eggs from the WC female that I lost last June.
From this group I will put together my T.cristatus breeding project, which should be fun to follow over the next few years.
Additionally I have a trio of R. spectrum coming in next week and Kevin Stanford is sending me a pair of CB carpets which I am looking forward to working with.
I really don't have time for big clutches of veileds and I have found that with this many chameleons, female veileds create too much stress for me.
Not out of the game ... just mixing it up a bit.
-Brad
I no longer have any females I lost Agnes awhile back and not too long ago, Alice. Both had complications with laying.
I was able to keep Alice from cycling eggs, except for the one breeding but she had problems laying those and 8 months later developed a clutch that for some reason she was not able to lay.
I believe Agnes was just worn out. I could not stop or even slow down her production and she was laying 4 clutches a year regardless of food, temps, etc.
I have decided to keep one translucent male (high visibility) and of course Kitty. I am done with breeding veileds.
I have a male T. deremensis, captive hatched from Fabian and I will (at some point) be looking for a female.
I have a great male T. montium, also looking for a female.
No rush on either of these ... but always on the lookout
.I have a dozen brevicaudatus that will make up my new breeding colony ... all hatched here from different females and they should start reproducing in a few months.
I am keeping one male xantholophus from the small group I raised, and then there are the cristatus.
I still have my single WC male and now 5, two week old neonates from a clutch that Elisa hatched, and don't forget my 6 good eggs from the WC female that I lost last June.
From this group I will put together my T.cristatus breeding project, which should be fun to follow over the next few years.
Additionally I have a trio of R. spectrum coming in next week and Kevin Stanford is sending me a pair of CB carpets which I am looking forward to working with.
I really don't have time for big clutches of veileds and I have found that with this many chameleons, female veileds create too much stress for me.
Not out of the game ... just mixing it up a bit.
-Brad
