What gender is my 8 month old veiled chameleon?
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Mountain Dragon
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Can we see some side shots? He looks to be a bit overweight, what are you feeding him?
Can we see some side shots? He looks to be a bit overweight, what are you feeding him?
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He eats crickets meal worms horn worms. He might be a little but I feed him not too often
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Mountain Dragon
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How many tho?
I don’t think so. Okay so it looks like I might Have a girl. How do you know she’s full of eggs?
Mountain Dragon
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You’ve got a girl! I don’t know much about girls so I’ll let someone else help you but you’ll need a lay bin
Mountain Dragon
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She’s a little chubby around the belly I think that’s how you tell
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I give him like 7 crickets depending on the size of them
Thank you! I will be doing that first thing in the morning
AnamCara
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That looks like a female with a large veil as I don't see tarsul spurs. She looks like she has eggs, or that is a pretty overweight male. You can tell because their belly get extended and round when full off eggs.
Chameleon slay inferil eggs like chickens. Here is a infographic about lay bins. She will need one so she can go in and dig a hole to lay her eggs in.
Basically you want a bin about 6inched deep and 6-8 inches wide. You'll want to mix play sand with organic potting soil and make sure it stays just wet enough to hold a tunnel. Your chameleon will Instinctively go down to the bin and start digging holes. During this process you may want to cover the bottom part of your enclosure with a sheet so she has privacy--she may get scared by you and abort mission. She may dig two or three holes before deciding on one. She'll dig a hole, turn around, lay her eggs and cover the hole back up. When she returns to the top of the enclosure she'll be ready for a good meal and lots of water.
There are things you can do to reduce the amount of eggs she produced and how often she will need to lay. We can get to that later if you'd like.
You said you feed 7 crickets. How often do you feed?
Chameleon slay inferil eggs like chickens. Here is a infographic about lay bins. She will need one so she can go in and dig a hole to lay her eggs in.
Basically you want a bin about 6inched deep and 6-8 inches wide. You'll want to mix play sand with organic potting soil and make sure it stays just wet enough to hold a tunnel. Your chameleon will Instinctively go down to the bin and start digging holes. During this process you may want to cover the bottom part of your enclosure with a sheet so she has privacy--she may get scared by you and abort mission. She may dig two or three holes before deciding on one. She'll dig a hole, turn around, lay her eggs and cover the hole back up. When she returns to the top of the enclosure she'll be ready for a good meal and lots of water.
There are things you can do to reduce the amount of eggs she produced and how often she will need to lay. We can get to that later if you'd like.
You said you feed 7 crickets. How often do you feed?
Mountain Dragon
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+1 on how often
Lindasjackson
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Welcome! You came to the right place!
