why dose no one answer my threads?
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kalawatt21
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Dont worry
If You have a specific question people will answer if they know the answer. Some people just don't know the right answer so they don't want to give out bad information.
If You have a specific question people will answer if they know the answer. Some people just don't know the right answer so they don't want to give out bad information.
fluxlizard
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Probably not the reason.
I didn't answer your pregnant jackson thread because although I've kept and bred jacksons, I find it impossible to guess if she is and even nearly impossible to guess how far along a jacksons is when pregnant. So I left it for jacksons experts. I will tell you this- if she is recently purchased, it is likely she is wild caught and therefore likely she is pregnant. Most wild caught female adults are pregnant at some stage at any given moment.
The pic of the panther- I really don't know what that is. He may be ambanja or nosy be, others will know better. He may even be a cross between those two locales. When I used to have lots of panthers that were generally imports back in the 90s, it seems like the males I got were more stereotypical for a given locale than many that come in now or that I see captive bred. Maybe now fewer come in so more exceptional individuals are selected. Maybe many captive bred individuals have females that are of other locales somewhere back in their line as females are tricky. Whatever the reason, the thick blue bars throw me on that animal in your pic. His face does not look ambanja to me and could maybe be nosy be. Maybe he's a cross.
But there are better panther experts than I to give you an opinion on locality.
If you are looking for lots of color- my preference is ambilobe and they are very popular nowadays. They have almost every color in the rainbow and are beautiful. You can get them with blue bars if that is what you like about the individual in the photo.
There- I've answerd all your posts in one go.
Possibly others are similar to me- unsure about the answers to your question so they wait for an "expert" to appear who knows. It is kind of unusual to not get a lot of response- this is a very friendly forums. Welcome!
I didn't answer your pregnant jackson thread because although I've kept and bred jacksons, I find it impossible to guess if she is and even nearly impossible to guess how far along a jacksons is when pregnant. So I left it for jacksons experts. I will tell you this- if she is recently purchased, it is likely she is wild caught and therefore likely she is pregnant. Most wild caught female adults are pregnant at some stage at any given moment.
The pic of the panther- I really don't know what that is. He may be ambanja or nosy be, others will know better. He may even be a cross between those two locales. When I used to have lots of panthers that were generally imports back in the 90s, it seems like the males I got were more stereotypical for a given locale than many that come in now or that I see captive bred. Maybe now fewer come in so more exceptional individuals are selected. Maybe many captive bred individuals have females that are of other locales somewhere back in their line as females are tricky. Whatever the reason, the thick blue bars throw me on that animal in your pic. His face does not look ambanja to me and could maybe be nosy be. Maybe he's a cross.
But there are better panther experts than I to give you an opinion on locality.
If you are looking for lots of color- my preference is ambilobe and they are very popular nowadays. They have almost every color in the rainbow and are beautiful. You can get them with blue bars if that is what you like about the individual in the photo.
There- I've answerd all your posts in one go.
Possibly others are similar to me- unsure about the answers to your question so they wait for an "expert" to appear who knows. It is kind of unusual to not get a lot of response- this is a very friendly forums. Welcome!
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Lpsouth1978
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Like fluxlizard, I did not answer your other posts because I am unsure of the answers. I have NO experience with Jacksons so can cot even guess on that one. As for the panther, he has me scratching my head a little. His colors really are not characteristic of any one locale. My best guess is that he is a cross of some sort, buy what locales is hard to say. I have seen crosses with as many as 5 different locales in their blood.
I also agree that if you are looking for lots of color, you cannot go wrong with an Ambilobe. Many change colors drastically! Here are a couple of pics of my guy to illustrate:
This is what Remy usually looks like.
This is what he looks like when he fires up:
I also agree that if you are looking for lots of color, you cannot go wrong with an Ambilobe. Many change colors drastically! Here are a couple of pics of my guy to illustrate:
This is what Remy usually looks like.
This is what he looks like when he fires up:
Thankyou!
First of all thank you! i really do appreciate all of the feed back. As far as my pic question go's I'm scratching my head to ."great theories tho".my jackson(female) was purchased at petsmart so yea I'm pretty shure she was wild caught.I do have her with a male in a very large cage.so my next question is .Will the male eat the babies if he is left in cage while female go's into labor?
First of all thank you! i really do appreciate all of the feed back. As far as my pic question go's I'm scratching my head to ."great theories tho".my jackson(female) was purchased at petsmart so yea I'm pretty shure she was wild caught.I do have her with a male in a very large cage.so my next question is .Will the male eat the babies if he is left in cage while female go's into labor?
laurie
Retired Moderator
Hello, the one piece of advice I can offer, is you need to get those jacksons in individual cages now. The last thing the female needs is the stress of a male near. I have even been told the females will eat the babies. I have never had jackson babies, so that is just what I have heard, I don't know.
Sorry your post were not answered, like the others I just don't know the answers.
Sorry your post were not answered, like the others I just don't know the answers.
fluxlizard
Avid Member
Yeah, male will eat babies if he is hungry.
A day or so later, female will eat babies too.
It is best to keep your adults singly, and introduce only for mating attempts. Subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) stress and competition can occur, even for jacksons. Chameleons are far easier to keep individually.
A day or so later, female will eat babies too.
It is best to keep your adults singly, and introduce only for mating attempts. Subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) stress and competition can occur, even for jacksons. Chameleons are far easier to keep individually.
I completely respect what every one says about keeping them separate.Iv read that many places online. But on the other hand i know of this reptile /butterfly sanctuary that keeps a pair of jacksons together(in a very large cage).and they have no issue. I have yet to see the male harass the female. 99% of the time there at oppisite ends of the cage. Will i be able to tell a few weeks before the female gives birth????
pigglett79
Avid Member
Another reason why people may shy away from answering your questions is when you are given sound advice from long time keepers and you choose not to heed that advice.
Even though you may think they seem OK together chances are they are not. Housing a pair together is stressful whether you see outward signs or not. In order to ensure enough room for them to feel secure you are talking a very large cage or a room. Jacksons are very good at hiding stress and illness until its too late.
Even while free ranged in a room most chams are not OK with others sharing space.
Even though you may think they seem OK together chances are they are not. Housing a pair together is stressful whether you see outward signs or not. In order to ensure enough room for them to feel secure you are talking a very large cage or a room. Jacksons are very good at hiding stress and illness until its too late.
Even while free ranged in a room most chams are not OK with others sharing space.
RyU
New Member
I would not keep them together. Chameleons are very territorial and no matter how big the cage is, the male will probably corner the female somewhere. She will be constantly pushed away from the best basking/feeding spots and will be stressed most of her life.
****in my age(95%of the time)
reptilesxxx
New Member
People don't want to give false information about owning a chameleon or if there is something wrong with it. That is why on one is answering your posts.
brownie64
Avid Member
It's a good thing you are taking this good advice, and separating them. I made this mistake, and the result was the loss of my male; and the pleasure of watching 15 neonates die for no apparent reason as I hopelessly tried everything to no avail. From the pic of her she is showing some stress colors, and given you are or were housing them together I would give it a 99% chance she is gravid. Oh and here is the fun part she can have more clutches even if they aren't together after this, I personally think I'm going to have another clutch myself. As far as her being gravid she won't change colors like a veiled, or give any real sign. The best way I can tell is by how fat she is getting by weighing her on a scale each month if she is continually gaining weight at a faster than normal rate the she probably is gravid.
If you have kept them together for a long period of time before you separated them keep an eye on your male. I can't be for certain but I think the stress of losing her got the best of mine. He stopped eating right after I separated them. I believe he was so consumed with mating with her he just gave up on everything else. Did your male do the whole head bobbing thing a lot when they were together? Good luck.. P.S. she will stop eating right before she gives birth so you might want to keep a look out for that,
And the reason I don't answer threads sometimes is because when I feel I'm not at least 95% sure what I'm telling someone is correct, and there's likely someone with more knowledge on the subject than me will chime in. It's not personal sometimes we ask questions that don't have a straight forward answer, and we don't want to give the wrong advice.
If you have kept them together for a long period of time before you separated them keep an eye on your male. I can't be for certain but I think the stress of losing her got the best of mine. He stopped eating right after I separated them. I believe he was so consumed with mating with her he just gave up on everything else. Did your male do the whole head bobbing thing a lot when they were together? Good luck.. P.S. she will stop eating right before she gives birth so you might want to keep a look out for that,
And the reason I don't answer threads sometimes is because when I feel I'm not at least 95% sure what I'm telling someone is correct, and there's likely someone with more knowledge on the subject than me will chime in. It's not personal sometimes we ask questions that don't have a straight forward answer, and we don't want to give the wrong advice.
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so sorry to hear about your male. Thankfully mine is still eating like a champ. Hes dose tho however sometimes hang out on the side of his cage near the females cage.(he dose miss her).but hearing that she looks a lil stressed i should probably put something between the cages.-Thanks for your help!
You said your female rocks a little and changes colors when she sees the male. Youbsaid the male and female sit far away from each other...that is stress...and stress is a reason they should be in separate cages with an opaque divider between the cages. She likely is gravid since she's been with the male for a while.
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