why is she always these colours now !?!?

CheekyChameleon

CheekyChameleon

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Just wondering why my little cleo is always these colours now... She's been like this for almost two weeks?! any ideas

cleo.jpg
 
how old is she? What were her colors / look like before? Do u have any previous pics?
 
i belive she is around 6-7 months, but i could be wrong!

and before she was just a solid green colour, no other markings what so ever


cleoone.jpg


Best picture i could find... LOL

I also have a laying bin in there, and i found her in it today! so that's another thing
 
I don't know very much about veilds, Julirs would probably (or brad) be your best avenues for advise, like julirs sais its probably her adult colors, because I personaly haven't seen any plain green adult veilds, but at least ur a step ahead with a laying bin just in case : }
 
Fred said:
I don't know very much about veilds, Julirs would probably (or brad) be your best avenues for advise, like julirs sais its probably her adult colors, because I personaly haven't seen any plain green adult veilds, but at least ur a step ahead with a laying bin just in case : }
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Yeah for sure.. hopefully these are just like everyone said, her adult colours comming in! and yup! i'am a step ahead.. since she's cut back on eating some , i had to worry a little
 
One of my lady veileds was like that....green. Never turned another color ever. Then, when she became a lady at about 8-9 months she started playing with her colors until one day....TA DA....she became receptive. She flashed those pretty colors and I was amazed that my greenbean even had it in her. She now has the gold, black and green markings pretty permanently.
 
BocaJan said:
One of my lady veileds was like that....green. Never turned another color ever. Then, when she became a lady at about 8-9 months she started playing with her colors until one day....TA DA....she became receptive. She flashed those pretty colors and I was amazed that my greenbean even had it in her. She now has the gold, black and green markings pretty permanently.
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I'm glad that my Lily isn't the only female that's always showing colours! She's got brown patches and blue spots in varying degrees of brightness pretty much all the time too. The girls are giving the boys a run for their money in the colours department! :D Like your girl, BocaJan, she was always green until she became receptive. She didn't show gravid colouring at all (perhaps whilst she was laying but I only got a glimpse!) and she's still showing her colours a month after laying.
 
View attachment 8448This is green bean; I got her at x~mas and she has a lot of color she is 1 1/2 years old. I believe your girl is be coming a lady as my young female has no color yet either.
 
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Didn't find the pic. Looks like all panthers. Anyway, yes I was speaking of green bean. She looks just like my receptive vieleds. Receptive does not mean gravid, just ready if she finds a mate. The Robin's Egg blue spots and stripes are give aways to their readiness.
 
It is post # 20 on that thread. No yellow in her when receptive per previous owner.:rolleyes:
Picture #1 Gravid
Picture #2 receptive
Picture #3 unreceptive
 
Green Bean is definitely showing receptive coloration in the picture Teresa posted.
Be ready, she may cycle eggs even though you're not going to breed her this time around.
Just keep an eye on her in the next month or two.

-Brad
 
Thanks Brad, Nick said that these were her gravid colors. I'M CONFUSED NOW:confused: How ever their are no sign of eggs. She just laid eggs 2weeks before I got her? Do they cycle that often?
 
Teresa said:
Thanks Brad, Nick said that these were her gravid colors. I'M CONFUSED NOW:confused: How ever their are no sign of eggs. She just laid eggs 2weeks before I got her? Do they cycle that often?
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When was the picture taken?
If she laid eggs that recently she shouldn't lay again this soon.
She is showing indications of gravidity in the colors also (black and orange), if the picture was taken since she laid this last clutch it may just be that she is communicating (to potential mates) to leave her alone right now.
Generally the blue spots and stripes on the casque are an indication of being receptive to mating.
If her conditions are too good, she may become receptive again sooner than she should.
What are the temperatures?
What is her feeding schedule?

-Brad
 
When was the picture taken?The picture in the current post was taken on 1/5/09

What are the temperatures?Basking 87; Mid cage 77; Lower cage 70 she spends most of the time mid cage.
What is her feeding schedule?I feed her 5 food items every day. Should I cut back?

The pictures on the other post were pictures while in Nicks care.
 
I would lower the basking temperature 5 to 7 degrees and cut back to 5 to 7 crickets (or the equivalent) every other day.
Have you read Lynda's article on my site?

http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html

We see extreme production of eggs in veiled chameleons because we create unnaturally ideal conditions for them.
In their natural environment they would lay one clutch of 10 to 25 eggs once a year.

The current conditions for Green Bean are indicating to her that it is time to reproduce. If kept this way she will cycle over and over and over.

-Brad
 
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