summerseeking
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I’m home alone and awake, so naturally my wheels are spinning . I’ve had my girl Rou for less than a month. She was 5 months when I got her. When I picked her up the breeder disclosed there is a chance she may have been mated with. He puts her in an enclosure with a male panther, similar age, when he cleans her enclosure. I was told she is usually in with him for an hour at a time. I’m worried. Even if he didn’t latch on to her, I’m worried being with him has likely triggered egg production. He said her colors “went receptive”.
She was my first Cham, and tho I did SO much research in preparation I was not prepared for this scenario when I picked her up. I wasn’t sure how to react or what to think. Now that I’ve had a chance to do research and stew I’m worried and could use some advice.
Since she is less than a year old my instinct is to feed her 6-10 medium feeders a day. I’m worried if she is growing eggs this amount of feeding will be harmful for her. I’m also worried if I feed her like an adult female, 3-4 feeders 3 times a week, that won’t be enough protein to support her growth. All of her feeders are gut loaded with squash, collards, carrots, and a few other things. They are also dust 6 days a week calcium, one day d3/multivitamin alternating weeks.
I can’t tell if she is gravid. She is definitely bigger than when I got her but she still growing so she should be. Any advice on how to best help her? Also, she has a 6” deep lay bin in her enclosure all the time. Her enclosure is also bioactive with 6” deep substrate. There is also a chance she isn’t gravid which would be the best case scenario.
She was my first Cham, and tho I did SO much research in preparation I was not prepared for this scenario when I picked her up. I wasn’t sure how to react or what to think. Now that I’ve had a chance to do research and stew I’m worried and could use some advice.
Since she is less than a year old my instinct is to feed her 6-10 medium feeders a day. I’m worried if she is growing eggs this amount of feeding will be harmful for her. I’m also worried if I feed her like an adult female, 3-4 feeders 3 times a week, that won’t be enough protein to support her growth. All of her feeders are gut loaded with squash, collards, carrots, and a few other things. They are also dust 6 days a week calcium, one day d3/multivitamin alternating weeks.
I can’t tell if she is gravid. She is definitely bigger than when I got her but she still growing so she should be. Any advice on how to best help her? Also, she has a 6” deep lay bin in her enclosure all the time. Her enclosure is also bioactive with 6” deep substrate. There is also a chance she isn’t gravid which would be the best case scenario.