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“Leptin increases sexual behavior in fed individuals, but inhibits sexual behavior in food-restricted individuals”...

“In birds, leptin has emerged as a significant regulator of ovarian function, influencing reproductive hormone levels, follicular growth, and sexual maturation, particularly in response to nutritional status and energy balance. Chronic leptin injection into prepubertal fasted pullets for 11...

“Leptin and Soluble Leptin Receptor in Follicular Fluid”… https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3455309/

“This review reinforces that dystocia in reptiles is not merely a mechanical obstruction but often the clinical manifestation of a complex and self-perpetuating interplay between endocrine dysregulation, hepatic dysfunction, and inappropriate environmental conditions.”…...

According to AI.. “Chameleon Reproduction Overview Chameleons exhibit diverse reproductive strategies: “… “Leptin helps manage the internal energy state, providing a signal that informs the physiological "decision" of the reproductive system to become active when conditions (both internal...

So sorry you lost it…but it may have been damaged too much by the cold and other things going on in its life before you found it. ❤️

I remember…you brought the frozen brown anole into your house to try to save it. Did you put it in a different room than your chameleon? Could your chameleon see it? Sorry you lost the anole…you gave it a chance at a longer life…but it might have been it’s time to go when you found it. ☹️ Is...

Please do start your own thread so we don’t have to keep rereading the OP’s posts in order to get to yours…in the meantime though…your female needs to have a proper lay box set up asap…and she needs complete privacy so she will lay her eggs and not become eggbound, or worse. Here you go…...

Leopard geckos… https://www.geckodaddy.com/blogs/articles/1727752-sexing-leopard-geckos You might also be interested in this article… https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8047573/

So sorry for your loss. Keep her in your heart. It’s not easy losing them. They have such personalities.

Please post some photos of her from today so I can see her.

They used to play in my town once a month or so, in those days and did quite well. I later heard about Skip moving on to Lighthouse after. Th would play here at a place called The Grotto to about 50 people each time. That’s all The Grotto would hold. They likely were aiming for the Beatles sound...

More… You said…”I also recently realized having my male chameleon in the same room may have stressed her, and I’ve since moved him to a different room” ..having the mail in the same room may trigger her to be receptive and produce another clutch. It is thought (I have no studies that prove it)...

You said the vet “advised daily “humidity showers” (steamy bathroom for a few minutes) and soaking her lower half briefly to help encourage egg laying, which I’ve been doing”…please do not do this…it won’t help with the egg laying. You said…”She has laid twice before, around 30 eggs each...

Please, please, do not let her even catch a glimpse of you when she’s digging!! You will make her abandon the hole and the digging and push her to egg binding if she’s not already there. You said…”she is still digging and is now sitting with her back end in one of the tunnels” …hopefully she is...