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Good point, I was more referring to the generally accepted statement that turning an egg (reptile, anyway) past a certain stage of development is likely to kill the embryo. Although bird eggs (at least the species I'm familiar with) have to be turned with regularity to prevent the chick from...

Whoa! Not the main topic of the article, but this is great information! "Veiled chameleon embryos were previously thought to undergo an extensive period of diapause. However, it is clear that pre-gastrula stage veiled chameleon embryos do grow continuously, albeit at a slow rate for...

Hey, just looking over this thread. Seems you're a big fan of animals in general, and excited to get a healthy male. I'd suggest you take a minute to step back and breathe, though; shipping all these chams to you, and possibly sending them back is not a great idea. It's expensive to you and...

Waiting for fireworks (don't worry I'm joking, windows are closed)

That's a good thought; it might've something like how mammals usually come out head first, with breech being less likely. Though I suppose an egg has more symmetry/is less likely to get stuck than a bundle of limbs. Unfortunately, I've never been able to move a gecko egg without breaking it, so...

Oops, forgot to answer your other question! She last laid early January. I hadn't considered that it being the male's first time could affect fertility as well, but that makes sense. That sounds terrible 🥺 If the double does end up fertile, would it be worth separating it out and candling...

No, I think they're both infertile; both are pretty small. I'm going to hold onto all the probable infertile eggs until they mold anyway, though. Ooh, that's a good point, didn't think of it. She had been in her receptive colors for almost a week at that point. I actually hadn't planned to...

I think they're banded, I just get them from a local reptile shop. They can be pretty loud, but I grew up listening to crickets all night in the rural Midwest so I like it 🙂

Haha, of course! I'll definitely post way too many when they hatch... Gonna be a long few months!

Haha, I'm on the other end of the spectrum... I very occasionally buy a few crickets for variety for my chams, and always keep one or two males for a couple weeks... I love listening to them at night! I feed them off at around 5-6 weeks old before they die of old age, and always feel bad...

Haha, realized you probably meant the babies. This is the lineage I put together from their breeder's pics

The dam of my clutch is my profile pic; this is the sire

Just wanted to post an example of the size difference between fertile (1st pic) and infertile (2nd pic) eggs. This is the first fertile clutch produced from my female (who will be 3 years in August), which I believe is why there was such a high proportion of infertile eggs. She was mated 31 May...

Thanks, I wish I could take credit! All I did was raise them, though 😄 Got my first set of my own panthers' eggs incubating now, and I'm super excited!

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Edit: All these guys are sold! Thanks everyone!

Hibiscus tends to want more light for best flowering, though it will survive in part shade. Blueberry wants full sun, and needs very acidic soil (though you can add soil acidifiers/amendments) or it will get very sickly and eventually die. Corylus (Hazelnut) species will do well in deep shade to...

Unless I'm reading this wrong I don't think these are conflicting; the first states the presence of reptile reduces the prevalence of Lyme (a condition resulting from a bacteria that may be carried by ticks), but not the number of ticks themselves "When young nymphal ticks feed on the fence...

This study (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3637085/) found that toxic effects began at a daily dose of about 100mg/kg of bodyweight. So assuming you weigh around 150lbs, you should eat less than 2.5 oz of parsley a day. You're probably fine; I was using that as an example because...

Is she scared of you? I have a couple chams who are reluctant to eat anything- unless you hold it for them! Try hand feeding; maybe you'll get a better response!