here is the product info http://www.oxbowanimalhealth.com/vets/products/carnivore_care
His vet is not the only one using it, mine also sells it..
Did the vet do any bloodwork? discuss husbandry? supplements??
Fecal??
May be seeing something that was coming but the stress...
yes.. pygmy chams, they can be house communally.. their care is different than the larger species :)
I should have stated specifically, but did not because of the forum I was posting.. Pygmy Enclosures >>
I will Edit it :) you many not be the only one to ask, don't want to confuse...
Samples have to be fresh.. cannot test old feces..
I request a necropsy myself.. Can be sent to the lab... or heck the herp vet can do one perhaps.. may be really telling even a basic comprehensive visual of the internal structures may lead to some real answers.. Parasites can often...
see the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie52cV0OUJw
You need a microscope, Fecal solution, fecalizer device microscope slides and cover slips..
you examine the feces only,,
Direct smears you use saline. Not water.. still need to do a fecal even with a direct smear.. They...
FYI.. sugar water solution will help shrink the tissue.. may help them go back in on their own.. extremely old school perhaps but well known and used..
Ok, Only three gallons, but thinking it may be a good recovery/isolation cage for the girls after laying to let them recover.. So they wont get pestered to quickly by the male..
Or at least a ""possible" baby grow out cage.. THIS IS FOR PIGMY CHAMS :) Just in case someone does not...
I will disagree, reports of chams producing pretty young.. from the link too.. "Veiled chameleons can reach sexual maturity at a fairly young age with reports of some individuals becoming reproductive in as little as four months"
I have Seen a Egg bound eight month old at the clinic too...
Truth Is I don't have enough experience for sure by the picture,, I leave that call to someone else :) one to know book learning wise, I have just not seen enough gravid vields at different stages to say for sure.. Working with a reptile vet it was always a was unless proved otherwise by...
OK I was pretty darn careful with plant processing or so I thought.. but discovered some slugs in my Pigmy viv..
So question.. as they must have been introduced by something stupid, (me)
other than doing some damage to the plants, any issues if they get eaten by the pigmys? I...
great! Are you leaving them in the cage? or incubating separate?
BTW.. thanks for the photos, and the Gravid photos guys.. I been curious if my new WC are gravid, they are thicker than the male, so curious if anyone had some photos of Obvious ones..
oh sorry :( That is really sad...
Good thing I was hoping many may be interested.. I may not get any, but I am not really looking at just getting babies to sell off.. Not that that is bad, just not the kind of breeding project I am looking to do..
mine are So far doing great! so...
OK I know chams really don't change color to match their environment..
BUT is this true for all species??
I have noticed with my pigmy chams.. not just the usual color changes.. But really looks very suspicious that they are matching the background..
Also noted, they develop a little...
I do hope to get at least eggs, see if I can get incubation down.. then see if I can get the babies up to a mature size..
So yeh planning on breeding :) I did go with a 1.2 group.. and no kidding the males are randy.. they came thurs.. this morning he was already breeding or trying to...
I think quite a few people have had them hatch in the cage no problems.. Or seen them digging, but would need to tear down the cage to get them. so left them and had them hatch..
I don't suppose you have a picture of her gravid? and now for comparison?
I just got a few, the females...
I have to admit, I think price also has something to do with the fact they are no super flashy.. at least for the general "attraction" in the pet trade..
The natural blend in factor makes them stunning little creatures.. Mimicry and build to look like the environment they live in...
Well thanks to Melissa.. as I wait and struggle with a order, possible been screwed issue..
Placed a backup order yesterday.. With a vendor she had luck with and just got some.. yup.. They came in the mail today.. been a month on my other order :) still nothing shipped..
So happy...
Ok I have tried a search and not having luck, think I am using the wrong terms..
What is the gestation length on Brevs.. Gestation length = Time where they are receptive are bred and when to expect them to be laying?
Do brevs retain sperm? Is there a timeline where one can be somewhat...