I had veiled eggs hatch this week and I have one acting weird. He turned dark brown after chaning the paper towel in his change. he keeps curling up and apears dead but then will move after. what is going on? I put tons of food but do not know if they are eating. i put in pinheads and similar sized roaches for variety. I have to order flies but I have to wait on shipping. What do I do?
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Crazy Pet Lady
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Are you keeping them hydrated? Misting is a must, babies dry out quick. Are your temps Ok? Maybe he's playing 'possum? I think they will do this as a defensive mechanism. Just my two cents. Good luck.
I thought he might be scared. I mist them 3 to 4 time daily and their temp is about 80 to 85. I have it in with 3 others. Could that bother him? They are in a critter keepertogether. Not the really small one but a 1 gallon to 2 gallon one. He becomes active after I hold him for awhile become light brown with a hint of green. He is scaring me.
Julirs
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They are usually fine with others at this age. Temps sound good, misting sounds good. Do you have a piece of fake plant in there for them to hold on to? They do not eat much for the first several days then BAM-they are eating machines! Pinhead crickets can get out of almost any container.
I make sure the crickets can not get out and I keep fake and some real pothos plant leaves. He seems fine. I did place him in his own cage and put the other 3 in a larger cage. He perked up and turned back green. So maybe it needed more room. Not sure. I know they are scared and they were crawling on top each other sometimes. So maybe he was being bullied in the cage. I'm not sure but this solution seemed to make the little guy happy so I am good with that. I just worry too much. They are like little children to me.
Thank you everyone for your feedback and suggestion. It really helped to know that someone has seen them do this. I thought the little guy was dead. I put him back hoping. I'm sure glad I did.
Thank you everyone for your feedback and suggestion. It really helped to know that someone has seen them do this. I thought the little guy was dead. I put him back hoping. I'm sure glad I did.
renzo0684
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Next thing you know you have this!
hey thanks for the new background for my computer =] OMG I love it
Ryan123
New Member
Next thing you know you have this!
me too my female ambilobie just laid 35 today this is crazy so many eyes and bellies to fill so many to love ahhhhhh
liangyu
New Member
Is it ture. OMG. Will my little Female Veiled Chameleon have this?
https://www.chameleonforums.com/my-veiled-chameleon-4-months-32898/
upon website was the picture of my "FIRST" Veiled Chameleon.
jojothefirst
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Pretty sure they can retain sperm mind.
I have had my baby veileds do the exact same thing recently. We thought it might be because they we were taking them out of the incubator to quickly after they hatched, so the next one's that hatched we left in there for a few more hours (to soke up more water I guess) and that seemed to help, might have been coincidence though.
All the dark babies turned out fine either way though.
I tried moving him but he would freak out and go back to the dark ball pose again. I put him by himself and he is back to normal. It might have been too much for the little guy being with 3 others. Thank you for all the help. I hope not all of them hatch this next week. All those babies at once is crazy. They must have triggered all the others. Good luck with the babies. I already had an escapee today. One climed the thermometer cord and went on an adventure. I found him though. Thank goodness. I was so worried.
CleaTheChameleon
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I just wanted to say that this thread has been very helpful. i printed it out and saved it for when i have babies so i can look back at this thread. It has been a lot of help. Sorry if i hijacked this thread, i didnt mean to:l
