FFSTRescue
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My WC adult female Oustalets basks on her side. She lays on the top of her ficus like its a bed, on her side (she switches sides), and basks that way. I freaked out when I first saw it because I thought she was dead on top of her tree! She is a new Oustie to me, though I am not new to Ousties, and none of my others have done this. She has made a "bed" out of one area on top of the tree, she just changes locations to face the sun (she's outside, gets about 90 degrees in the sun, if not, I turn on a basking bulb). Every time I go near her, she jumps up, so I can't get a picture. It is the oddest thing I have ever seen. She's healthy, alert, etc, but showing gravid coloration. I have another gravid female Oustie that does not do this. Does anyone's chameleons ever do that? Is it an instinctive gravid behavior to warm the underside for egg development?