dosent she look huge???
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i am new at this stuff also i have a male but i never mated them unless she was mated b4 i got her and i also have a big bucket about 1 1/2 ft deep filled with soil but i think she just need to take a nice big poop...done breed you cham till she is like a yr old just forcus on her being healthy and happy
ColorCham427
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How long ago did u get her ? How old is she ?
Trace
Captain Awesome
Good! Keep it in the cage with her. However, she does not look gravid to me. I think she is just puffed up for the camera - a defence mechanism. Again, I have not worked enough with the dilepis family to say for sure, but I believe them to be seasonal breeders and now is not the season for them.
I don't work with egg laying species anymore, but they look like tennis balls with feet when they are gravid. In fact, you can make out egg shaped bulges in their lower abdomen when they are close. I don't see that in you animal.
Here is a pic of a my very gravid Chameleo trioceros goetzei and Chameleo trioceros rudis sternfeldi red phase (both live bearers) for reference. These girls are big!
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Jeweledchameleons
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just look at her.
My vote is that she's gravid
The clue (for myself) is how large and full she is at the base of her tale
and if she's heavy (air doesn't weight much)
if both are present then she's holding a clutch.
Breeding cycles are set according to temps, daylight and perhaps the amount of UV
IF she was captive bred and raised, then there's not going to be any breeding cycle according
to the actual season outside of her environment.
prep a nice place and means for her to lay
you don't know if she's mated or not so incubate accordingly.
and good luck.
My vote is that she's gravid
The clue (for myself) is how large and full she is at the base of her tale
and if she's heavy (air doesn't weight much)
if both are present then she's holding a clutch.
Breeding cycles are set according to temps, daylight and perhaps the amount of UV
IF she was captive bred and raised, then there's not going to be any breeding cycle according
to the actual season outside of her environment.
prep a nice place and means for her to lay
you don't know if she's mated or not so incubate accordingly.
and good luck.
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Kent67
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I'm gonna have to vote for gravid too. Just for no other reason than to disagree with Trace
Actually, my local store here has gone through a group of dilepis over the last couple of weeks. Many were very gravid, and at least one horribly eggbound, that I've seen recently. Since LLL is only 20 miles from here and apple got hers at about the same time, I'd imagine these were all from the same shipment.
Actually, my local store here has gone through a group of dilepis over the last couple of weeks. Many were very gravid, and at least one horribly eggbound, that I've seen recently. Since LLL is only 20 miles from here and apple got hers at about the same time, I'd imagine these were all from the same shipment.
so she is still huge i found some poop at the bottom today but she hasnt gotten any smaller i tryed to rub her stomach she kinda growled at me and hissed but only when i touched her stomach..when i piked her up she turned this nice light color and im not sure but i didnt really notice a diff in weight...if she is not gravid wat else can it be??
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