jpowell86
Chameleon Enthusiast
So the gravid female that I got last Friday ended up not making it.
I went down to San Antonio last week to get some melleri to add to my breeding project. While there, I saw a gravid female that just broke my heart. Janet and I kept discussing as to whether I should take her or not.....needless to say I couldn't walk out without her. I have been doctoring her poor eyes over the last 4 days and yesterday she was finally able to hold them open on her own. She immediately started exploring her enclosure and today she was in her laying bin. I left her there an hour and snuck back in on her to find that she was in fact digging. I went in to check on her about an hour and a half ago and she was packing down the dirt and it was completely obvious that she had laid her eggs. I was thrilled. I gently took her out of the laying bin and set her back on some of the perches.
She seemed to be doing okay and was actually drinking, which made me so happy. So, I figured I would leave her be for a while and let her hydrate and begin the recouping that she so desperately needed. I went back in about 30 minutes ago and she was not looking good at all. I decided that the chances of her living were slim anyhow, so I made a call to the vet to meet me at his office.
Unfortunately, on the way there she ended up passing. It killed me that she did not make it and it just fuels my fire to get bloodlines started. I can't stand the import process and I especially can't stand the impact it has on melleris.
The poor girl put everything she had in to laying those eggs and making sure they were properly covered. I hate that she is gone but I am relieved that she didn't end up with someone that wouldn't have given her and her eggs a chance. More than likely, she would have died in the same cage that I picked her out of.
As you can see, she ended up having 43 eggs.
I went down to San Antonio last week to get some melleri to add to my breeding project. While there, I saw a gravid female that just broke my heart. Janet and I kept discussing as to whether I should take her or not.....needless to say I couldn't walk out without her. I have been doctoring her poor eyes over the last 4 days and yesterday she was finally able to hold them open on her own. She immediately started exploring her enclosure and today she was in her laying bin. I left her there an hour and snuck back in on her to find that she was in fact digging. I went in to check on her about an hour and a half ago and she was packing down the dirt and it was completely obvious that she had laid her eggs. I was thrilled. I gently took her out of the laying bin and set her back on some of the perches.
She seemed to be doing okay and was actually drinking, which made me so happy. So, I figured I would leave her be for a while and let her hydrate and begin the recouping that she so desperately needed. I went back in about 30 minutes ago and she was not looking good at all. I decided that the chances of her living were slim anyhow, so I made a call to the vet to meet me at his office.
Unfortunately, on the way there she ended up passing. It killed me that she did not make it and it just fuels my fire to get bloodlines started. I can't stand the import process and I especially can't stand the impact it has on melleris.
The poor girl put everything she had in to laying those eggs and making sure they were properly covered. I hate that she is gone but I am relieved that she didn't end up with someone that wouldn't have given her and her eggs a chance. More than likely, she would have died in the same cage that I picked her out of.
As you can see, she ended up having 43 eggs.
