Lathelia
Established Member
Hi everyone,
I would like to share my girl's story with you. She is over a year old ambilobe who recently laid 20 eggs, but I will start from the beginning.
On 28th of October she started digging (poking might be a better word) which suprised me as there were no signs at all that she could be gravid.
Here is thread with description and first x-ray on page 3: https://www.chameleonforums.com/could-she-digging-not-have-eggs-95796/
After a month she still wasn't showing any signs and was receptive to my males. At that point I decided to breed her. She had only been with a male once.
Here is a thread I made at that time: https://www.chameleonforums.com/should-i-go-97807/
After mating she got her gravid colors and after few days I covered her cage waiting for her to lay. But... she didn't show any intrest in the bin at all. She was very active and friendly the whole time. After 1,5 month from mating (yes, 2,5 months after first x-ray) she finally started digging. On January 15th she laid one egg and that was it. On 18th she got calcium injection and drip. After that she was digging again, but no eggs. On 21st she got oxytocine shot and laid 19 eggs. X-ray done on the next day showed undeveloped eggs in ovary (sorry, don't know the medical term for that).
So since first x-ray to first egg, it took her 77 days. Have anyone heard of such a long gestation period?
Eggs are still white (exept one that is dented, but I'm not sure if it was crushed by other eggs or got that way later) so I'm assuming they are fertile. Did anyone tried to breed their females after a month of eggs production?
I have so many questions in my head, I would love for someone more experienced to help me understand... Was it my fault that she had such a hard time laying those eggs? Was it because she was bred too late?
Thank you for your time
I would like to share my girl's story with you. She is over a year old ambilobe who recently laid 20 eggs, but I will start from the beginning.
On 28th of October she started digging (poking might be a better word) which suprised me as there were no signs at all that she could be gravid.
Here is thread with description and first x-ray on page 3: https://www.chameleonforums.com/could-she-digging-not-have-eggs-95796/
After a month she still wasn't showing any signs and was receptive to my males. At that point I decided to breed her. She had only been with a male once.
Here is a thread I made at that time: https://www.chameleonforums.com/should-i-go-97807/
After mating she got her gravid colors and after few days I covered her cage waiting for her to lay. But... she didn't show any intrest in the bin at all. She was very active and friendly the whole time. After 1,5 month from mating (yes, 2,5 months after first x-ray) she finally started digging. On January 15th she laid one egg and that was it. On 18th she got calcium injection and drip. After that she was digging again, but no eggs. On 21st she got oxytocine shot and laid 19 eggs. X-ray done on the next day showed undeveloped eggs in ovary (sorry, don't know the medical term for that).
So since first x-ray to first egg, it took her 77 days. Have anyone heard of such a long gestation period?
Eggs are still white (exept one that is dented, but I'm not sure if it was crushed by other eggs or got that way later) so I'm assuming they are fertile. Did anyone tried to breed their females after a month of eggs production?
I have so many questions in my head, I would love for someone more experienced to help me understand... Was it my fault that she had such a hard time laying those eggs? Was it because she was bred too late?
Thank you for your time
