Panther Chameleon male or female?

[Chamloki17]

Hi everyone,
we recently purchased a panther chameleon baby. It's 73days old today. It's super tiny, but the breeder explained that all his chameleons were on a strict diet. They all seemed very healthy and happy. He was knowledgeable and prepared so, we weren't concerned. We were told that the chameleon we had purchased was a male but recently we've had a debate from other chameleon owners that our little chameleon baby may be a female. Please help us figure this out.

 

[Virgil1972]

A picture is needed to tell sex. A good one of the base of the tail.

 

[Chamloki17]

Trying to figure out how to load one. I meant to load it before posting. Sorry.

 

[Peachypink]

Hi everyone,
we recently purchased a panther chameleon baby. It's 73days old today. It's super tiny, but the breeder explained that all his chameleons were on a strict diet. They all seemed very healthy and happy. He was knowledgeable and prepared so, we weren't concerned. We were told that the chameleon we had purchased was a male but recently we've had a debate from other chameleon owners that our little chameleon baby may be a female. Please help us figure this out.

A "strict diet"? Not sure what that means. A growing baby should not be on a strict diet in my opinion. It sounds more like he was making an excuse for it being tiny. I'm not sure how knowledgeable he sounds to me.

At the bottom where you "post reply" is also an "upload file" option. Use that to add a picture.

 

[Chamloki17]

Okay. I got a couple pictures up.

 

[bobcochran]

Very small for 2.5 months. You should start a heavy feeding program, try to get him up to size.

 

[Chamloki17]

Very small for 2.5 months. You should start a heavy feeding program, try to get him up to size.

Right now he's only eating fruit flies. We put about 10 in a day. He seems to be growing little byou little.

 

[Peachypink]

Right now he's only eating fruit flies. We put about 10 in a day. He seems to be growing little byou little.

At that age you should be offering as much as he/she will eat twice a day.

 

[ChamLB]

We feed a variety of feeders at that age pinhead crickets, bean beetles, fruit flies and smallest dubia. Feed twice daily as recommended above. The sex will become more obvious as he/she grows.

 

[Chamloki17]

We feed a variety of feeders at that age pinhead crickets, bean beetles, fruit flies and smallest dubia. Feed twice daily as recommended above. The sex will become more obvious as he/she grows.

We tried feeding him pin crickets and xs meal worms. He denied both so far. We thought they might be too large.

 

[bobcochran]

Fruit flies alone are not going to get the job done! Try some young silkworms,crickets, Dubia roaches, and bean beetles. Forget the meal worms.
I'm hesitant to say, but he might be a runt that the breeder passed off to you. Did you get to see any of his clutch mates to compare sizes? I think I would contact the breeder and find out what and how often he feeds his baby charms.

 

[Chamloki17]

Fruit flies alone are not going to get the job done! Try some young silkworms,crickets, Dubia roaches, and bean beetles. Forget the meal worms.
I'm hesitant to say, but he might be a runt that the breeder passed off to you. Did you get to see any of his clutch mates to compare sizes? I think I would contact the breeder and find out what and how often he feeds his baby charms.

Yes we saw his "sister" she was just as small. He had many healthy chameleons. First picture is his father "left" older brother "right". Second one is a 4 mo veiled he had. Third is a 5yr old veiled. And last is him (left) and his "sister " (right).

 

[alphakenc]

In order for the baby to get bigger,u will need to have more food for the baby to eat.....constantly,stay away from mealworms....very bad choice.

 

[Theveiled]

I find it hard to believe that baby veiled is 4 months old

 

[alphakenc]

Baby age are too old and adult veiled age are too young,something is not correct.