Panther sexing question

[puffinstix]

Hi all! My name's Alissa, I live in Florida and I just got my first chameleon last week. It's a few months old, they said around three, but I'm still not sure if it's a boy or a girl. Some colors are coming in right now. I just want to give it a proper name!

Any advice not only on the gender but on raising the chameleon in general would also be much appreciated If it IS a girl, I'm mostly nervous about the egg-laying that'll happen in the future. Like I said, if you have any advice, just pass it on.

 

[shanksfaml]

she is a pretty one, you will enjoy her but she will have slightly different needs than a male.

 

[puffinstix]

Yeah, I know. I'm just nervous about infertile eggs and all of that.

 

[Olimpia]

Yep, little female. Don't worry, there are ways to reduce the chance of her laying eggs. I'm only familiar with the tips for veiled females but I think they're the same. If not, hopefully someone will correct me.

When she turns about 5-5.5 months old try to keep her warmest temp, her basking spot, at 80 degrees. And limit her food so that she's not eating more than about 8 food items every other day. The lower temps will keep her metabolism a little slower so she won't feel starved either, so she'll be fine. By doing this she'll either not lay eggs at all or lay just a small number of them. And all you need to do is proide a laying bin for her juuuust in case, and she'll use it if she needs to lay any eggs.