reducing eggs

[millionsofchameleons]

i tried looking this up because i swore i read about it before but i only found info for veileds. im trying to reduce the clutch size of one of my females, who recently layed 32 eggs and she isnt that large so the eggs were pretty small, idk if they will survive even if they hatch. also she will lay then become receptive about a month later. ive read that feeding her less before she is gravid will help and reducing her temps will help but im wondering what temp a female panther should be lowered to to reduce clutch size? thanks for your input.
brandon

 

[jannb]

Read the section on raising a female veiled. http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/

 

[millionsofchameleons]

you would use the same temps for a panther?

 

[sandrachameleon]

To reduce the size of the panther females eggs, dont over feed her. But I have never been able to stop a female panther from having eggs once she starts. whereas with veileds you can stop them from having eggs at all by regulating temp and feeding.

 

[millionsofchameleons]

but she looks at me with those puppy dog eyes and begs for more! ill try harder to resist. thanks

 

[kinyonga]

The reason I keep the females a little cooler is to slow the metabolism to go along with the reduced diet. Not sure that the temperature really plays a part other than that.