Chameleon Info:
* Veiled, Female, 2.5 years old, raising since very young.,
* Handling - Not often, but no trouble with necessary handling for cage maintenance, ect.
* Feeding - Cricket with veggie gut load and/or B. Dubia cat food / veggie gut load. Lots of calcium (phosphorus free Rep Cal + vitamin D). 3-4 times / week, equivalent of 4-5 roaches.
* Watering - Mistking 4 times / day, 30-60 seconds, supplemented by dripper and manual misting when necessary. She drinks often.
* Fecal Description - Bird poo looking, no anomalies. Not tested for parasites.
* History - First unfertilized clutch in November 2010, first fertilized clutch on 4/2/2011. 75 good looking eggs!
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Zoomed Reptibreeze Screen, size: large.
* Lighting - Zoo Med Bulb Powersun Uv - 100 Watt, 10hr day cycle & IR 60watt 10 hr night cylce
* Temperature - Estimate highs 80's lows of 60's; variable ranges within environment. Measurements based on cheap thermometers from pet store.
* Humidity - Not measured; use mistking to keep humidity variable but never too low.
* Plants - Live ficus
* Placement - Heigh is at 8ft, kept in "Critter room", spare bed room back of house, plenty of privacy.
* Location - San Jose CA
Current Problem:
1) Ginger (female veiled) laid an impressive clutch of 75 fertilized, good looking eggs on 4/2/2011 in a trash can laying chamber built based on information gained from forum.
2) I returned her to her screen cage and 3 days later she unexpectedly dug out the ficus as if she had more eggs to lay. The next day she had returned to her perch without filling the hole and there were no eggs.
3) The following day she continued to show digging or laying behaviors; black, pacing bottom of cage restlessly. I returned her to her laying chamber in response (in laying chamber I also have mistking setup with same schedule.)
4) She digs several holes in different locations and fills some up as if she has laid another clutch. We dig and search, find nothing.
5) Repeat steps 3 and 4 with longer duration of time, more patience, now basing judgments on her mass. She starts at 134g, stable for 2 days. Today (5 days from originally recording mass) she drops to 124g. I dig but find no eggs. Immediately present with food in screen cage, eats.
6) She is eating and drinking; less eating than usual, but still responds quickly when presented a calcium covered roach. She does look dehydrated and skinnier than usual. She does not look gravid despite digging behavior.
****** I tried getting help via the breeding forum and I had 1... 1 person respond. I'm seriously hoping this forum is more than a place for owners to post pretty pictures. Thanks for the help in advance.
* Veiled, Female, 2.5 years old, raising since very young.,
* Handling - Not often, but no trouble with necessary handling for cage maintenance, ect.
* Feeding - Cricket with veggie gut load and/or B. Dubia cat food / veggie gut load. Lots of calcium (phosphorus free Rep Cal + vitamin D). 3-4 times / week, equivalent of 4-5 roaches.
* Watering - Mistking 4 times / day, 30-60 seconds, supplemented by dripper and manual misting when necessary. She drinks often.
* Fecal Description - Bird poo looking, no anomalies. Not tested for parasites.
* History - First unfertilized clutch in November 2010, first fertilized clutch on 4/2/2011. 75 good looking eggs!
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - Zoomed Reptibreeze Screen, size: large.
* Lighting - Zoo Med Bulb Powersun Uv - 100 Watt, 10hr day cycle & IR 60watt 10 hr night cylce
* Temperature - Estimate highs 80's lows of 60's; variable ranges within environment. Measurements based on cheap thermometers from pet store.
* Humidity - Not measured; use mistking to keep humidity variable but never too low.
* Plants - Live ficus
* Placement - Heigh is at 8ft, kept in "Critter room", spare bed room back of house, plenty of privacy.
* Location - San Jose CA
Current Problem:
1) Ginger (female veiled) laid an impressive clutch of 75 fertilized, good looking eggs on 4/2/2011 in a trash can laying chamber built based on information gained from forum.
2) I returned her to her screen cage and 3 days later she unexpectedly dug out the ficus as if she had more eggs to lay. The next day she had returned to her perch without filling the hole and there were no eggs.
3) The following day she continued to show digging or laying behaviors; black, pacing bottom of cage restlessly. I returned her to her laying chamber in response (in laying chamber I also have mistking setup with same schedule.)
4) She digs several holes in different locations and fills some up as if she has laid another clutch. We dig and search, find nothing.
5) Repeat steps 3 and 4 with longer duration of time, more patience, now basing judgments on her mass. She starts at 134g, stable for 2 days. Today (5 days from originally recording mass) she drops to 124g. I dig but find no eggs. Immediately present with food in screen cage, eats.
6) She is eating and drinking; less eating than usual, but still responds quickly when presented a calcium covered roach. She does look dehydrated and skinnier than usual. She does not look gravid despite digging behavior.
****** I tried getting help via the breeding forum and I had 1... 1 person respond. I'm seriously hoping this forum is more than a place for owners to post pretty pictures. Thanks for the help in advance.
