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This morning the male seemed like courtshipping the female, do they usually start this again only one week after nesting? Or is it just part of there communication.
Pleas share with me Ingo you’re the only one that seen this behaviour.

Rgds

The male broke one of the spine on his crest (see on photo) will these grow back?

Rgds

All my males were always ready to mate. Thats why its better to keep 1,2 or 1,3 in one cage, because it can end up being too stressful for a single female.
A surplus male living in my basilisk cage even tried to rape a female basilisk.
Not all males show the beuatiful display which includes showing dewlap, slightly extending the tongue, waving the tail in a funny way and turning the head in fitful movements.
Some do only puff up shortly and then try to mount the female.

Hope that helps
Ingo

Thanks for the info; if I have to I will separate them until I can set them in groups.
My new enclosure is almost ready 4W-4H-6L will more space help the female escape harassment?

Also when you say (your males use to) those this means you don’t keep this specie anymore? If so why?

Lately iv learn a lot from you, I also learn a lot from the lizards, the husbandry information I got from supplier would have killed them no dough.

Many thanks
Rgds

Hi,

yes more space and -more importantly- a lot of vertical branches to hide behind may help th female.

And yes: As of today I only have a single leftover male which is with me since 1998.
Both of my females died last autumn due to rotten eggs which stayed inside tham after laying the rest.
Strangely enough both deposited the rest of the clutch as usual. They also took great care in closing the nest, so I did notr expect any leftover eggs.
They passed away showing unclear sy,ptomes and only necropsy revelaed the leftover eggs.
I do not know the reason for this. Both clutches were not fertile, maybe this may relate to incomplete egg laying.
But I have no idea why they were not fertile. The male was as halthy as always. It was late in the yerar, but not unusually late..

So I am currently looking for at least one new female-which seems to be difficult

Ci@o

Ingo

I can’t believe you haven’t kept any of the babies! What happened to them? Sold or dead?

Your problem seems to me like a nesting problem, possibly nesting competition.
I usually take females (monitors) to separate nesting cages to avoid such problems.

If you can’t find any females maybe I can ship you a few.

If people know, that you produce G. chamaleontinus babies, you always have a long waiting list.
So babies never stayed long with me.
In retrospect I should have kept at least a pair.

But too late now.

Ci@o

Ingo

P.S.: I´d say shipping from the US would be too much stress for this species

To bad you sold all babies, I just discovered this specie but already they are one of my favourite. I talked with my indo friend about gonocephalus; he knows them well as he’s been collecting them from all over south East Asia.

I live in Montreal Canada, there’s a direct flight to Düsseldorf, I don’t see any problem if I select healthy and strong gonos. I am not an animal dealer; I don’t sell animals to private often, usually only to wholesalers.
Just email me and we can arrange something if your not in a hurry.

Rgds

Hi,

Are you aware of the paperwork which would have to be involved in exporting lizards from the US and importing them into Germany?

Since we will move within this year, I also try to avoide any addition to my collection. Moving in any case is stressful.

Maybe next year in Hamm I will look out for new chamaeleontinus females. But as of today, its better to wait.

Ci@o

Ingo

Don’t wary about it, theirs nothing to it.

IV imported often from Germany, even CITES animals from private and zoos.

When you’re ready just send me an email, and we can talk about it.

Rgds

ps. I never import or export to USA because its such a pain to deal with paperwork.