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I knew it was getting close but whew.... My first female to lay eggs did so roughly 4 months ago. I knew it was getting close to her next clutch. I made up her laying box and put it in her cage last night. She started digging early this morning and is still currently 'filling' in, more like over filling, her nest. I'm not sure how many at this point. I will respond once I find out.

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0.2 Chameleo Chameleo Calyptratus
1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0 Furcifer Pardalis (Nosy Be)-Hooloovoo

Hey Brian. Good luck with the eggs.
Do you mate them to someone elses Male or your own?

You're little boy is looking great.
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

She mated with my male, now deceased, in late October, laid in late November. About a month ago I noticed her getting larger and showing signs of eggs along her sides.

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0.2 Chameleo Chameleo Calyptratus
1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0 Furcifer Pardalis (Nosy Be)-Hooloovoo

Its a nice bonus, retained sperm from a passed male. Continue the liniage.
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CANADIAN CHAMELEONS

37 eggs in total.
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0.2 Chameleo Chameleo Calyptratus
1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0 Furcifer Pardalis (Nosy Be)-Hooloovoo

Hey Brian,

Nice that you have the offspring of Mr.Pissypants (he is the dad, right?). Hope they do well - will you keep a Mr. Pissypants Jr. when the time comes?

lele
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skipper
0.1 Mad. Hissers and she's back!
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

Ah breeding panther chams...what fun! Glad you got eggs out of her dude! Get your fruit fly cultures goin' cause lord knows your gonna need LOTS of flies for those little chams!

Keep us posted and remember it takes FOREVER for chameleon eggs to hatch so dont expect any quick hatches!
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Eric

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Believe everything you've ever heard about me- suck it up.
If you see me coming don't stop, just turn & walk the other way.
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37??? Congrats. Fingers crossed for successful hatching. I just wish it didn't take so long! Diane
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dianedfisher@yahoo.com

My 3 CWD-Avanyu, Tripod and Drago
Valentino, Veiled Chameleon
Chyam, Nosy Be Panther Chameleon

Her first clutch was 56. My other female laid 47 or 48. I now have over 100 eggs incubating. The first clutch is set to hatch anytime from now till when ever.

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0.2 Chameleo Chameleo Calyptratus
1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0 Furcifer Pardalis (Nosy Be)-Hooloovoo

I don't know how you guys do it! I have a hard enough time just keeping mine ALIVE, much less breeding them, incubating eggs for 3/4 of a year and raising the young. My hats off to those of you dedicated enough to accomplish all of that! Can't wait to see hatchling pictures sometime soon. Diane
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dianedfisher@yahoo.com

My 3 CWD-Avanyu, Tripod and Drago
Valentino, Veiled Chameleon
Chyam, Nosy Be Panther Chameleon

Wild female veields do not lay nearly that many eggs. If veileds lay more than 40 eggs, they will often have shorter lives. When overfed, female veileds will lay huge clutches of tiny eggs. Females laying over 60 eggs typically die very young - often after the first or second clutch.

A female that lays 20-35 eggs on average will be much healthier and longer lived. Furthermore, the eggs are much larger, and the babies huge by comparison.

Because my female was raised by another breeder, I didnt' want to take chances with her getting MBD - so I kept her ona heavy feeding schedule until her first clutch. It was huge by my standards - 41 eggs. However, she was in great condition coming out of the nest, despite working all night to finish it all up. I estimate her second clutch will be no more than 30 eggs.

Normally, the eggs from a good, small clutch will be leopard gecko-egg sized when they are about to hatch (and these are not overwatered, swollen eggs!) The eggs from a much larger clutch will be 2/3 the size, at best. The babies are very big - many 3" total length at hatching Though this is also due to the temperatures of incubation as well as egg-health.

Our first WC female laid 67 and 65 eggs, all tiny little eggs. Both times, she was emaciated going into th enest chamber - no matter how much we fed her. This little girl I have now (who is HALF the size of the big WC female)laid 41 eggs, but looked plump and healthy when she climbed out.

Yeah I already knew that much. I bought my two females from someone, and like you, feed them a particular way to make sure they were healthy. Thus my clutch of 56, all of which were rather big.
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0.2 Chameleo Chameleo Calyptratus
1.0 Leopard Gecko
1.0 Furcifer Pardalis (Nosy Be)-Hooloovoo