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seriously. Get a digital scale that weighs in grams so you can monitor weight ESPECIALLY for Navi! Once her body begins to even THINK about developing eggs it is best to monitor her weight.

As for how to know...if you limit the feeders and give the fatty ones only as treats you should be OK. Many folks recommend to cut back to every other day once they are adult. I am sure others will chime in on this

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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
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

Another way to tell is the size of their 'fat packs' on their heads. Depending on if it's a Panther or Veiled chameleon- If it's a Veiled, and you notice the casque or veil on the chameleon is almost puffed outward and appears to be bulbous, than you may want to cut down on the insects a bit, especially if they are waxworms. If it's a Panther, than you'll notice the two bumps on the top of the head protruding outwards, than that's another sign that they may be a bit pudgy.

In my opinion, it whould be better for a chameleon to be a little overweight rather than underweight, but you don't want them to become obese.
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Michele

Also i have heard that the base of the tail on a veiled is another good way of telling. If the tail is a nice oval shape, that its ok. If the oval gets too thin and you can see too much muscle, than feed the cham more. If the tail starts to get a little round, than feed the cham less. This is a guess-timation and one of the things i was most confused about when i was new to chameleons. Getting a scale and just watching the chameleons behavior over time is the best way.

jeff

haha! I must have accidentally highlighted the image as I was scrolling to submit! Those are my blotchies, Stan & Ana

Anyway...both Michele and Jeff give good advice. I'd forgotten about the tail thing - good call for a newbie (just teasing)

Are you concerned that you are overfeeding her? You will want to slowly limit her intake once she hits about 6 months. You surely do not want a clutch every 3 months

How's Nigel doing? Adjusting better?
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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
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

touche' lele.... touche'

jeff )