Carpet Chameleons, anyone?

Anyone out there ever bred any lateralis minors? I had a clutch of 15/18 viable eggs and am incubating them presently, has anyone else ever bred this species? I'm interested in some feedback from anyone who's successfully bred/incubated this species, do's/dont's, incubation temperature, ect. Any help out there? -Eric Lago *MS Reptilian Hobbyists*

Eric,
2 or 3 years ago I had an opportunity to read P. deVosjoli's book on chams (small, white w/ b&w pics) that was the most informative as far as a wide cross section of species. The one thing that comes to mind was that at the time he wrote the book Carpets were short-lived species and eggs would likely hatch after the original parents had expired due to age. I think that their incubation time, etc... was fairly similar to veileds, but I'm not completely cetain.

I'm going to have to pick up my own copy soon as well. Thee are just too many things that I don't remember and need to know either now or in the future.

David

I've read loads of info on carpets, and they are a short-lived species (2-3 years max), however, the pair that I received a couple months ago were sub-adults, and they grew to maturity and bred/laid for me, so I'm hoping to get another 2 or so years out of my present adults (they sure are pretty aren't they? ). All the info which I've read pertaining to their incubation is that they cook quick (4-5 months) at 75-78 degrees, grow into reproductively capable adults at a very early age of 3-4 months. Live fast, breed hard, die young . The problem with carpets is that they're very delicate creatures, and the importation/deparatisaztion processes do not go well for them at all. However, I'm completey pleased with my young imports, and both after fecal exams were parasite free, and they acclimated to captivity well and are just downright beautiful, and I'm looking forward to some CB babies of a rarely bred species in captivity . I asked to see if I could compare some notes with someone who had bred the species just to make sure my pair of chams isn't on it's way to an early death, and so I could compare incubation temps. -Eric Lago *MS Reptilian Hobbyists*