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Veiled Chameleon Photos:

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Here are some nice examples of healthy sunburst veiled stocks. I've really enjoyed the whole chameleon experience, and would just like to post a few photos of the various projects over the last couple years. Attached first are my original breeding set, here is the F1 male:
 

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Female

Here is a shot of my original breeder female, also an F1 animal, which I procured in Late December of 2002 at 4 months of age. This female proved out in May of 03, at which point she laid 37 perfect eggs. Notice the fantastic colors, even for a female! Dusting every feeding goes a long way to add to the health and beauty of your animal...
 

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Second Female

Here's a shot of the second female, who proved out in Early June 03, with 39 eggs her first clutch. She was gravid in the picture when it was taken.
 

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A few shots of the eggs incubating...

The next several shots are what hooked me on to chams indefinitely. Although the incubation period was VERY long, and at times frustrating due to its length, the end results were fantastic!
 

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And here,

If you look closely, you can see the the slit in the egg where the chameleon is about to emerge from the egg. The following shots I caught on camera with my digital are what makes the hobby such an interesting and magical experience for me...
 

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A little more magic....

And here, the babies are making their way out of the eggs just a little bit at a time. After 7.5 months of incubation, this sight was a blessing! Notice the eggs in contrast to the above picture I posted of the clutch incubating, you can plainly see how they collapse before hatching.
 

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All the way out...

Here's a shot of the babies that have completely left the eggs and started wandering around. As they hatched, we removed them carefully and placed them into rows of 10 gallon aquaria (5 veileds per cage) on paper towels and small fake plants. Hatching the babies is the easy part- raising them up took a little more attention!
 

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A snapshot

Of the end results, perfect little critters! They began eating a few days after hatching, little predators, and real animals!
 

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And the end results?

This cham's photo is a picture of one of the holdback males at only 4 weeks of age. A friend of mine brought over a bearded dragon that was sitting on his shoulder, in a chair that was only a few feet away from the cages my veileds were housed in. He didn't like that dragon at all!
 

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Lastly,

A shot of the above holdback male veiled at only 6 months of age as of this month. He's been a solid breeder veiled since (and has even replaced his own dad as a breeder!!!!!). He's got a solid few years of breeding left in him, and is bound to throw some beautiful babies! My first clutch of veiled has been laid for the year, and many more to follow! Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed the photos, and ramblings! I have a link on my website (http://msreptilianhobbyists.fabpage.com) for additional photos as well as a care sheet for veiled chameleon care and propogation if anyone feels that veileds may be an undertaking that they wish to take in the future. Thanks for looking, and happy herping! -Eric Lago *MS Reptilian Hobbyists*
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Oh, and a side thought,

No picture gallery of veileds would be complete without a good shot of a gravid female. Notice the coloration differences between on that is gravid and one that is not (above). It's really quite an interesting phenomenon! Thanks again for looking, Eric Lago *MS Reptilian Hobbyists*
 

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Just wanted to bump this back up to the top.

Man, that is one cute little face in the picture of the baby sitting atop that jungle canopy! lol

Thanks for all the photos and info. Nice to see a step by step. And all I have to say is... 7 1/2 months incubation!? I'd go totally nuts in that time!
 
Thanks guys,

I take pride in my veiled stocks in both appearance and health, and have carefully selected lines which I deem complimantary to one another based on size and coloration. Thanks for looking :). -Eric
 
how puc you spend on 1 clutch? aprox 25-30 babys? how much you spend on crickets-flies and cages?

and can the eggs incubate with out an incubator? i am from puerto rico out normal temps re 85-90 day and 75-80 nights.

in the vermivulite the temp dont pass 85.
can i incubate at that temps?
 
That's

just a little warm for incubationg veileds, I usually keep mine indoors in the warmest room of my house (83 during the day, 74 at night) and it seems to work well. I actually keep my babies in 10-gallon aquaria or 5 gallon buckets (depending on how many I have hatch) and feed them 10-15 pinheads-1/8" crix per cage per animal per day (usually in 2 different feedings), 2 clutches hatching (71 babies) took 2-3K crickets a week + greens of course. I'm attatching a pic of one of my beautiful holdback males (and one of my strongest breeders) to show how baby chams turn out in 5-6 months or so. -Eric Lago
 

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In this picture

I took over the summer, he was between 5-6 months (5.5 I think), now he's closer to 8.5-9 months. -Eric
 
Very nice.
I was thinking of a Cham pair. What kind of chammy's you think make the best as pets, in terms of handling tolerance (I understand handling isnt a regular thing for Chams) and heartiness. Some chams are verrrrrry sensitive to enviroment changes.
 
Veileds,

are undoubtedly the easiest to keep and breed, and many specimens do not mind (or are even complacent) about being handled, and handling them doesn't stress them out quite as much as some of the other species. I'd definitely recommend veileds. -Eric
 
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