Preg Jackson??

SD-SNAKE · 04-01-03, 10:28 AM

I PURCHASED A GRAVID FEMALE JACKSON, GOT A GOOD DEAL FOR $75. I HAVE READ HOW THEY HAVE LONG GESTATION AND CAN HOLD ON TO THE MALES SPERM UNTIL THEY ARE READY. BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW CAN YOU TELL WHEN SHE IS PREGNENT, DOES HER COLOR CHANGE(DIFFERENT THEN NORMAL),FEEDING CHANGE. YOUR INFO WILL HELP THANKS NICK

Trace · 04-01-03, 11:02 AM

Congrats on the new addition!

Jackson's chameleons are some of my favorites!

As far as I know the only true way to tell if she is gravid is to expose her to a male. If she is nonreceptive she will display stress colours with blacks and greys in her pattern. She would also get quite aggressive towards him. Biting, hissing etc. If you don't have access to a male I would assume she would retain her normally greenish colours throughout the pregnancy.

Otherwise the gestation for Jackson's chams is anywhere from 5 to 10 months! She will start to get heavier over this period and perhaps want to bask more. She may also eat a little bit more than normal. At the very end of her term she will go off feeding and become extremely restless in her enclosure.

Cheers!

Trace

Jaylyn · 04-02-03, 10:53 AM

Sometimes you can't tell. There is no gestation colouring. Non-receptivity isn't an accurate measure - she may simply be non-receptive. With some Jackson's the female may show initial agression towards the male when receptive.

Some chams will appear larger and non be gravid. Some gravid girls may fool you right up until the day they deliver. Masters of disguise these girls! I'm in the same boat - have a female I think is gravid. She's gaining weight, eats like a pig, basks intensely - and gets along really well with the male. ???? If she's gravid she'll be ready sometime in June - I'll just have the fruit flies and pinheads ready!!

A good sonogram or x-ray may give you an idea..

She may initially increase in appetite - then start to cut back 4 weeks before delivery. Her agression towards males may increase.

On the day of delivery she will stay on the lower branches and give birth in the late morning. Watch the cycle of the full moon!

Not much help am I?

Jaylyn