Here are some photographs of another first for South Africa
- Fischer chameleons bred at our chameleon facility. The female laid 10 eggs
in January 2007, two were obviously bad. These were laid in a flower pot with
a root bound ficus - the female’s ability to burrow through almost impenetrable root mass was amazing. The eggs were very small - around 9mm by 4mm.
Incubation was done at 17c with a slight rise in the last month and in September 6 hatched. Books commonly indicate that Fischer eggs are difficult to incubate successfully, so we are understandably
proud of our achievement.
The chameleons are growing well but slowly - at four months they are roughly the size of four week old veiled! Already the males’ nose ornaments are showing.
Unlike the adults it is the females that are green, whereas the males are often a muddy brown.
Like all mountain chameleons these require cooler temperatures than panthers or veiled and a more humid environment.
We have 2 males and 4 females and hope to breed this fascinating species in the coming year; they only mature at about
one year. As it is still early please do not ask for any to be booked for you.
Once we have more available they will be advertised on the this web site - some
time in July 2010!
