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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject: Tense moments

Mildred (Mrs Mellor chameleon) is digging around in her nest box!

She started to spend time on the floor of the viv yesterday scratching about. I dashed out to the shed found the largest plastic crate I could, shoved half a tonne of peat in and put it in the viv.

Feeling tense as I so want to successfully breed some UK CB mellers.

George and Mildred have mated quite a few times over the past few months so hopefully the eggs will be fertile, fingers crossed.

Mildred for the past two weeks has been eating like foods going out of fashion, so wait and see now.

But being odd creatures she may not even be gravid, hard to tell! Laughing

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Mememe · Site Moderator Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 2141

Fingers crossed! Wink

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Jas · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

Looks promising Rick, i didnt even know you had Mellers, dont read the cham forum much. Very Happy

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cass · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject:

good luck ole pal

peaches · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject:

Ooh how exciting, all the best Very Happy

Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:57 pm Post subject:

Thank you everyone. It would be great to see some CB UK bred mellers about, I have only ever seen WC, apparently the survival rate of the WC ones is not so good due to the high level of disease that mellers in particular can carry when WC. Perhaps that is why there are not so many if any CB UK about.
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T.Exeter · Key Member Joined: 06 Nov 2005 Posts: 228 Location: Kent

Good luck Rick.
Baby mellers are awesome color tones.

Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

Yep, hope they come up trumps for you mate. Will be interesting to follow their progress . Cool

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Rickeezee · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

Thank you both
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kroakykaren · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject:

Good luck Rick I am sure you will be successful