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@Maximus_Cham said…”from the eggs I collected and incubated myself for eight months, only four hatched”…what happened to the other eggs in the clutch? Were they fertile? Did they mold? Rot? Shrivel up? How did you incubate them?

You might like this thread… https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/egg-incubation….195822/

Effects of incubation temperature on growth and performance of the veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)… “Incubation at moderate temperatures provided the best conditions for both embryonic and post-hatching development. The highest incubation temperatures were disruptive to development...

I wish I could give you an answer as to what the bump is…but I can’t. Can you post a video of her moving around in the cage? One more thing though…because she’s a veiled female, you will need to control her diet and temperatures soon to prevent her from developing large clutches of eggs and...

IMHO…it would likely be best for the health of the hatchlings to hatch at the appropriate number of days (like nature should do) to have properly developed, healthy babies. You might find this interesting… “These results support and extend ideas regarding a constancy in the number of...

With female veiled chameleons in particular, if they are not kept in a particular fashion (diet, temperature wise, etc) they can produce too many follicles/eggs and become eggbound and develop follicular stasis…so as they approach sexual maturity, you want to make sure you control their feeding...

You said…”I know it’s not needed and I know how to hatch them without it. I’m just wondering the temps for diapause because it would be better for them to hatch much sooner”…why do you think it would be better for them to hatch sooner?

@MissSkittles said…”Over the past year, I’ve noticed the forum slowing down and it saddens me. Very few stick around after getting the help they need”…I’ve mentioned this a couple of times on here and even told some of the members that they should continue to visit here, to spread the...

Happy Birthday to @Gloriawood ! Hope you have q great day!

This one is a good one to read and believe… https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleons-and-their-colors/ I have no scientific proof for you that they can control their colour changes. I can tell you of one very peculiar colour change one of my chameleons did many years ago that makes me wonder...

This isn’t really an answer…take them for what they are worth…there are bits and pieces that might be of interest to you in each of these… Another one…there are quite a few mistakes in this one..horns on a veiled, etc.. One more…

Happy birthday to @MzLaurie …hope your day is a good one!

Hope everyone had a happy Easter…I know…I’m a little late.

IMHO…at least some species can to some degree sense when another chameleon is nearby as well…this has not been proven by studies as far as I know though.

You said…”I've read somewhere that some certain colors can make chameleons stressed or something like that. I have this old American flag and other stuff hanging up on the wall near his cage and I'm wondering if this could cause stress or something?”…IMHO, it’s not the colours of things around...