You said …”I’m not spraying directly into his open mouth, but around it so it drips into his tongue when he opens up for another gulp”…that sounds fine.
You said…”drinking a lot when I spray water at his mouth”…why are you spraying water at his mouth? I would think he could aspirate it easily this way. Not saying that that is why this is happening…just a warning to not spray water at his mouth.
Please show some photos of him and the whole cage...
Don’t forget, the soil will act as an insulation so the temperature underground won’t change as much as the surface air temperature in a 24 hour period or in a seasonal period.
This is the first species of chameleon that I hatched the eggs of. I miss them. They had so much character and were so calm for wild caught chameleons.
It’s usually not a good sign that a female drops eggs without burying them.
Has she been digging at all? Do you have other reptiles/chameleons in the same room?
How old is she?
Please post some photos of the cage and the egg bin and her.
@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?