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?
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...