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You said…”I heard for some breeders they hatch without the yolk attacked to them”…you mean by incubating them like that?

You asked…”Is eggs bursting a concern at this stage?”…I can’t tell without seeing the eggs…but they usually swell quite big if they are going to burst…but don’t forget, eggs grow bigger as they incubate too.

In the wild, the eggs are in contact with the soil where ever they are laid…so water can enter/exit the egg as a result of this through the substrate. In captivity, we cannot control the environment surrounding the egg like nature can so we have made changes…contact on the soil, but not buried...

@jannb has explained it very well and has been hatching eggs successfully for years now! I would not use the paper towel. I don’t know for sure but it might lead to mood in the container. There were always drops of water on the inside of the lids and walls of the containers I used..it’s part of...

“ Five days later, the sutures were removed and the tongue remained in situ. After 3 wk of hand-feeding, the animal started capturing prey using its tongue in a natural manner”… https://cdn.ymaws.com/members.arav.org/resource/resmgr/Files/Proceedings_2013/15.pdf More on tongues…...

I’m getting nowhere with this by asking you what form the vitamin A is in…and believe me, the form of vitamin A is important…so we will try it another way… There are two forms of vitamin A …prEformed and prOformed. PrEformed is ready to go…able to be used by the chameleon without it being...

If the vitamin A is from a prEformed source, once a week could be too often depending on the dose. Your information isn’t helping me because it’s not giving me enough to go on. I’m not a vet, BTW…I speak from over 30 years of experience with chameleons and many other reptiles, and from what I’ve...

So how does he drink?? What is compounded vitamin A??? So, he gets no vitamin/mineral supplements that include D3 and prEformed vitamin A twice a month? What are they giving the gabapentin for?

What supplements do you give your chameleons? Do they all only eat flies? Flies from outside or ones you buy from somewhere?

Are the meds given orally? Regarding keeping the stress as low as possible…if the meds are oral, try getting the chameleon drinking from a dripper and as the mouth is opening and closing to drink, slip/ease the meds in with a dropper or needleless syringe. Insects can also be given while he’s...

My big concern would be that she may be predisposed to follicular stasis or dystocia from her care up to this point…which would mean that she may need to be spayed to prevent her premature death. If cared for properly for a female veiled, this can all be avoided. You want to control her diet...

Sometimes the kindest thing is euthanasia.

Frank Payne…Bill Strand…Chameleon Academy… https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleon-egg-diapause-with-frank-payne/ Developmental Arrest during Embryonic Development of the Common Chameleon ( Chamaeleo chamaeleon ) in Spain…...

In every photo, her gulag pouch is expanded/extended…is it always like that? If so, how long has it been like that?

I’m not a vet or a nurse but speak from experience and what I’ve learned from reading.. @MissSkittles said…”the combined high AST with the high CPK are from some sort of tissue damage or injury”…this is what I’ve read too. You might find some of this interesting… “stress leads to increased...

First of all, I am not a vet but I’ve kept chameleons and lots of other reptiles for years, hatched chameleon eggs, raised some from babies, etc. I’ve been involved in a couple of studies to do with these follicle/egg issues (in a very small way) too. In all those years I’ve only known of one...

How about Elvira for a girl? Zelda? Tabitha? Morticia? Vlad for a boy? Blade? Fester?

Eggs in the container… https://www.adcham.com/images/images-species/Ch.chameleon/cceggs.jpg Egg with windows in it…almost ready to hatch… https://www.adcham.com/images/images-species/Ch.chameleon/cchatchingandegg.JPG

In my experience, the coarser vermiculite is best. It’s easier to control the humidity with it IMHO. It should definitely NOT look like mud…but be close to barely moist. I use shoebox sized Tupperware type containers..and fill them about half full of the moist vermiculite. I lay the eggs in...

“The term, "prolapse," refers to the displacement of an organ or tissue from it;s normal position.”… https://www.adcham.com/html/veterinary/vet-hemipenal-pare.html