Beautiful when gravid
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LukeTheLizard
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She’s so pretty!
Mikechorba1
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Thank you! I always believe ladies are a special kind of beautiful when they're with child. I would have taken her out of the cage to get a better picture but I didn't want her stress her at this pointShe’s so pretty!
Mikechorba1
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Oh those pictures are from a month ago..
She laid 49 eggs 25 of them were fertilized. they are happily incubating at 75° to 77°between them and my cricket farm my wife no longer has a second bathroom haha
She laid 49 eggs 25 of them were fertilized. they are happily incubating at 75° to 77°between them and my cricket farm my wife no longer has a second bathroom haha
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
She looked pretty big and the amount of eggs confirms. In general keepers try get clutches of a maximum of 25 eggs, by temperature and food regulation. Meaning max. basking temps of 80 and a feeding regime of 2 - 3 times per week, 4-5 medium sized feeders each time. This to give your females a longer healthy life and trouble free egg laying. Large clutches ask a lot of these girls and they can get troubles laying accordingly.
Fertilized
good luck with incubating 
and keeping the misses happy
Fertilized
good luck with incubating and keeping the misses happy
Mikechorba1
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I begged her not to have so many eggs and she just wouldn't listen. I suppose I was probably feeding her too often.I was more focused on getting the calcium and vitamins in her. Next time will be perfect. PS. I'm doing this for my own personal enjoyment and intellectual growth. Not interested in making money. But I will need to find homes for these guys, October will be 9 months. In your experience is this something difficult to do?
Mikechorba1
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I'm in Southwest Florida if that makes a difference. I don't know if I'd feel comfortable sending them in the mail
Mikechorba1
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I'm a pessimist worst case scenario kind of guy. everything I read said 6 to 9 months. Like I said I'm doing this to learn. And hopefully later pass on said knowledge
Mikechorba1
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I've been smitten with reptiles my whole life finally as a grown up now...ha! I have the space and resources to take on some of the projects I've always wanted to do
Mikechorba1
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I'm aware that you're the chameleon guru. I really respect your knowledge and have read a lot of your posts Kinyonga. Any info I can get from you would really be appreciated! how long do you think it would be before they hatch?
Mikechorba1
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They are in a hoverbator incubator and hatch rite medium it stays around 75.6 to 77.2° all the time in there at around 70% humidity eggs were laid January 17th
Thanks for the compliment...but I'm still learning...after over 30 years with chameleons! I don't think it will ever end.
I've never used a hover stir...or any "real" incubator, but my experience with veiled eggs has been that incubating at 72 to 74F they hatched at about 240 to 250 days....so since yours are being kept warmer, then they should hatch a few days sooner than that.
Mikechorba1
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Should I bother cranking down the temp a little? I heard that longer incubation times equals healthier babies? Or would changing things now do more harm than good?
My so called incubator consisted of a wooden frame of 2"x2" wood pieces with a human's heating pad in the middle of the frame with a screen over the top of the frame. The wood pieces kept the screen above the heating pad far enough that the eggs didn't cook...the temperature inside the incubation containers would vary from about 72 to 74F. The heating pad was the old fashioned type that didn't shut off automatically and maintained a set temperature. The eggs were incubated in the dark in the basement where there were no windows. (It's not good for the eggs to have light on them all the time imho.)
Mikechorba1
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Awesome..so I turned down the temp a little and there's windows on top of the incubator I suppose I put some black tape over them to keep light from getting to the eggs I appreciate the replies you guys very much! this is exactly why I came here
Sonny13
Chameleon Enthusiast
Non experienced with fertile eggs and for now I keep it that way
If I´m going to breed one day, it will be K. Boehmei
