Bugs on eggs

[Jewelschameleons]

My panther chameleons just started hatching. 5 have hatched 14 still incubating. Well I went to check on the other eggs to see if they're piping yet. Nothing but there were these tiny tiny bugs on them. They didn't fly away but crawled away when I started checking the eggs. Is there anyway to get rid of them? Or could it be alright cause they're already stating to hatch?

 

[PardonMyPardalis]

My panther chameleons just started hatching. 5 have hatched 14 still incubating. Well I went to check on the other eggs to see if they're piping yet. Nothing but there were these tiny tiny bugs on them. They didn't fly away but crawled away when I started checking the eggs. Is there anyway to get rid of them? Or could it be alright cause they're already stating to hatch?

Pics?

 

[Jewelschameleons]

Pics?

They run away too fast to get a pic & hide down in the vermiculite. They're silver/gray. Super small. Almost the size of a spider mite. Half the size of the flightless fruit flies. I've only seen them once.

 

[kinyonga]

Do they look like a fruit fly and scurry away with a jerky motion?

 

[Pickle-cham]

Could they be springtails they like moisture

 

[PardonMyPardalis]

They run away too fast to get a pic & hide down in the vermiculite. They're silver/gray. Super small. Almost the size of a spider mite. Half the size of the flightless fruit flies. I've only seen them once.

I’ve had those using perlite

 

[Jewelschameleons]

Do they look like a fruit fly and scurry away with a jerky motion?

Scurry away with a Jerky motion. Don't look like fruit flies. Tiniest bug I've ever seen besides a spider mite.

 

[Jewelschameleons]

Could they be springtails they like moisture

I looked those up & I think there bigger then what I seen. These were almost as small as a spider mite. Unless those are that small.?

 

[Jewelschameleons]

I’ve had those using perlite

Will they hurt the eggs?

 

[PardonMyPardalis]

Will they hurt the eggs?

I definitely would transfer them to a new substrate

 

[kinyonga]

Is this what you have?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoridae

 

[Jewelschameleons]

Is this what you have?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoridae

Possibly they ran down back into the vermiculite. They're almost as small as a spider mite or fruit fly larvae extremely tiny. & grey/silver. Doesn't look like a fly. They're so hard to see.

 

[kinyonga]

Some bugs can harm the eggs. Some will dig into the egg from underneath the egg too. You don’t want to lift the egg and turn it over to look though…at least I wouldn’t turn it over.

 

[Jewelschameleons]

Some bugs can harm the eggs. Some will dig into the egg from underneath the egg too. You don’t want to lift the egg and turn it over to look though…at least I wouldn’t turn it over.

Even though they are getting ready to hatch? Just had another only has its head poked out. I hope they don't hurt it. 6 more sweating. Someone else suggested changing the vermiculite. Do you think I should do that?

 

[Jewelschameleons]

I had another hatch, another I thought was going to. It was sweating & shrinking for 3 days. No progress. From past experiences I decided to assist. The baby was not alive. I hope this is not from the bugs. I am changing the vermiculite tomorrow. I'm a little nervous to do it. But hope it helps. Just cause I've heard panthers can hatch weeks apart. I have 6 so far, they seem to be doing good. They do close there eyes sometimes. I hope it's just cause they're newborns & still adjusting. I have 6% uvb no heat, spray 2x a day & have a dripper. I've seen a couple eat some fruit fruit flies. Ages 5 days old to 1 day old. 12 more eggs to go.

 

[MissSkittles]

Poor baby that didn’t make it. RIP little one.
Where are your pics of the other 6 babies? You can’t have baby chameleons and not post pics of them. It is completely against forum rules (that I just made up).

 

[Jewelschameleons]

The 1 has a little heart on the top of its head. 1 is already showing some green, blue & red

 

[MissSkittles]

 

[Beman]

The 1 has a little heart on the top of its head. 1 is already showing some green, blue & red

Hey there do you have your uvb lifted off the top screen? Let me know what uvb strength and fixture type T8 or T5.

 

[Jewelschameleons]

Hey there do you have your uvb lifted off the top screen? Let me know what uvb strength and fixture type T8 or T5.

I do not it's on the screen t5 6% should I lift it? I have some stuff to do it. I think they're under it cause it'd 68 inside. I just put a heat lamp a foot above the enclosure so it's 72 in there now. How far should I lift it 4" above?