C.calyptratus incubation question

[NS exotics]

What is the best temperature for calyptratus incubation? I have and incubator that is very precise and I would like to put eggs at constant temperature and I am wondering what is the best? I thought about 25.5-26 degrees Celsius? I could put the eggs in my room, but I doubt that the temperature would be for 6 or more months in range 22-26 or something near...

Thank you in advance!

 

[Brad Ramsey]

What is the best temperature for calyptratus incubation? I have and incubator that is very precise and I would like to put eggs at constant temperature and I am wondering what is the best? I thought about 25.5-26 degrees Celsius? I could put the eggs in my room, but I doubt that the temperature would be for 6 or more months in range 22-26 or something near...

Thank you in advance!

22 to 26 degrees celsius is the proper range.
I have not been using an incubator ... I have been keeping eggs in a cupboard in the room where the chameleons live.
Right now the temp is 74.7 in the incubation container.
I don't believe the eggs require one constant temp.

-Brad

 

[Grizzabella]

inc. temps

i kept mine at 76 give or take a few degrees, and it took them about 7 months to hatch... has anyone noticed a corelation between inc. temperature and hatching speeds? I know that the sooner they hatch the smaller they are; but does temp affect this?

 

[boothy]

i started my batches out in a hovabator incubator at 24 to 25 d celcius and left them like that for 3 months and i then uped the temps to 26 to 27 d celcius for the rest of the 3 months and i hatched eggs in 188 days the first time and 196 days the second time witch is just a lil over 6 months of incubation and i also had my reservour half full of water and i misted the tops of the containers as was needed to, just make sure your moisture level is eqaul to your substrate level in your containers and you will do fine

 

[NS exotics]

I do not have hovabator, but my home made incubator that is very good. I can set any temperature and I will regulate the moisture level inside the boxes if needed. I will use vermiculite. And I don't have room where it will be so "hot" during winter period, so I will incubate them at 25 degrees in the beggining and later maybe change to 26-27. Is that ok?
What about inc.substrate? Does anyone have any info regarding vermiculit and water ratio?

Thanks for your replies.

 

[kinyonga]

Grizzabella said..."has anyone noticed a corelation between inc. temperature and hatching speeds?"...the warmer you incubate them the quicker they hatch...there are limits to this though...and certain temperatures may put some species of eggs into a diapause...so its not just straight forward.

NS exotics...I incubate my veiled eggs at about 76F. My temperatures fluctuate a couple of degrees during the night since my containers are not in an enclosed space.

I use shoebox sized plastic containerw with lids. I punch two tiny holes in the lid and fill the container about half full of moist vermiculite. To test the vermiculite for moisture, you can take a fist full of it and if you can not squeeze more than a drop or two of water out of it, it should be okay.

I lay the eggs in rows spread about an inch apart in all directions in dents (made with my thumb) on the vermiculite. I put the lid on and incubate them. You will get moisture on the sides of the container and on the inside of the lid. That's normal.

Hope this helps!