Chameleon eggs

[lexi322]

 

[jannb]

I incubate the eggs the same way that Lynda (kinyonga) does. Put them in a plastic Tupperware shoe box with about 3 inches of moist vermiculite and keep them in a closet where the temps with be around 76 degrees. I punch two tiny holes in the lid. To test for moisture, take a fist full of the vermiculite and squeeze it, if no more than a drop or two of water comes out then the moisture level should be okay. Do not turn the eggs as you move them from where they were laid to the container. Lay them in rows about an inch apart in all directions in shallow dents made with your thumb in the vermiculite. Put the lid on and place them in a dark place where the temperature is between 72-78 F. Moisture will form on the sides of the container and underside of the lid. It takes about 8 to 9 months for the eggs to hatch. It they are not fertile they will mold over in a couple of weeks.

 

[MissSkittles]

I vote for doing what @jannb says.

 

[kinyonga]

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. We have done this because it’s hard to mimic nature in these situations….and we found that this works. In the first container, your eggs are not in contact with the substrate, so they won’t be able to absorb moisture from the substrate…which only leaves the air humidity in the container…and I don’t know how that would work.

I do suspect though, that contact with an overly moist substrate will usually result in the eggs taking on too much water and bursting. Bursting eggs is a real thing.

 

[lexi322]

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. We have done this because it’s hard to mimic nature in these situations….and we found that this works. In the first container, your eggs are not in contact with the substrate, so they won’t be able to absorb moisture from the substrate…which only leaves the air humidity in the container…and I don’t know how that would work.

I do suspect though, that contact with an overly moist substrate will usually result in the eggs taking on too much water and bursting. Bursting eggs is a real thing.

Oh wow okay yeah It is my first clutch but for some reason she is acting weird

 

[ERKleRose]

Oh wow okay yeah It is my first clutch but for some reason she is acting weird

Your chameleon or the eggs?

Edit: never mind, saw your other thread

 

[kinyonga]

Are the eggs fertile? Was she mated.

 

[lexi322]

Are the eggs fertile? Was she mated.

Yes she was mated oct 22