Chameleon eggs

[RhettusMaximus]

My veiled cham layed 41 eggs last night. I transferred them to the incubator, contacted the breeder i got her from via e-mail, and read her caresheets to see what incubation temperature i should have the eggs set to. I have the incubator set to 81 degrees F considering the breeder said she has good success and high hatch rates at this temperature.

I wouldn't have even used an incubator if i didn't live in chicago which is known to have cold winters. My house does not maintain a decent air temp. for me to want to just leave the eggs in a closet somewhere to hatch. This was "Attia's" first clutch. From what i could tell they were pretty much all fertile eggs which is exciting.

The hatching medium i am using is "Hatchright". I put the eggs in a ziplock plastic container with about 3.5-4" of medium underneith them and covered the eggs halfway with the medium as well. Accoriding to my research they should hatch in about 5-6 months.

I have heard of chameleons retaining sperm and giving a second clutch relatively close in proximity to laying a fertile clutch. Does anyone know where i can find GOOD information about this or is there anyone with personal experience on the matter?

 

[Treetop Chameleons]

i have my veiled eggs at 76 and they seem to be doing fine i think anything above 78-79 is too high.

 

[reyesjoshuacruz]

google " chameleon breeding " or "veiled breeding" and you find aprox timelines for double clutches, mine just laid 42 eggs too, but on the second clutch both you and i should be super careful of how much we feed so they dont lay such large clutches its quite a strain, i only like allowing 1-2 a yr that size, considering ive read they dont come close to 42 in the wild

 

[reyesjoshuacruz]

your hatch rate and survival rate will be lower at that temp ive read, your breeder is just that a breeder whos business it is for them to hatch, she doesnt have the time you do, if you look you can find info on when you safely raise the temp towards the end of incubation, Congrats by the way!!

 

[pohchunyee]

I have my eggs on 75 - 85'F.....is fine.

 

[joefarah]

I started my veiled clutch out in the mid 70's for a few months, then I started bringing the temps up into the low 80's during the day and letting them drop down the the low 70's at night. The clutch incubated for 9.5 months and every egg hatched. Also the babies were huge and all survived.

Congrats on your clutch and best of luck.

PS - if you are going to incubate that high right off the bat, i would at least let them cool down a bit at night. But i'm no expert, thats just what i would do

 

[RhettusMaximus]

eggs

Thanks, i'll consider lowering the temperature to about 77degrees F for a while.I will do this for about 3 months and then raise the temp a couple of degrees every month there after?