Hi guys my names james and my female panther cham laid a clutch of eggs about 5-6 months ago. she laid the eggs and was going to take them out and attempt to incubate them , i tottaly forgot and had left them in the pot at the bottom of setup in a mixture of sand and compost for about a week and i thought with out the heat they will have already died and shriveled up so kind of forgot about them and they was left. couple months later she laid some more after mating with my male so took them out and tried to incubate them and then whilst digging in there i would take out old ones got to them and they were fine nice white plump eggs and they where bigger than the ones she had just laid , so they have been growing.I messaged the people i bought them of as i got my chams from muji chameleon world and they know there stuff and they said theyve heard of this happening before and said look fine leave them. dug to them today after beeing another 2months or so since i looked and forgot to take a picture before covering again but still looking really good and rather big is this looking good as ive never had success with incubating them??? Just wondered if any people have had same thing happen to them or that dont give eggs a heat source and what to suggest about what to do about the soil on top of eggs as not sure when they will hatch or should i just let them dig to the surface.
EGGS growing with no heat??
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Mike Fisher
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I've had several clutches hatch in cages throughout the years. None of which I even knew they had been laid, just a bunch of babies roaming the enclosure one day. Freaked me out the first time that happened.
Andee
Chameleon Enthusiast
What kind of thermometer are you using? Because 62 degrees usually is too cold (if I am correct) but the soil is probably acting like an incubator because of the decaying plant matter in it and is keeping it somewhat warm if your thermometer is correct. Often people will do the closet method where they keep the eggs in a tupperware container in a closet and try and make the closet stays in the low seventies.
Mike Fisher
Established Member
Nah, they'll still hatch, it will just take a loooong time.
repdog
Member
That would freaked me out as well. Would be cool to see in real life.
Mike Fisher
Established Member
Yeah, my first question was, "How the heck did all these babies climb inside this closed up cage?" LOL
That would have freak me out too, good to know that by just leaving them inside the soil will work, thanks for the advice
Sana
