New panther eggs!

[Basilisk09]

So despite all my worries and posts, Abby laid eggs last night! She laid fifteen in the bottom of her tub!!! I just put them in vermaculite in a plastic tub in a Styrofoam cooler. I also put in a temp/humidity reader to check on em. Right now they are sitting at 81 F and 99% humidity. I think thats high, but I'm afraid to keep the lid off and change the temp. What are the proper temp/hum numbers for panther eggs? My friend said 81 is perfect, but i dunno about the temp. Also I noticed they are not perfectly white, but have lots of little brown spots. Is that gunna be an issue or is that common? Pics related

 

[madchameleon]

That temp seems a bit high. Most people I know shoot for 73-78 but I'm not saying 81 wont work. Brown spots are normal based on what I've seen.

 

[madchameleon]

Also whatever temp you find keep it constant without air circulation.

 

[eriksorg]

Did she lay her eggs in potting soil???...if she did that is where the brown spots are coming from...from personal experience in the past, potting soil will kill your eggs...moist sand seems to work the best for me as a laying media for chameleons.

 

[moviemanmania]

I would advise NOT applying heat to them just yet. Letting them stay within a vermiculite filled container at about 72 degrees for about a month and a half will allow for a more natural simulation of what the eggs would experience in nature. This allows them to remain in the diapause mode. You should do some research on diapause and how the natural cycles of the eggs and seasons work together. To sum it up though, by allowing the eggs to stay at about 72 for a month and a half it helps them to all start developing at the same time when you slowly start applying heat in the incubator. Hint: Incubator is another piece of equipment one would want to invest in if trying to have a successful hatch. After the simulated diapause mode I would slowly turn up the heat one degree every week until they reach the baking temp of 78 degrees. 78 will, from my knowledge, allow a longer incubation period but will harbor more healthy babies. Many variables are subject to your success obviously. If you skip the diapuse simulation then your eggs may hatch at different times, months apart even. it is much MUCH easier to take care of and feed one container of 20+ babies of the same age than it is two or three tubs of different aged babies.

 

[Basilisk09]

Thanks for the replies. I did use potting soil just cause I have tons of it and hadn't heard anything bad from it, but next time I will use sand. The room they're in is about 81 degrees including the soil i dug them from so I didn't want to drop the temp down by almost 10 :/ Ill see if I can get it dropped a little tho, at least to 78 over the next week or so.

 

[KarmaChameleon1337]

Anyone else notice the eggs look like a smiley face in the first pic? Good signs!