Oops - Kinyongia Boehmei

[snitz427]

The little guy is still alive but still has just his tail sticking out. I tried to gently tug the open flap to see if I can tear it a little... its harder to do than you would think. The egg is not brittle like a chicken egg, but sort of rubbery, instead. When I gently pried it, I saw a little bit of fluid and the chameleon reacted in the egg. I instantly regretted trying to assist, and left it alone (and my guilt kept me awake all night).

This morning I found the little guy still in the egg, but still alive. This is probably 48-72 hours. I'm going to leave him be and keep checking. There's a lot of mixed feedback about whether you should "help" them out of the egg. They are so tiny, it seems very difficult and risky to try to do anything.

When I checked this morning, 2 or 3 more eggs were shrinking in size, telling me that more babies will be hatching soon! The eggs lost half their size in about 18 hours time. Thank you @kinyonga and @JacksJill for sharing some advice to a new (extremely nervous) mom!

 

[kinyonga]

All of this is just "dumb" thoughts going through my head....
My biggest concern with leaving a baby in the egg in this situation is that it might drown if there is too much fluid in there still...but if you tamper with it, too much fluid might leak out and dry the chameleon and shell out so they stick together and the chameleon then can't get out...it's a catch 22 situation IMHO. I don't know at what point it won't be able to "breathe" through the umbilical cord...so to speak.
Cutting a hole at the head end could solve the possible breathing issues...but that also might dry the egg out too much since it's open where the tail is sticking out. I really don't know what I would do in this situation.

One more thought...maybe if I saw it struggling to get out I would help it at that point...but even that has its risks IMHO.

I sure wish I could say for sure what would work and what would kill it.

The shells are rather leathery for sure...hard to tear...hard to cut.

I hope it all works out!

 

[snitz427]

All of this is just "dumb" thoughts going through my head....
My biggest concern with leaving a baby in the egg in this situation is that it might drown if there is too much fluid in there still...but if you tamper with it, too much fluid might leak out and dry the chameleon and shell out so they stick together and the chameleon then can't get out...it's a catch 22 situation IMHO. I don't know at what point it won't be able to "breathe" through the umbilical cord...so to speak.
Cutting a hole at the head end could solve the possible breathing issues...but that also might dry the egg out too much since it's open where the tail is sticking out. I really don't know what I would do in this situation.

One more thought...maybe if I saw it struggling to get out I would help it at that point...but even that has its risks IMHO.

I sure wish I could say for sure what would work and what would kill it.

The shells are rather leathery for sure...hard to tear...hard to cut.

I hope it all works out!

Thank you! Im terrified to cut the other end as its so small - I fear I might cut through and hurt the chameleon. I’m going to check on it tonight and make the call. The tail side seems fairly well open - but if instinct is to push out the other end...

 

[kinyonga]

This might help...


I'm looking for one more link too.

 

[snitz427]

@kinyonga I just went to check on the little guy and almost didnt notice he was on the lid!

 

[JoXie411]

@kinyonga I just went to check on the little guy and almost didnt notice he was on the lid!

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[MissSkittles]

Yay! Congrats! So teeny tiny! Is that the same one that had his tail sticking out?

 

[snitz427]

Yay! Congrats! So teeny tiny! Is that the same one that had his tail sticking out?

Yes! So relieved its out and fiesty!

 

[Kaizen]

Thank you! Definitely not dwarf fischers, then. Perhaps k boehmei. I’ll have to do some more research on the other similar species.

Check out Mario Jungmann on Facebook. I’ve found him happy to speak to captive care of various species.

 

[Kaizen]

Ugh! Just realized this post is from May. Sorry.

 

[CBee7726]

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One of my favorite gifs (or memes in this case)

 

[Fchamel]

Congrats!

 

[snitz427]

 

[kinyonga]

So glad it made it!

 

[MissSkittles]

I don’t have the diabeetus, but the sweetness of this little one is about to put me in a diabetic coma!
OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG! So tiny! Teensy little mitten feets! It already knows how to become one with the stick! ~faints from cuteness overload as brain fizzles out~

 

[Fchamel]

@snitz427 This is truly adorable!

 

[snitz427]

I am seeing a lot of red on the baby’s head under the t5. I believe this is a little lady!

She’s been very active this evening - hard to believe she’s only been out of the egg a few hours. She has instinctively hidden from us, then began exploring and leaf walking... and hasn’t stood still since!

 

[Mrjamwin]

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JoXie411]

But me down for 20

 

[Beman]

@kinyonga I just went to check on the little guy and almost didnt notice he was on the lid!

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OMG OMG OMG you got babies!!!!! IT IS TINY!!!!! So dang cute! Congrats hun!