Last November, I purchased three fertile Ambilobe Panther Chameleon eggs via eBay. The eggs were shipped in a home made incubating dish (small deli cup filled with vermiculite see inside a butter dish sized container with damp sponges set outside the deli cup. I have kept these eggs in a Reprobated set at 78.
On Monday, I noticed one egg shriveled and sweating and soon the baby's nose was.poling out. The hatching didn't progress for about 9 hours so I resorted to lightly squeezing the egg which resulted in the baby sliding out. For two days the baby laid curled in a fetal position and felt very cold to touch. It was a deep dark purplish brown color I had assumed it was dead but just as I was about to dispose of it, it stretched one of its back legs and clenched it's claws.
So today I have a fairly.active baby I have to admit that I handled it likely far too much, but it seems to be ok
I had purchased a culture of flightless hydea flies just after the earliest hatch date that the breeder indicated, but because it didn't hatch for more than two more months, my whole culture is dead.
I am have checked everywhere here in Austin and cannot find fruit flies or pinheads so I have ordered a couple of live cultures but it will not arrive for two more days.
My question is will the baby survive without.feeding for three to four days from. Hatching?
What I have done in the meantime is placed several small pieces of apple in the bottom of a small tub and inserted small twigs into the apple which.pfovides a small structure. I chose apple pieces in hopes that it will draw fruit.flies. anyone ever do this?
On Monday, I noticed one egg shriveled and sweating and soon the baby's nose was.poling out. The hatching didn't progress for about 9 hours so I resorted to lightly squeezing the egg which resulted in the baby sliding out. For two days the baby laid curled in a fetal position and felt very cold to touch. It was a deep dark purplish brown color I had assumed it was dead but just as I was about to dispose of it, it stretched one of its back legs and clenched it's claws.
So today I have a fairly.active baby I have to admit that I handled it likely far too much, but it seems to be ok
I had purchased a culture of flightless hydea flies just after the earliest hatch date that the breeder indicated, but because it didn't hatch for more than two more months, my whole culture is dead.
I am have checked everywhere here in Austin and cannot find fruit flies or pinheads so I have ordered a couple of live cultures but it will not arrive for two more days.
My question is will the baby survive without.feeding for three to four days from. Hatching?
What I have done in the meantime is placed several small pieces of apple in the bottom of a small tub and inserted small twigs into the apple which.pfovides a small structure. I chose apple pieces in hopes that it will draw fruit.flies. anyone ever do this?
