Take my notes with a grain of salt, especially since my sample size is so small--a single female. She's the only one who has laid eggs so far. But my second female is gravid. So I hope to update these notes soon, fingers crossed. The female laid a clutch of three eggs at first, then laid a fertile fourth egg later on about a month later. I would expect a clutch size between 2-4 eggs would be average.
Females have a tendency to get obese. So far, none of my males have had this problem, even when given an abundance of food. For the females, I try to reign in their appetite by throwing in less food. I have heard so many stories of female pygmy chameleons, especially superciliaris getting egg-bound. Though it's hard to say whether they became egg-bound due to eating too much, or whether the stress of the importation process caused an issue. or maybe the owner didn't provide enough laying spots for the chameleon to feel comfortable enough to lay. Having leaf litter and some cork bark caves should do the trick.
I incubated the eggs between 68-70F at night and 74-78F during the day. Having a day/night fluctuation seems to help. Other people who have had success breeding this species also gave them temperature fluctuations.
These eggs, in the wild and in captivity, are laid right under the leaf litter (and occasionally under a thin layer of dirt). Because the eggs aren't laid deep in the soil, they are at the mercy of the air temperature which fluctuates from day to night.
These baby superciliaris hatch out small, needing melanogaster fruit flies. Then they get upgraded to hydei and pinheads. As soon as the babies can eat crickets, feed them crickets. They will grow soooooo much faster and help get them past that delicate stage.
While these babies hatch out small, they are (from what I've heard) giant compared to other hatchlings like Brookesia thieli.
Feel free to message me if you have any questions or want me to clarify or expand on proper husbandry.
