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Hi I hope someone could help. My lady chameleon is not laying her eggs. We have everything setup for her. A 6 to I inch lay bin. The sand w perlite and her terrarium completely covered. Made her aware of her laybin but she still hasn't dug any test holes. Last night she slept at the bottom of...

...Luckily this year I didn't incur any losses with my pygmies. All 5 Brookesia superciliaris are subadults now. May I ask why you chose perlite to incubate the eggs? While perlite and vermiculite look similar, they act very differently. In general, vermiculite is much better at holding water...

...her and the temperature she is kept at? The substrate in your lay bin looks very dry…too dry to hold a tunnel, I think. In addition to that, perlite and vermiculite should not be used in the substrate IMHO…for many years I used a washed plays and produced by King’s. It has never caused any...

...her in the morning. 3 large calcified crickets. And 3 in the evening. The temperature is 80 and humidity at 60. Substrate 50 play sand. 50 perlite. I put some more water in there again and mixed it. Felt good enough to hold a tunnel. The chameleon is about 2 to 3 months. She is a...

...they approach sexual maturity, they need to have less food and proper temperatures and husbandry. You said…”Substrate 50 play sand. 50 perlite. I put some more water in there again and mixed it. Felt good enough to hold a tunnel”... female veileds tend to eat the substrate in the lay bin...

It looks like there is a fertilizer in there which can sometimes be not good. If there is any white balls in there (perlite) it’s definitely a no go.

...The temperature is at 80 and humidity is around 60 to 64. We have a 6 to 8 inch opaque lay bin prepared. Substrates are 50 play sand and 50 perlite (vermiculite). We covered her entire enclosure with a sheet for privacy. She has been eating normally. Her crickets and cockroaches are...

Congrats on the clutch of eggs! I haven’t had the honor of eggs (yet?) but I would use the perlite, moistened just enough so a squeeze barely gives a drop. No moss though. I can’t recall why not to use - just not to use.

...to hang the weight of the pot and soil, is there something I can do to make the whole thing more stable so I could, or is it alright to wait a couple months for a new enclosure. And for the perlites, thanks so much for letting me know that, I will find something to swap that out with this week

...want a perch closer to his heat dome for your Cham to bask As for the plastic plants, they’re usually a no go for Chams, they pose an impaction risk if they choose to eat them. in your live planters I see either fertilizer or perlite in the soil - these can also be harmful to chams if...

As long as it does not have perlite (white pieces) or fertilizer beads you can use it.

So I will not use anything that has perlite in it because of impaction risk. Should they eat it you then have a risk to worry about. I do not know what they mean by compost... Open it and see what it has in it. If you are not seeing fertilizer beads or perlite I would think it would be fine to...

...a single issue, no parasites either, nothing. I still do like the advice of sifting the top or keeping large leaves/preventing from eating perlite or bark chunks. If you’re more comfortable covering with large stones, do that too. It’s not wrong. I just feel that most impaction scenarios are...

...cover it, the sift the top two or three inches of all the soil so there is nothing in it to cause an impaction, like tiny rocks, wood chips, perlite etc. I do that with all my potted plants as feeders will go there then burrow or crickets will get there and the Cham will shoot his tongue and...

Sounds good! I’ll go snag a bag of it in place of the fine vermiculite

Sounds good. If Mazzy is exploring the laying bin she is probably close to laying. Keep your eyes on Mazzy for signs she has laid her clutch of eggs.. Best Regards Jeremy A. Rich

...this one would hatch. The egg was a little smaller than the other one, and also was leaking something oozy when I moved the egg to the perlite a couple weeks ago. The other one moved around a bit this morning but has mostly been sleeping all day, I don't think I need to be worried yet...

Alright we will move her around. I like keeping our chameleons in my room. I have visitors and I dont like too many people around our chameleons. As to not stress them out and disturb them. So they will all stay in my room. The small female; Miwa, we have been upping her food. Will change...

...a batch of 29 eggs for a little under 2 weeks and just wanted to make sure my conditions are correct for them. - Setup: unfertilized damp perlite in an XL sandwich Tupperware, paper towel lining the lid to stop dripping on the egg. Box is wrapped in a dark towel tucked away in a low traffic...