I wouldn't say that egg has "hatched", but rather popped. Too much moisture, a physical disturbance, sudden temperature or pressure change, something along those lines.
Bummer. Best of luck to the rest of the clutch.
As long as you use proper packaging and pay attention to weather guidelines, you should expect success when shipping your reptiles, chameleons included.
August can def get a bit warm, but we have temperature guidelines at our site, in the Get Help section.
When it is really warm, or hot...
Very interesting post and pics. Once you start hatching a reasonable number of reptiles (snakes, lizards, etc) you are bound to see this type of occurrence.
Never easy, but it does come with the gig.
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Definitely no heat pack.
It is well worth your animal's life to use proper packaging, aside from the fact it is required by FedEx to ship.
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Hand warmers are definitely NOT ok. You shouldn't ship with anything less than a 40 hour heat pack.
The heat pack builds heat, and then tapers off. A 40 hour pack will give you heat protection over a 24 hour period.
A hand warmer will lose effective heat within a few hours.
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You aren't a bad guy, it is just super sensitive topic given the current legislation passed, and more trying to be passed, because of this very issue- releasing captive reptiles into the wild.
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