78 eggs!
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Chameleons Northwest
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You dug them out already. And 78 of them, too! Congratulations. Did you have a tough time finding them? I guess not, a clutch of 78 eggs can't be too hard to find. They look great. No wonder she wanted to take her time and was so particular about the digging!
Chameleons By Design
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Congrats. Your CRAZY 3:30 in the morning 
Now is the fun time the waiting game. Good Luck
Now is the fun time the waiting game. Good Luck
Vegas Chad
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Awesome Julirs!!!!
Dyesub Dave
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Great news Juli !!! WOW ... 78 Eggs!! How old is your female? Mine was a little young at only 7 months ... I didn't separate the male from the females in time. My other female I'm going to wait until she's about a year old.
The eggs look perfect. We should both have eggs hatching around the same time next year!!
BTW - What did you use for your incubating substrate? Also ... are you going to put them in an incubator or just use the closet method ??
Glad to hear that the female is recovering well. What a relief eh??
P.S. I couldn't wait to dig my eggs out either
Dyesub Dave.
The eggs look perfect. We should both have eggs hatching around the same time next year!!
BTW - What did you use for your incubating substrate? Also ... are you going to put them in an incubator or just use the closet method ??
Glad to hear that the female is recovering well. What a relief eh??
P.S. I couldn't wait to dig my eggs out either
Dyesub Dave.
Julirs
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She is between 9 and 10 months old we think but she is a large girl, rivaling my 18" long male. I used vermiculite from Lowes (Mike @FL Chams recipe: (3) 32 oz cups of Vermiculite and 3 measured cups of water. (Perfect Mixture) ) My house stays a basic 74 degrees year round, so I am putting them in my roll top desk in my bedroom to incubate. My female is mean as ever giving me a long loud hiss when I went to feed her!
Julirs
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Question-of course I am worried about the eggs. It is not hot or humid today, but--there is no condensation to speak of on the inside of the egg containers. How do I know the vermiculite is moist enough? You can form it into a ball, but not squeeze water out of it. I am just worried that the plastic shoe box lids may not fit tight enough-even though they seem to snap on and fit very well. Do I need to possibly put some tape on the boxes or plastic wrap? They are going in the roll top desk and I don't want to have to worry.
Dyesub Dave
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Well I have heard that an indication of it not being humid enough is shown in the eggs by them indenting a bit. Another suggestion elsewhere on this forum was to use an eyedropper or syringe to carefully add moisture to the vermiculite if neccessary.
Sounds like everything should be good though. Just checked on my eggs and they still seem OK.
Let's hope with both get EXCELLENT hatch rates!!
Dyesub Dave.
Sounds like everything should be good though. Just checked on my eggs and they still seem OK.
Let's hope with both get EXCELLENT hatch rates!!
Dyesub Dave.
Chameleons Northwest
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The condensation didn't form on the walls of my egg containers until about 2-3 days after placing the eggs in there. Initially there was just a little bit of condensation visible on the tops of the 2 containers. I wonder, too, if that is normal.
Dave Weldon
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Howdy,
Once you have established the proper moisture level at the beginning, you can weigh the entire container, eggs and all, to monitor water loss. A milliliter of water weighs 1 gram. If you loose enough to give concern that things are drying out then add more water. If maybe a loss of 10 grams was 10% of the water then add 10ml back by dribbling it around but away from the eggs. I would think that a container that is reasonably sealed wouldn't loose more than a few grams of water in a month. It's ok to loose some. You want enough loss to suggest that there is also some level of air exchange that is similar to what the eggs would be exposed to in nature.
A nice digital scale that has a 0.1 gram resolution are affordable.
500 gram max with 0.1gram resolution $10 on sale
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93543
5000 gram max with 1.0 (?) gram resolution $16 on sale
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95364
What the heck, get both!
I use the smaller one to weigh babies (0.4 grams to 1.0 grams typical) and one similar to the bigger one for many other weighing operations that don't require 0.1 gram resolution or when I need to weigh things that are more than 500 grams total.
Once you have established the proper moisture level at the beginning, you can weigh the entire container, eggs and all, to monitor water loss. A milliliter of water weighs 1 gram. If you loose enough to give concern that things are drying out then add more water. If maybe a loss of 10 grams was 10% of the water then add 10ml back by dribbling it around but away from the eggs. I would think that a container that is reasonably sealed wouldn't loose more than a few grams of water in a month. It's ok to loose some. You want enough loss to suggest that there is also some level of air exchange that is similar to what the eggs would be exposed to in nature.
A nice digital scale that has a 0.1 gram resolution are affordable.
500 gram max with 0.1gram resolution $10 on sale
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93543
5000 gram max with 1.0 (?) gram resolution $16 on sale
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95364
What the heck, get both
!I use the smaller one to weigh babies (0.4 grams to 1.0 grams typical) and one similar to the bigger one for many other weighing operations that don't require 0.1 gram resolution or when I need to weigh things that are more than 500 grams total.
PardalisGirl
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Congrats on Eggs!
Congratulations to you and your most excellent female! It sounds like you have the incubation situation under control. Now comes the waiting, wondering and occassional fear that things are not going well even though they really are
Congratulations to you and your most excellent female! It sounds like you have the incubation situation under control. Now comes the waiting, wondering and occassional fear that things are not going well even though they really are
