baby veileds hatching and im scared

[CaptainMorgantown]

Hey everyone!

We have babies hatching at the pet store, but we are getting readt to close. I am going to bring them home if I have to, but would it be possible to talk to someone via phone so that I can make sure I am doing everything right? I can't really go back and forth between them and my phone right now, and actually talking to someone while im doing everything will make me feel better.

Thanks

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

Okay, I'm getting more nervous. I have three that are starting to come out, and one has an elbow or something that's trying to get out. If someone could even point me in the direction of a really informative article with a step by step guide to chams hatching, that would be good as well.

 

[Dez]

They will be ok. Put them in a small container like a cricket keeper for the night with some sticks.. or even some wadded up paper towel.

 

[shaunaroxanne]

What are they hatching in? Are they in a container or are they in the adult enclosure? They need to be away from the adults or they will be eaten. If they are in a plastic container where they have been incubating, and if there is no danger of them getting out, they will be fine until morning if the temps don't go terribly low, they will be going to sleep for the night anyway. They usually don't eat right away, it could be a day or two. I wish I had a direct link to a care sheet but I don't. The information is available here on the forum but it's scattered. Maybe someone else will know of a neonate care sheet? But if they are safe for the night, you can go home and do some research. No water dishes or drip pans, they can drown. Tomorrow make sure they have access to regular mistings and fruit flies and/or pinheads. There is more you need to know but this may ease your mind for right now

 

[Dez]

veileds have a tendency to hatch all at once... They will not have to eat for a few days because they are living on the yoke from the egg.

Are the eggs in a container with a lid? you can leave them to hatch out in the container and transfer them to another cage in the morning... OR you can take them home and tranfer them to a cage or bin tonight.

use a cricket keeper OR a tote bin that they can not climb out of

 

[Dez]

SOme things you can keep them in Click: https://www.chameleonforums.com/baby-bins-72646/

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

Thanks for replying

I moved the ones that had started to hatch into a different container to transport them back to my house. They are still on perlite because I didn't know what else to put them on. Right now, things are not looking so well. Nobody at the store checks on the eggs except for me, and everything was fine when I checked in on them last night, but when I got to work today, there was an empty shell, and a baby that was just laying there dead. That is part of the reason I am so nervous right now.

There are three that have started to sweat. One is very very dented and dark, another has an elbow or something sticking out of it, but it isn't moving, and the last one is dented and sweating. I am just really worried about the one with the appendage sticking out.

 

[Dez]

sometimes they sit in the egg for a while before they decide to come out.

Are you sure the baby laying there was really dead? They can come out and then not move for a bit that is not uncommon,. If he WAS really dead it makes me think he was weak and wouldn't have survived even if you where there as soon as he came out.

Veiled babies are usually pretty hardy

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

I'm very sure. When I found him, he was whitish gray and wasn't moving at all. I'm just worried about the one that has an elbow out right now. It looks like the egg shell is squeezed tight around him, and I'm just worried that he is in pain. This is also the first clutch laid by the female. I read that that means the babies are usually weak?

 

[Dez]

I'm very sure. When I found him, he was whitish gray and wasn't moving at all. I'm just worried about the one that has an elbow out right now. It looks like the egg shell is squeezed tight around him, and I'm just worried that he is in pain. This is also the first clutch laid by the female. I read that that means the babies are usually weak?

First clutches are not necessarily weak... different factors can make weak babies.. the health of the mother..if she was in poor health can make the babys weak... Also if they parents are closely related...

Sometimes the eggs incubated get too dry or too wet..all can have an effect on the development.

if you are worried about the baby with the elbow you can try to cut the shell of the egg a little bit.. You can use a razor knife or a small pair of scissors to cut the hole a tad bigger.. Be very careful not the cut the baby of course.

 

[laurie]

How is it going with the babies?

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

One of hatched last night, not the one with the elbow sticking out though. The one that did hatch came out and it was already gray. It moved around a bit, but then just died. I didn't touch it because I didn't want to hurt it or anything. I have three more that look like they are going to come out any minute, plus that one with the elbow sticking out. I think I might try to cut a bit around the elbow, because it just looks really painful. What do you all think I should do about it?

Would it be helpful if I put a picture of them on here?

 

[dcooley08]

yes yes pictures would help tremendously

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

Okay, I just went back and looked at the dates that the chams where laid, and they were laid on March 10th. So isn't it too soon for them to come out of their egg? Two of them are completely shrunk down and are very yellow. Anyone know what is happening?