chams1
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I have gotten a few requests for an update on those CB Melleri eggies that are cooking at my house, so here goes:
For background information, see https://www.chameleonforums.com/update-melleri-eggs-38019/. The temps have been kept 68-72 degrees at all times and yesterday was the 2 month incubation mark for this clutch.
I had some issues a few weeks ago, however. In 2 of the bins (1 in particular), I noticed that most of the eggs were developing some "fuzz" on the egg. It was almost like the beginnings of mold, but not all-out mold. I have had other species' eggs mold over before and this was looking slightly different. I didn't think it was too wet in there to harbor mold growth but I still put out my feelers anyway for possible solutions to this. I have been anxietal about these eggs since they were laid (for obvious reasons) and I was not about to lose 15+ at one time. A couple of people told me that they have used anti-fungal foot powder before on eggs for mold (whether cham eggs or otherwise) so I figured I would give it a shot. So, I went and got some Lotrimin anti-fungal foot powder at the local Walgreens (it was the only kind they had in powder form) and I carefully made a thin line of powder in a criss-cross pattern in between all the eggs. I was certainly not going to place it directly on the egg just in case. SHAZAM!!! The next day...... no more fuzz!
Then, I had another issue: The eggs in the perlite containers didn't look so hot and 3 of them had oozed out and were beginning to mold over. It was obvious that those 3 had died, so I took them out and cut them open to see if there was an embryo inside. No embryos in those, so I didn't feel so bad that those ones had "died". But, I still wasn't too keen on the perlite. It was entirely too dry so I added a bit of water. Then it seemed to soak the stuff and I was worried about the remaining eggs getting too wet, so I decided to just replace the substrate alltogether in those 2 bins and just went with the vermiculite, which I am very familiar with. Right after I put the eggs back in, you could see the moisture going into the eggs. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but when I checked in on them the next day, they looked really good, which put me at ease (a little).
So, after the 3 that died, we are still at 56 eggs that are still going strong.
For background information, see https://www.chameleonforums.com/update-melleri-eggs-38019/. The temps have been kept 68-72 degrees at all times and yesterday was the 2 month incubation mark for this clutch.
I had some issues a few weeks ago, however. In 2 of the bins (1 in particular), I noticed that most of the eggs were developing some "fuzz" on the egg. It was almost like the beginnings of mold, but not all-out mold. I have had other species' eggs mold over before and this was looking slightly different. I didn't think it was too wet in there to harbor mold growth but I still put out my feelers anyway for possible solutions to this. I have been anxietal about these eggs since they were laid (for obvious reasons) and I was not about to lose 15+ at one time. A couple of people told me that they have used anti-fungal foot powder before on eggs for mold (whether cham eggs or otherwise) so I figured I would give it a shot. So, I went and got some Lotrimin anti-fungal foot powder at the local Walgreens (it was the only kind they had in powder form) and I carefully made a thin line of powder in a criss-cross pattern in between all the eggs. I was certainly not going to place it directly on the egg just in case. SHAZAM!!! The next day...... no more fuzz!
Then, I had another issue: The eggs in the perlite containers didn't look so hot and 3 of them had oozed out and were beginning to mold over. It was obvious that those 3 had died, so I took them out and cut them open to see if there was an embryo inside. No embryos in those, so I didn't feel so bad that those ones had "died". But, I still wasn't too keen on the perlite. It was entirely too dry so I added a bit of water. Then it seemed to soak the stuff and I was worried about the remaining eggs getting too wet, so I decided to just replace the substrate alltogether in those 2 bins and just went with the vermiculite, which I am very familiar with. Right after I put the eggs back in, you could see the moisture going into the eggs. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, but when I checked in on them the next day, they looked really good, which put me at ease (a little).
So, after the 3 that died, we are still at 56 eggs that are still going strong.
