Eggs!

[DavidBuchan]

So she's 8 months old now, and the first eggs are out. She spent 2 days digging around her Viv, around the nice laying bin I left her.........so I took her out, put a cardboard box over the top of the same bin - and she starts to dig where she should. Yesterday she just sat in a little hole, and it was payday so I had to go out to the gay town with my team for £1 a drink night. I woke up this morning and she's done.......31 good-looking unfertilised eggs. And she'd eaten the Waxworms I left her too. Very happy

 

[Bernie]

I count 31 eggs! Was that all of them?

 

[Rune]

Aww! Good luck! What are you going to do with the babys?

 

[Pilotman800]

Aww! Good luck! What are you going to do with the babys?

It says they're unfertilized. Unfortunately.

 

[Bernie]

Aww! Good luck! What are you going to do with the babys?

Babies from unfertilized eggs? That would be good!

 

[laurie]

I an just curious did she cover the eggs and the picture was after you uncovered them or did she not bother to cover them? It will be fun to see how she celebrate next time you go out for a drink. lol

 

[JackP308]

Babies from unfertilized eggs? That would be good!

the way they were presented in the picture 4, looks like they were headed for incubation though

 

[Bernie]

the way they were presented in the picture 4, looks like they were headed for incubation though

Very true Jack

 

[kinyonga]

Are you sure they're infertile?

 

[jessica]

Are you sure they're infertile?

I was wondering the same thing.

Those are some decent sized pearls you got there

 

[DavidBuchan]

So, she did bury them properly, the pic was from after I uncovered them. There were only 31, and as it's a dry run for proper breeding, I am actually incubating them just for the hell of it. I am 99.9% sure they are unfertilised, but there was one time when for about 2 mins both the vivs were open and my back was turned..........I spotted him in her viv and about to get her.....Like I say, very sure I got there first........

 

[kinyonga]

I could be wrong, but I think they are fertile....but don't get too excited in case I am wrong.

 

[DavidBuchan]

I could be wrong, but I think they are fertile....but don't get too excited in case I am wrong.

Thanks, I'll make sure I keep them incubated. I knew they looked healthy, but how would you tell at this stage?

 

[chameleoman]

she looks so small to be having eggs

 

[Chase]

she looks so small to be having eggs

If you read the above post, you will see they are thought to be unfertilized. If they are indeed fertile, David has already said it was an accidental breeding that happened. Just because the female has eggs, doesn't mean she was bred. The female will naturally cycle and sometimes infertile eggs will be produced.

Thanks, I'll make sure I keep them incubated. I knew they looked healthy, but how would you tell at this stage?

If they are infertile, they will die within days up to a few weeks.

LPR08

 

[DavidBuchan]

If they are infertile, they will die within days up to a few weeks.

LPR08

Thanks, but if they are infertile they can't die, lol. I know what you mean though.....my first Veiled Chameleon was sold to me as a male but went and laid a couple of batches......I incubated them because I'd read that Chams can be parthenogenic (not veileds, I now know). They never hatched, anyway

 

[DavidBuchan]

she looks so small to be having eggs

I know, she looked a lot bigger with the eggs in though.......anyway, I have always intended to breed them, so she has met my male a few times (never without a chaperone ). It was all her, though. She went receptive colours just as she was getting adult patterns, but I kept them totally apart while she was. I'm still really very sure they are unfertilised, despite my respect for kinyongas opinion

 

[DavidBuchan]

Update : She's been eating like a little green horse, and has become very enthusiastic about her mistings.....have seen her drink now!
And the eggs are definitely going bad.
http://www.youtube.com/user/davebuchan81?feature=mhee#p/a/u/1/5GgMlt4cTUU

A link to her eating two mealworms at once......you can hardly tell, 'cos she's so camera shy and I haven't wanted to disturb her and the video quality is rubbish

 

[DavidBuchan]

Here's another one - she's had all her Crickets today, and I had lots of just molted mealworms......She only eats 2, the last one wasn't moving, so don't bother watching the full vid...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbGJMVyF51Q

 

[Dez]

she is so precious! She reminds me of my veiled girl Hazel