Yeah that's almost how mine looked when she arrived, very thick in the middle but no defined bulge. I cringed watching him dig them out, I'm glad I mixed dirt in with my sand because I forgot just how solid wet sand is!
If the eggs are just laid, they haven't developed to a point where you really need to be too careful. This is @Action Jackson's (Craig Durbin at Primo Chameleons) video. I bet good money that those eggs will hatch because he is the only guy to consistently breed and hatch out parson's chameleons and one of the few people to hatch out Furcifer bifidus. This man knows what he is doing.
Then I retract my statement! Good to know that. I'll be keeping a lookout for his babies down the line, I may get a couple of them to add to the project!
I've just always been very careful when digging up eggs. I always would rather err on the side of caution.
No worries. I’ve only ever damaged one egg and I’ve dug up a ton of them. These eggs were fine but last I checked they were going bad so apparently they were infertile. I need to check them again to see how they look.
Well at least the females are doing alright... Best of luck with them! I'm really loving my pair, maybe down the road we can trade babies! lol
Sorry to hear they are going bad.
That's great news that she started digging again! Sounds like you are on the right track!
Don't let her see you watching her when she's digging! You're going to push her towards eggbinding.
Yeah, it was not the plan. I dusted some roaches and set them in a cup in her cage about 10 minutes after I put her back, and she had already started digging by then! One of those things you just have to roll with, I guess.
It was an old towel that wasn't sitting flat against the front of the cage, it was dark blue. I'm still using the same thing and I don't think there's any issue, since she felt secure enough to begin digging.
No worries, 'tis the ebb and flow of chameleon keeping--especially with wild caughts but even for CB at times. Sometimes I get really stressed out when it should theoretically be a relaxing hobby. But the more experience you gain, the more that stress goes away. It is simply fearing the unknown. "Will see become egg bound?" or "Will she pass away?" You have to find a way to relax in the presence of these questions. If you are giving them your all, there is nothing more you can do. Just keep up to date on the latest info, take a deep breath, and relax.
Also, your replies haven't been weird so don't worry haha
Thankfully the chams aren't the issue today, but unluckily the problem is with my giant reef tank. Nitrates tanked overnight and dinoflagellates bloomed and suffocated the majority of my fish and coral, most of which I've been growing for 3 years. I lost my summer income through coral I was going to sell, so I'm kind of totally stuck at the moment. Luckily, the chams are peaceful right now, so that's really nice.
It's a really good hobby, don't get me wrong. I'm currently working to spawn some coral (in a separate tank, thank goodness) and it's been a joy to do. I just hadn't been paying my big tank enough attention to deal with pests and problems before it blew up in my face. They are like teens, you can let them go on their own for the most part but you still need to watch them until they mature xD
