How many eggs?

[GooglezNvincent]

So i know some of you Senior Members have a big collection of chams. I want to hear about the maximum amount of eggs you have had at one time. I am at 70 panther eggs right now, with one female that is going to lay her second clutch from retained sperm. Along with a receptive Nosy Be female i might breed.

I wonder if anyone has ever had an exuberant amount like 500 eggs?

 

[Vampire.queen]

Can you imagine a female with 500 eggs inside?
(I know you mean not from only one chameleon but the idea is so funny)

 

[Jonas]

I had a calyptratus who layed 103 eggs once.

 

[Miss Lily]

Lily, my first cham laid two huge infertile clutches - the first of 104 and the second of 102! Where on earth would one begin with that many little green friends all at once, lol!

 

[Jonas]

No way she "beat" mine with one egg! I need photo documentation!

I actually did the mistake of hatching them all. I had no plan for a near 100% hatch success.

 

[Miss Lily]

No way she "beat" mine with one egg! I need photo documentation!

I actually did the mistake of hatching them all. I had no plan for a near 100% hatch success.

Haha! You had over 100 baby veileds all at once?! Thankfully Lily's were infertile. I counted both clutches at least twice as I couldn't believe it! First clutch I originally thought was 103 but I found another egg when I emptied the bin to replace the substrate! Here's a couple of pics Jonas!

First clutch (December 2008):

Second clutch (April 2009):

 

[Jonas]

Well these were big fat fertile eggs, she was NOT happy the last days before laying. Poor thing.

I used some different materials as an experiment, didnt think it would all hatch...

And I think 98 or something like that hatched. Raising them was an adventure, never to be made again!

Here is one of the terrariums i used in the beginning for quite large groups of juveniles.

 

[warpdrive]

wow, great job Jonas.
98 babys all at once...
your food bill must have been crazy.

Harry

 

[Jonas]

Lets just say that I had a lot of opportunities to perfect my recipes for drosophila cultures...

 

[GooglezNvincent]

Any one else have any huge number of eggs at the same time?

 

[Nicodemayo]

I used some different materials as an experiment, didnt think it would all hatch...

They're veiled chameleons, the eggs would have probably hatched if you put them on gravel too.

 

[Jonas]

They're veiled chameleons, the eggs would have probably hatched if you put them on gravel too.

That may be so, but there are more things than just black/white or hatched/non-hatched.

Eggs in peat mulch grew to more than 1.5 times the size than the others, a mixture of materials had slightly earlier hachings, etc. Things like that.

 

[Warrix642]

I would be interested in hearing about the diff hatching materials and what effects that they had on your clutch.

 

[GooglezNvincent]

lol this thread is a mess! ha ha ha i guess we should just turn it into what every one is talking about