Jadzia droppin eggs onto floor

[Fearaffect]

Ok, so this was the first female that I bred with Kern......so was expecting her to lay b4 Kira......I went to go clean her cage out, and I noticed that she had dropped like 3 eggs on the ground at some point. Check her lay box, she hadnt been digging, and checked the plant....nothing....so I went ahead and took everything out leaving her on a branch and washed her cage out. Put everything back in, but this time a 5 gallon lay box for her and in like 5 minutes she dropped another egg out......she hasnt dug or roamed looking for a place to lay.

My question is, and I know the first 3 are no good, but will the eggs still be ok if I get to them in time, even though shes dropping them in the lay box and not digging? Theres about a 1.5ft between her and the dirt in the box.....Ive tried putting her in the box with a screen over it so she'd have no choice but to be in it, but she just hangs upside down trying to get out.....


so.......are the eggs still good, or just feed em to the monitors??

Thanks!

 

[chams1]

Pardon me for not knowing, but what kind of cham eggs are we talking about?? I'm only asking because my carpets don't bother digging and just drop them from wherever they are.

I would imagine that if you get them right away and they haven't dried out, that they should still be good?? But, then again, I'm no expert and here is where I would defer to the more senior of members...

 

[Fearaffect]

Panther Cham......

 

[hemiram04]

Generally when a chameleon lays eggs outside of a lay box they are infertile. I always put them in vermiculite and try them any how. If she is not laying in her lay box then something may not be to her standards (moisture levels, how well the dirt tunnels, etc). I have found that if my panther chameleons dont lay then I put a potted plant in there and they usually lay pretty quick. This method is not always easy because you then have to slowly dig the eggs out. Good luck and hope this helps.

 

[Fearaffect]

Generally when a chameleon lays eggs outside of a lay box they are infertile. I always put them in vermiculite and try them any how. If she is not laying in her lay box then something may not be to her standards (moisture levels, how well the dirt tunnels, etc). I have found that if my panther chameleons dont lay then I put a potted plant in there and they usually lay pretty quick. This method is not always easy because you then have to slowly dig the eggs out. Good luck and hope this helps.

Thanks! Yea there was a potted plant(Ficus) in there and a 6.5qt container for her to start diggin(then I'd put her in a 5gal. container to lay the eggs) but she never even went into the small container.
Oh well, lets hope that the eggs were/are good.....she mated 4 times with Kern and then went non receptive to him.

 

[rnara002]

Ive had a WC panther female drop a whole clutch of eggs on the dirt without digging that were fertile. As long as the eggs arent dried out by the time you find them go ahead and incubate them.

 

[GooglezNvincent]

so i am weird and read this last night before i went to bed, well i had a dream that googles was still alive and she was giving live birth to like 30 chammies. I was a really cool dream, just thought i would share because this thread made me have that dream.

 

[TreelionsUK]

The egg laying site was not suitable for her some are very fussy,you should check the temp of the substrate,Its not true that they only drop infertile eggs,even infertile eggs and laid in the tunnels
What was your substrate?? they favor a dark substrate

 

[PardalisGirl]

Assume they are fertile...

Assume those eggs are fertile. I've had a few females over the years that are too lazy to dig and will just spit them out while hanging on a branch. Once they start doing that I put them in my trash can laying bin. Sometimes they will dig and lay after that and sometimes they will just spit them out without digging. At least they land in a moist substrate and don't dry out so quickly. I would not necessarily give up on eggs that look dry or that are sunken in. I've taken those and put them in a little glass dish with a moist paper towel and covered it with saran wrap for a couple of days. Sometimes they plump up and sometimes they go bad. I've saved a lot that way though

 

[Fearaffect]

Yea, she dropped about 13 eggs last night, on the plastic flooring, and all hard as a rock this morning......

Her substrate for the lay bin is: Bed o Beast/ZooMed Clay Excavating/Potting soil. Very dark and is what I've used for others.....in a 5 gallon bucket.

This is her first time, so I'm chalking it up to that.......

 

[Dez]

my female has laid 3 fertile clutches (all hatching now).. each time she dropped 3 to 11 eggs from the tree before digging...

All the eggs she dropped where bad

 

[Fearaffect]

my female has laid 3 fertile clutches (all hatching now).. each time she dropped 3 to 11 eggs from the tree before digging...

All the eggs she dropped where bad

if they were bad....how r they hatchen??

 

[Dez]

if they were bad....how r they hatchen??

I meant all the 3 to 11 eggs she dropped from the tree where bad.
After she dropped the eggs she dug a day or two later and laid in the dirt. almost all the eggs she laid in the ground, except one or two, where good and are hatching now.

 

[Fearaffect]

I meant all the 3 to 11 eggs she dropped from the tree where bad.
After she dropped the eggs she dug a day or two later and laid in the dirt. almost all the eggs she laid in the ground, except one or two, where good and are hatching now.

Ok, yea that sounds better.....

Hey, the female that laid b4(the one I couldnt "find" the eggs), 2 of her eggs have either mold/fungus(white fuzzy stuff) on them. I took them out from the others. I take it that means they r bad?? If so, could it be infertility or something else?? I have 6 air holes in the container so I dont think it was lack of fresh air and they r on Rapashy incubating medium that I'm trying out.

 

[Dez]

Ok, yea that sounds better.....

Hey, the female that laid b4(the one I couldnt "find" the eggs), 2 of her eggs have either mold/fungus(white fuzzy stuff) on them. I took them out from the others. I take it that means they r bad?? If so, could it be infertility or something else?? I have 6 air holes in the container so I dont think it was lack of fresh air and they r on Rapashy incubating medium that I'm trying out.

I have not used Rapashy incubating medium. I use hatchrite but most everyone else on here seems to use vermiculite... Shouldn't be any issue tho

Anyway, a few eggs from a clutch may go moldy within the first few days after they are laid. If all the other eggs stay mold free and good color then I'd say its safe to assume you have fertile eggs.

 

[Fearaffect]

I have not used Rapashy incubating medium. I use hatchrite but most everyone else on here seems to use vermiculite... Shouldn't be any issue tho

Anyway, a few eggs from a clutch may go moldy within the first few days after they are laid. If all the other eggs stay mold free and good color then I'd say its safe to assume you have fertile eggs.

Thanks, thats what I thought, just making sure......I normally use vermiculite, but thought Id give this stuff a try, really dont like it. It tends to compact and becomes "solid", while the vermiculite stays "fluffy". Havent tried the Hatchrite yet, might try it with next clutch of eggs.....

 

[dondeb562]

I had a veiled drop from a branch and they are over 2 months in and are looking good. She was egg bound though and need ocytocin injections to get the rest out. Be sure to check her belly for any retained eggs.

 

[Fearaffect]

I had a veiled drop from a branch and they are over 2 months in and are looking good. She was egg bound though and need ocytocin injections to get the rest out. Be sure to check her belly for any retained eggs.

I dont know if I can do those injections.....I hate needles!!(as I'm looking at my tats.....lol)

 

[dondeb562]

Oh I totally felt the same way (I pass out at the sight of blood!) but it was much easier then I thought it would be. I had to suck it up. Saved my chams life.

 

[Fearaffect]

Oh I totally felt the same way (I pass out at the sight of blood!) but it was much easier then I thought it would be. I had to suck it up. Saved my chams life.

Where do u inject at?? and what vet do u have for the Rx?

Can u hold my hand while I give the shot??!! LOL