Kinyongia multituberculata eggs

[jdog1027]

On 8/22 my female Usambara laid her first fertile clutch of 7 eggs. I'm using a real low tech approach to incubation, but so far I'm having an easy time keeping some good temperatures. So far I'm averaging about 67 at about 5:30-6:00am, 71 mid-day and about 69 in the pm when I start to cool down. The lowest reading so far has been 44F at 2:45am and the highest has been at 1:20 pm at 76.5F. Any advice is most welcome.

 

[Seeco]

44F thats crazy! I can say from experience that it may be survivable OR it may be lethal. Considering the possible export ban from Tanzania I say it is time to spend some money on heat providing gadgets.

 

[jdog1027]

Talk to me- Give some acceptable parameters in your experience. I've surfed and surfed for any info on incubating these guys, and guess what-there's none. Anything I plug into the search is just bringing up chameleonforums threads, but no specifics. I've resorted to reading almanacs and African feild guides for details on weather readings,.... TALK TO ME!!!!

 

[Seeco]

Hahahaha well maybe we should do an expedition to the Usambaras. I'll PM you.

 

[Alexl]

Some informations from german breeders (http://chamaeleons-online.com/wiki/Kinyongia_multituberculata

Incubation succeeded with following temperatures:
Night drop to approximately 63 F, continuing increase of day temperature after 180 days from 70-72 F to 75-77 F

You may ask Marcus or Peter, they've both got multituberculata offspring as far as I know.

 

[jdog1027]

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[thephotoprincess]

My girl laid 16 eggs this past Sunday. Since my incubator is full I'm low tech as well. They are in our closet. Temps range from the low 60s at night to high 60s -70ish during the day. I think I'm going to have to spring for a second incubator for the long term though.

 

[melric]

I read a bit here and it sounded good. So here goes.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/breeding-kinyongia-multituberculata-32791/

 

[Cainschams]

Id say keep them between 65 and 70. You can do this with one of those mini fridges from thinkgeek.com or LLL sells one that is slightly better for slightly more. Like 120$ or something. That is what I use and I have had 100% hatch rate on 3 clutches of K. tavetana. There is a good article on multis on chameleonnews.com.