fox3060
New Member
Hey guys and gals,
Well I got what I would call a bit of a surprise the other day... A few months ago I built a partitioned cage for both my male and female cams, saves me space to put them in the same cage. Some how my girl (melonia) ended up on tango's side and I noticed a bit mark on her neck.
No color change, until a few weeks past then she displayed dark colors with the tell tale yellow blotching, I figured she had been inseminated when the two were together.
A few months past and I noticed her a little antsy and uncomfortable, moving all around and wouldn't stay put, so I ran to PetSmart and picked up some sand and coconut bark and whipped up some egg laying substrate. I had it in her cage for a while and she could care less.
Well this past weekend she exhibited the same behavior so I tossed in the laying sand again, sure enough she dug for a day and a half and deposited 39 little eggs.
Now my questions start:
1) I've heard of chams naturally producing egg clutches as a part of life cycle, however do they show fertile colors with just black clutches?
2) Currently I have the eggs in a tupperware container ~2 inches deep, half full of the egg laying sand with the eggs on top, I've misted them once (lightly), and their temp is at about 72. ( can I just leave them like so misting them once in a while till they hatch?
3) How much time needs to pass to determine if in fact these are viable eggs, and how will I be able to tell?
4) So many egg threads, any recommendations on the best egg care thread?
Thanks everyone, and I'm really hoping these little buggers hatch.
T
Well I got what I would call a bit of a surprise the other day... A few months ago I built a partitioned cage for both my male and female cams, saves me space to put them in the same cage. Some how my girl (melonia) ended up on tango's side and I noticed a bit mark on her neck.
No color change, until a few weeks past then she displayed dark colors with the tell tale yellow blotching, I figured she had been inseminated when the two were together.
A few months past and I noticed her a little antsy and uncomfortable, moving all around and wouldn't stay put, so I ran to PetSmart and picked up some sand and coconut bark and whipped up some egg laying substrate. I had it in her cage for a while and she could care less.
Well this past weekend she exhibited the same behavior so I tossed in the laying sand again, sure enough she dug for a day and a half and deposited 39 little eggs.
Now my questions start:
1) I've heard of chams naturally producing egg clutches as a part of life cycle, however do they show fertile colors with just black clutches?
2) Currently I have the eggs in a tupperware container ~2 inches deep, half full of the egg laying sand with the eggs on top, I've misted them once (lightly), and their temp is at about 72. ( can I just leave them like so misting them once in a while till they hatch?
3) How much time needs to pass to determine if in fact these are viable eggs, and how will I be able to tell?
4) So many egg threads, any recommendations on the best egg care thread?
Thanks everyone, and I'm really hoping these little buggers hatch.
T