jajeanpierre
Chameleon Enthusiast
My gracilior laid her second clutch for me. She was imported early February and laid her first clutch of 14 eggs March 15. Two of those eggs looked bad when I dug them up. They were a greyer, duller and smaller. They eventually collapsed. The other eggs still seem good, but they are my first clutch, so I don't have experience of knowing what "good" looks like.
On June 2nd, she laid her second clutch of 16 eggs. All seemed a nice bright whitish color, but about half had flattened sides. You know the way grapes will have one or more flattened sides from being packed tightly?
She has not been introduced to a male in my care, so any fertile eggs likely come from a gracilior still in the wild.
When I noticed the eggs were misshapen as I dug them up, I put them in vermiculite that was a bit too wet for about 12 hours and then switched them over to a proper 1:1 ratio of water/vermiculite by weight. Twelve hours or so after I dug them up, they seemed less angular and not as obviously flattened.
These are only my second eggs I've ever dug up so I don't know how hard they normally tamp down the earth, in this case damp coco fiber substrate. I thought she really packed the ground down very tightly. (I wish she could help me pack down the earth behind a retaining wall I am building.)
Has anyone had experience with misshapen eggs when dug up a few hours after laying? What was the outcome?
I've attached pictures but don't know if they show what I am talking about.
On June 2nd, she laid her second clutch of 16 eggs. All seemed a nice bright whitish color, but about half had flattened sides. You know the way grapes will have one or more flattened sides from being packed tightly?
She has not been introduced to a male in my care, so any fertile eggs likely come from a gracilior still in the wild.
When I noticed the eggs were misshapen as I dug them up, I put them in vermiculite that was a bit too wet for about 12 hours and then switched them over to a proper 1:1 ratio of water/vermiculite by weight. Twelve hours or so after I dug them up, they seemed less angular and not as obviously flattened.
These are only my second eggs I've ever dug up so I don't know how hard they normally tamp down the earth, in this case damp coco fiber substrate. I thought she really packed the ground down very tightly. (I wish she could help me pack down the earth behind a retaining wall I am building.)
Has anyone had experience with misshapen eggs when dug up a few hours after laying? What was the outcome?
I've attached pictures but don't know if they show what I am talking about.
