ok shes digging

[Frenchie4858]

Hello my female Veiled chameleon, Podo, is finally digging in the pot of soil I put in her enclosure. infertile eggs, but still eggs . Anything I should do while she laying or afterwards?


Jack

 

[kinyonga]

While she is digging, don't let her see you watching her. You can feed and water her when she is up in the branches, but don't leave any uneaten insects in the cage.

After she is done laying the eggs, has filled in the hole and returned to her branches, you can dig up the ehggs. Try not to turn them when you are removing them from the substrate. Have your incubator up and running if you are going to use one.

I use the coarse vermiculite to incubate the eggs in in shoebox sized plastic containers. I poke two very tiny holes in the lids of the containers. I fill them about half full of moist vermiculite. To test for the moisture level of the vermiculite, take a fist full of it and squeeze. If only a drop or two of water comes out it should be right. I lay the eggs in small dents that I have made with my thumb in rows space about 1" apart in all directions. This spacing will make the eggs hatch more individually. The container is only filled half full so that there is "head room" for the babies when they hatch. Put the lids on and place the containers in the dark wherever you intend to incubate them.

For her...make sure she is well watered and fed for a couple of days after and then cut back on her feeding and don't keep her too warm. This will help the next clutch be small or maybe not even be produced.

 

[Frenchie4858]

thanks

she hasn't been bred....they are the infertile eggs they lay when she reaches about 6 months


jack

 

[kinyonga]

You said..."they are the infertile eggs they lay when she reaches about 6 months"...sorry I missed the comment about them being infertile. I would still dig them up to see how they look and how many she laid. Also...veileds CAN lay eggs when they are about 6 months old...but they also can be prevented from laying them and/or the size of the clutch can be controlled by diet and slight adjustments in temperature. I have had female veileds reach the age of 7 without ever having produced a single egg.

 

[Frenchie4858]

thanks I appreciate your help.......

 

[Frenchie4858]

wow

Wow that was quick...I thought it would be all night,,,,have to wait a bit to dig them up and count them.


Jack

 

[Eyal]

I use the coarse vermiculite to incubate the eggs in in shoebox sized plastic containers. I poke two very tiny holes in the lids of the containers. I fill them about half full of moist vermiculite. To test for the moisture level of the vermiculite, take a fist full of it and squeeze. If only a drop or two of water comes out it should be right. I lay the eggs in small dents that I have made with my thumb in rows space about 1" apart in all directions. This spacing will make the eggs hatch more individually. The container is only filled half full so that there is "head room" for the babies when they hatch. Put the lids on and place the containers in the dark wherever you intend to incubate them.

After this, you dont water at all for whole 5-12 months?

 

[kinyonga]

Generally the container is like a mini-eco system and doesn't need any water added...there is condensation on the lid and the sides of the container. Because I take the lid off for a few seconds every few weeks to check on the eggs sometimes the vermiculite will start to dry out a bit. When this happens, I add a little water around the edges of the container....but I do not get water on the eggs.

 

[Eyal]

Nice! I will cover som holes then. Only two small holes needed.

Thank you!