Pygmy Chameleon Is Finally Digging!

[Chase]

Hello! Thanks to all who have helped me through this ruff time. I'm really excited because I've had her for a month and she was already halfway through being gravid and she is now digging. Shes not really digging where I wanted her to but I guess I can't control that. So, I don't have pictures of the eggs or the mother after she layed to show the difference but I will as soon as she lays and I'll have a picture of the eggs, I hope the eggs hatch fine!

Thanks to all who have helped me!

LPR08

 

[tryme]

Good luck mate hope they are going to do well like mine currently are: D

 

[kinyonga]

Don't let her see you watching her when she is digging.

 

[Chase]

I know, I had to go to the mall and I went in there to feed them and she is laying right now, I can see two eggs and she has three. I'm excited

 

[Chase]

She laid all three! Really good size, I will post pictures in a couple minutes, I have to eat and dig em up. This is exciting. I can't wait until they hatch!

 

[Justin Carl]

Congrats LPR08!
Best of luck with incubation and the babies.
Keep us posted in a couple of months

 

[Chase]

Well, here is the pictures! Sorry if they come out blurry, The eggs look good. I think

 

[Arrow]

They look great!

And, she looks really ready for a nap! Congrats, and please keep us posted on how they do.

 

[Chase]

Don't worry I have been so worried that she would become eggbound its not even funny. I thought I would have to buy 2 more Brevs. Being that the male died for some odd reason. Hopefully I can hatch these.

 

[Chase]

Well, two days after she has layed eggs and looking good, I'm guessing they are good because they haven't caved in. I'm guessing correctly right?

 

[Julirs]

I would imagine those eggs are perfectly good-what are you incubating them in?

 

[Chase]

Just at room temperature, in a little oz cup that I get from a LPS. They are on Coconut Fiber, but I will be getting Hatch-Rite so I will be putting them on that after I get it. That is all I have but I will be getting the Hatch-Rite.

 

[Julirs]

Don't let them dry up-you could also go to Home Depot and get some Vermiculite.

 

[Chase]

I'm not, I spray the Coconut Fiber everyday, its always moist. Thats true, I might get some of that. But the Coconut Fiber is working so far though.

 

[Chase]

Ok, almost one week update! Eggs bigger than they were when they were layed. Definitly fertile! Will post pictures next week because they still look the same as last week just fatter. Thanks everyone for the support!

 

[Chase]

2 week update! All look great. I have one question though. One has a yellow spot on it. It has been there for a week so I am guessing it is fine? Also, I looked at the substrate and it was soaked! I sqeezed it out and a big puddle came out. But now it is damp. I was just wondering if that yellow spot could be from over moisture?

Thanks,

LPR08

 

[Julirs]

Over wet substrate will drown the embryos-it may be going bad.

 

[Chase]

Well I dryed it out. It is just that one. But it might go back to normal right?

 

[PNsSP]

i wouldnt worry to much about the yellow spot. Mine get some like that occasionally and i still have the babies, nearly 5 months old now. if ur spraying them everyday and ur media is that wet then make sure u dry it out a bit. Try not to spray the eggs directly either, just around them and a few small squirts from a hand mister should be fine for a few days. mark the tops too just in case and dont underestimate their hardiness.

congrats! goodluck! =P

 

[Chase]

If I put Sharpie on it, will it go through the egg? Also, I did dry it up, its how it supposed to be, is it ok it I get some on the eggs occasionally? Also, how big do the eggs get when they are about to hatch, I was wondering that because they are about 1/4 of an Inch in diameter and probably 3/8 of an Inch long, how much bigger will they get?

Thanks,

LPR08