pygmy chameleon laid an egg???

[fishinmyhead]

hi! so, i have had reptiles before, but never reptile eggs and i THINK my pygmy chameleon laid an egg today. i think i have a male and female in my tank. i looked in my tank today and i saw one egg.. i took it out and put it in a tupperware with moist vermiculite. the tupperware is ventilated and at room temp (around 70-75 degrees) am i missing anything? is this a picture of an egg or am i just crazy? is it normal for it to be kind of pinkish? or.. redish and transparent with kind of a hard shell with tiny ridges? (from what i could see i didnt squeeze the egg or anything)
please help. thanks!!!

 

[kinyonga]

Pinkish is usually fertile...looks fertile to me!
And they don't take nearly as long as some chameleons to hatch!
When you say ventilated...you don't mean without a lid or with more than just a couple of tiny holes in a solid lid, do you??
What temperature are you keeping it at?

 

[fishinmyhead]

yay! im glad its fertile. it is in a tupperware with a few holes on top and the holes have a mesh-like fabric over them to prevent contamination. is that ok???
and the temp is my room temp which is 75 degrees f.
i hope this is all ok!!
thanks for all of your help!
am i right to assume it will hopefully hatch in about a month an a half?
and how often do females lay eggs anyway?

 

[dartfrog]

Hi there, depending on what species of pygmys they are I would say nearer 3 months thats if they are Brevs (Bearded pygmys) Mine have always taken this long. Congrats is there def only one egg? Heatherxxx

 

[fishinmyhead]

i looked everywhere (carefully) and only saw one egg. i dont know how much digging the females do to hide the eggs but i did not go too crazy moving things around. if there was another egg i didnt want to squish it.
seems weird though because all the info i have read says they lay 2 to 4... hmm.. maybe its her first time? i know with cats there first litter is a small one. usually.
if it hatches i will post pics!