removed the eggs from a temporalis that died eggbound, what now?

[pssh]

Unfortunately one of my temporalis females has passed. She came to me gravid, and got bigger over the last two weeks. She never attempted to dig and never really looked in distress or sickly at all. She was always alert and moved around just fine, kept on eating until the day or two before she died. I assumed she was going to lay soon, but I guess not. I decided to go ahead and remove the eggs. I found two large (or at least what I think are large) eggs. I have them on vermiculite now. Not sure what's going on with the second one. It's smaller than the first and has a yellow spot on one end and is also dented on the other side (as seen in pictures.) They both seem to have a small 2 mm long x 1 mm wide pink mass on the inside of the eggs (veins perhaps?)

Any advice or tips?

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Put them in a deli cup with some(3-4in) of moist vermiculite and put in your closet to incubate

 

[Syn]

You could try incubating them, however that egg with the yellow spot looks to be under-calcified? Chances are it will mold over, at least with my experience with eggs.

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

You could try incubating them, however that egg with the yellow spot looks to be under-calcified? Chances are it will mold over, at least with my experience with eggs.

I had an egg like this and indeed it was un-calcified but i incubated it anyways..and i still got a baby! Thats not always the case sadly so SYN its good thing you mentioned that!

 

[Syn]

I had an egg like this and indeed it was un-calcified but i incubated it anyways..and i still got a baby! Thats not always the case sadly so SYN its good thing you mentioned that!

Uh, alright.

Very interesting that you still got a baby. Did it happen to have any defects, (not limited to physical)?

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

Uh, alright.

Very interesting that you still got a baby. Did it happen to have any defects, (not limited to physical)?

No it had no defects what so ever

 

[Syn]

No it had no defects what so ever

Well, not short term at least. Sounds neat.

 

[Olimpia]

I assume that the pink is where the embryos have attached and are starting to form. From what small experience I have with reptile eggs, non-viable eggs don't have the pink spot. So there might be life in there yet! Unfortunately that's about all I can contribute to helping you.

So sorry about your female

 

[pssh]

I wasn't sure if I was seeing an embryo or not. I've always read that it takes a while before you see anything.

We'll see if the smaller egg hatches.

 

[pssh]

Blargh, this egg is taking forever to hatch guys. It's HUGE though. I looked at the pink mass and it doesn't even take up half the egg! When can I expect this baby to come out? I think I can see the body outline though. I've kept it around 70, which is warmer than the Pygmy cage (ambient) by two or so degrees. I mean, if the embryo had already started to develop before it was removed from the female, doesn't that suggest that it would take less time to hatch?

Oh yeah, that second egg molded over and got nasty.

 

[Trace]

Maybe it's because the temporalis have a longer incubation time compared to other commonly kept pygmy species. It's been years and years since I bred them but if I remember correctly my incubation times were 120-150 days at cooler room termperatures.

Keep incubating that egg; they are cute little babies.

 

[pssh]

Awe poop. If I raised the temp 2 degrees F would that be good or bad? I hate eggs. They make you wait and wait and wait!

I didn't find any information on incubation time, so that was helpful. Thanks I like these little Pygmies. They always look angry when they see me. I really like their little noses and their tails are so long!

 

[Chase]

Awe poop. If I raised the temp 2 degrees F would that be good or bad? I hate eggs. They make you wait and wait and wait!

I didn't find any information on incubation time, so that was helpful. Thanks I like these little Pygmies. They always look angry when they see me. I really like their little noses and their tails are so long!

http://www.chameleonnews.com/07FebHildenhagen.html

Scroll down to Temporalis section. Has a short part about reproduction.

LPR08

 

[pssh]

I wonder how I missed that?!? Thanks.

 

[Chase]

I wonder how I missed that?!? Thanks.

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