Viable egg?

[Nursemaia]

I bought this panther egg off the Internet around Christmas last year and it's supposed to hatch June 23rd. Does it still look like a viable egg? I monitor it's humidity as instructed and keep it around 70 degrees. I know bad eggs mold but not sure what that looks like. Thanks

 

[Nursemaia]

It did have a blue line on it to let me know which side was up and that line as sorta gotten blurry with time

 

[cyberlocc]

It still looks viable to me, maybe others can chime in though.

I hope you have FF cultures going, and pinheads. Buying an egg is a very bad idea, unless you are a very experienced cham keeper.

I think its bad when people sell 1 month olds now they are selling eggs this is getting out of hand.

If you want to know for sure I think you can take a flashlight to the egg.

If you dont mind me asking who sold you an egg?

 

[cyberlocc]

I found it and I just have to say wow!

This is just sad.

 

[alphakenc]

I bought this panther egg off the Internet around Christmas last year and it's supposed to hatch June 23rd. Does it still look like a viable egg? I monitor it's humidity as instructed and keep it around 70 degrees. I know bad eggs mold but not sure what that looks like. Thanks

That egg did not look good in my eyes,usually the egg shell should look whiter color,if u wants to make sure,you can use a flashlight method shine on it jus to see if u can see any development inside that egg,since its almost in June,good luck with that egg,hopefully Im wrong !!

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

Don't mess with it! Just be patient! Too much light and handling could mean the end to it! Patience little grasshopper!

 

[Nicholasdeaan]

Just leave it be! A member recently posted about a Parsons egg hatching months late! Patience!

 

[alphakenc]

Here is some great info to learn how to candle ur eggs
https://www.chameleonforums.com/thr...w-to-tell-if-your-eggs-are-good-or-bad.97887/

 

[cyberlocc]

I would not bet on June 23, I found the ebay seller to which you bought it from. He is claiming his eggs hatch after 5 months which is rare from what I have read. He only sends eggs less than a month old so its going to be awhile.

He is on a forum, claiming he can hacth panthers after 4 months which he is quickly called out on.

I wouldn't start to worry till December.

Someone correct me if I am wrong but isnt even a bad thing to speed hacth?

 

[Nursemaia]

It still looks viable to me, maybe others can chime in though.

I hope you have FF cultures going, and pinheads. Buying an egg is a very bad idea, unless you are a very experienced cham keeper.

I think its bad when people sell 1 month olds now they are selling eggs this is getting out of hand.

If you want to know for sure I think you can take a flashlight to the egg.

If you dont mind me asking who sold you an egg?

My mom found a seller on ebay and got my the egg for Christmas

 

[cyberlocc]

My mom found a seller on ebay and got my the egg for Christmas

Well that was cool of her, it would be an aswemeome experience just high risk is what worries me. I would hate for you to lose your egg . Or even worse the baby.

But we just have to have hope all will be good . I wouldn't hold faith in that date you were given though.

 

[Nursemaia]

I thought about doing the candle trick to see if it's viable but I don't want to handle it and possibly damage it. I'm fully aware of the care a newborn will require and I'm prepared to handle it. I've done plenty of research and I've had chams for a long time so I'm a fairly experienced keeper.

 

[cyberlocc]

I thought about doing the candle trick to see if it's viable but I don't want to handle it and possibly damage it. I'm fully aware of the care a newborn will require and I'm prepared to handle it. I've done plenty of research and I've had chams for a long time so I'm a fairly experienced keeper.

very good .

I think the egg is fine as long as it doesn't collapse and mold over. I am not an expert nor positive, but I have read something along those lines a few times .

 

[Nursemaia]

If it hatches, I think I can do alright with the baby. Good to know that the I shouldn't count on the date I was given and the link that was posted was great. I appreciate the advice. I am keeping it right around 70 degrees because I read that if it incubates at a slightly cooler temp it will be larger when it hatches and have a better chance of survival but that it will take longer to hatch

 

[Nursemaia]

very good .

I think the egg is fine as long as it doesn't collapse and mold over. I am not an expert nor positive, but I have read something along those lines a few times .

Awesome. I knew about the mold but not about it collapsing. It's still nice and round. I just wasn't sure what to look for and getting excited about a new baby.

 

[bobcochran]

I'm sorry to say that egg doesn't look good. It should be solid white and dry looking not wet.
It's a risk to buy an egg, have it shipped, and have no guarantee that it is fertile.

 

[jajeanpierre]

I'm sorry to say that egg doesn't look good. It should be solid white and dry looking not wet.
It's a risk to buy an egg, have it shipped, and have no guarantee that it is fertile.

As Bob said, the egg should be a dry, chalky solid white, but it still might hatch.

That egg didn't get a lot of calcium for whatever reason. An egg like that sometimes splits open as it grows, since it doesn't have a good strong shell to handle the pressure of the growing embryo.

I believe the thin shell will also make it easier for bacteria to pass into the egg. When the egg is laid, it is coated in an antibacterial fluid which protects it but that protection might not work with such a poor quality shell. Chicks can develop an infection (egg yolk peritonitis) from bacteria entering their egg before hatch. They hatch normally, don't eat and die in a couple of days. I don't know what that kind of infection looks like in chameleons but I might be about to find out.

I had a quad female lay a clutch that was three times the normal size--29 eggs. It was an awful looking clutch and I debated tossing them all but incubated them anyway. The vet said there were just too many eggs for her to properly calcify them. Most of the eggs had yellow patches where you could see the egg yolk through the shell. Some molded over right away but most grew. They were a variety of sizes and shapes and looked just awful.

Some split open, killing the embryos. They are hatching now.

Here's a picture of one that hatching now. The first picture was taken yesterday. The egg really has no calcium on one end--it's transparent. These are the last four eggs. I woke up early this morning and had to check--the baby's head is out of the egg.