Ambilobe Guy
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Hi I am looking for advice on how I should incubate the eggs of my ambilobe. Also what is the humidity and temp requirements?. Thx
whats the easiest/safest way to incubate my hatchlings...
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Nicodemayo
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Place the eggs in a tuppeware bin with your incubation media of choice. I recommend hatchrite personally. It is a "no guesswork" media, so no water is necessary to add. Some will add water to it later on, but I never do, and since I started using it, I have hatched 3 panther clutches on it so far and a clutch of veileds. Some people prefer vermiculite and make it moist to the point that if you pick up a handful and squeeze, you might manage to get one small drop to come out, and your hand will be nice and moist afterward. place the eggs on their side, and nestle them in so about half of the egg is laying in the medium. I place the eggs close together, like 1cm apart, but some like to space them out. The closer you put them, the more likely they will all hatch at the same time, rather than over a couple months time, but even still, I have had eggs that were practically touching, hatch over a month and half. Place it in a DARK cabinet that sees temperatures from about 67-73 and expect them to hatch around 8 months. There are other methods, but this is my technique and it has no given me any issues so far.
Ambilobe Guy
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Thanks dude!
Dez
Chamalot Chameleons
This is a great article from the chameleon company. He has hatched out many many ambilobes... so he knows what he is talking about 
http://www.chameleoncompany.com/Breeding.html
I also uses hatchrite with success. I did add water to them a few months in. I had a bunch of eggs collapse in on themselves. I thought for sure they where all going bad! But all they needed was a few drops of water and they bounced right back. They are hatching right now!
I place the eggs in a Tupperware container in hatchrite. I then weigh the container with the eggs using a postal scale.
Say one container of eggs and hatchrite weighs 104 grams. Few months later I go and weigh the same container again and it weighs 94 grams. I add drops of water to the hatchrite, not on the eggs, untill the weight is back to 104 grams.
Another tick I learned form the chameleon company is to place all your tuperware egg containers in a larger bin such as a tote bin. Put a little water in the bottom of the larger tote and plac a loose fitting lid on the tote.
My eggs started hatching at 7 and half months....
good luck
http://www.chameleoncompany.com/Breeding.html
I also uses hatchrite with success. I did add water to them a few months in. I had a bunch of eggs collapse in on themselves. I thought for sure they where all going bad! But all they needed was a few drops of water and they bounced right back. They are hatching right now!
I place the eggs in a Tupperware container in hatchrite. I then weigh the container with the eggs using a postal scale.
Say one container of eggs and hatchrite weighs 104 grams. Few months later I go and weigh the same container again and it weighs 94 grams. I add drops of water to the hatchrite, not on the eggs, untill the weight is back to 104 grams.
Another tick I learned form the chameleon company is to place all your tuperware egg containers in a larger bin such as a tote bin. Put a little water in the bottom of the larger tote and plac a loose fitting lid on the tote.
My eggs started hatching at 7 and half months....
good luck
