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I just looked closely at egg #2 for more signs of hatching and saw something moving. Got the hand lens and they are little mites!! Crap! I just did a quick pic and upload to webshots, so go to link below and you can see the egg - you can actually see a mite, too! Go to the single egg, last pic (the others are of earlier clutch)

what do I do?

Since #1 was in there for a couple days (moved him to tank this morning) does that mean there may be mites in with him, too??

I HATE mites of ANY sort

thanks!
blotchie egg

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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

I generally have seen little buggies on eggs that were infertile or that have died.

hmmm....can I carefully clean it off and put on fresh substrate or should I just leave it alone and wit for it to mold, shrivel - or (maybe) hatch?

here's a pic of the baby boy!

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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

If it is going to hatch, those mites should not deter that from happening. Dang that's a cute little lizard :O)

John E.

On everything he said. Darn, that is one CUTE little lizard.

Jeal-lous!!!

:0) And yes that lil guy is really a cutey!
Congratulations, mites don't eat much lele, LOL
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PHEve / Eve

Contact PHEve

LOL.

Concurring is a big step for all of us. Eve...I should thank you twice ;O)

Four more eggs already...Wow, now that is quick!

J

Well, apparently Stan IS the man!

goddess lives!

Luna (now deceased) never bred cham had 4 clutches in one year and developing another when she died and little Ana here is driving me crazy! However, I have only one little Stan Jr. to show for all their work! We'll see what this new clutch brings. According to Gary Ferguson (he's a panther cham guy but studied the Utas a long time ago) said she should be slowing down soon. Apparently April - Aug. are the fertile months!

Oh, the irony of all this fertility...I have no kids myself (probably a good thing I never tried, I'd have a herd! lol!!)
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Chameleon Help & Resource Info
1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky
1.0 Beardie - Darwin
1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan for now
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita
0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06
0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06
?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet