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Hello, I bought Chameleon last week from a reptile show, and I noticed her digging around the bottom of her cage. I put a bucket with about 6" of sand in it, and she layed some eggs. I was wondering how I can tell if they are fertil or not. I don't know if she has been with any other males or not. I would also like to know the best way to incubate eggs. I have only incubated leopard gecko eggs before using an aquarium with a few inches of water and an aquarium heater. any information will be greatly appreciated

thankyou, April

If they are not fertile then they will mould after a while. I'm not sure how long lol but i don't think it is more than a week or two.

if they are fertile, they should be white, maybe even off white. take some vermiculite and a rubber maid type container, mix the vermiculite with some water until it is damp, but not dripping with water. place a couple of inches of verm. into the container, and place the eggs on top. you can put them about halfway into the vermiculite if you want. they should be incubated around 75 degrees or so. it takes 6-9 months for them to hatch. if you need anything else, just let me know.

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forgot something.........you will need to place a couple of small holes in the lid of the container for ventilation. check your eggs daily in the begining, if they start to mold, they may be bad, or they may be too wet. if they start to shrivel and "dent" then they are dehydrated. add a littl water, being careful not to add too much, and without getting the eggs too wet.
this helped me out a lot

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