My female Glen Canyon chuck just laid 7 eggs. Do these incubate the same as collard lizards? What is the incubation period? Thanks for any info. First time with chucks!
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Chuckawalla eggs
gahlenfr
Jul 20, 2005 02:35 PM
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herper
Jul 22, 2005 12:20 AM
Not sure about the eggs. Just curious what your chucks look like. You wouldn't happen to have pics of the parents, would you?
PHEve
Jul 22, 2005 07:34 AM
The substrate should not be really damp like ya would with bearded dragon eggs , iggies, even collared
I believe these are the proper ratio's of water/substrate measured out ( 100 grams of vermiculite and add 65 or 70 grams of water.) Try not to guess !
And you incubate at 85 to 90 degrees, I'm pretty sure
You can give tgreb a holler by clicking any of his older posts, I know he will know everything you to to know about incubation.
Hope they do well, let us know
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PHEve/ Eve
PHEve
Jul 22, 2005 07:47 AM
I believe it can take 70 - 90 days!
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PHEve/ Eve
gahlenfr
Jul 22, 2005 08:39 AM
I will get some pictures this weekend. Dry is a relative term so let me tell you how I did it and someone can correct me. I moistened the vermiculite and then squeezed all of the water out so that it would clump but not have water coming out. Hope that makes sense... The temp is ( - a degree or so) 88 degrees.
PHEve
Jul 22, 2005 09:50 AM
Here is what I have written down from a well know breeder
incubate in vermiculite with a .65:1 ratio of water to vermiculite by weight.
It will seem very dry, but take it from me, you don't want any more water than that. Make it easy and take a container add 100 grams of vermiculite and add 65 or 70 grams of water.
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gahlenfr
Jul 22, 2005 01:23 PM
Thank you very much. I have setup another box with that precise mixture, brought it up to temp and transferred the eggs. We will know in 70-90 days I guess. The waiting is the difficult part when it is your first time!
PHEve
Jul 22, 2005 04:03 PM
hard even when itsNOT your first time, ehehheheh I have not mated my chucks and have not had chuck eggs, but I breed collareds ,and have agama eggs, and leaftail gecko eggs, and I never get used to the WAIT, 
It's very "EGGCITING" watching them hatch, YOU will love it, just a wonderous thing (Always) I wish you all the best!
Keep us updated!
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