Have you heard anything from Camillo about his eggs? I thought for sure we'd have news by now, but maybe he's busy with school. Hope everything's okay.
Nope, not heard a thing from him in a while... which is surprising... Hey Camillo.. you out there somewhere?
They died. School had kept me after for too long, and so I didn't have a chance to re-water them. It's like you said, dehydration is the biggest killer of young anoles *in this case, really really really young anoles*. Oh, well. Cammy's vet said that I must have been doing something right. He also said that, the next time we have eggs, we should: 1. Line a Critter Keeper with lead. 2. Put the Critter Keeper in a 10-gallon cage. 3. Fill the 10-gallon with water 4. Put a water heater in the water and set it for 75 degrees 5. Put the eggs in the Critter Keeper. This will keep the temp steady and solve the dehydration problem. I'll try that next time.
I'm not sure about lining with lead, but the rest sounds good. It's a good way to make a quick make-shift incubator. The lead thing worries me though, isn't lead supposed to be poisonous? I wouldn't think it'd be too good for eggs that absorb outside elements. Here I just misted the tank a couple of times a day and left the temps to themselves. The wild ones are hatching out in natural temps here, so that's how I left it.
I think he meant that he put the eggs in, say, vermiculite or potting soil, and then put those separate containers in a small cage lined with lead. Besides, we live in Indiana, home of the cold winters. Here, we have to worry about lizards' temperatures.
Yeah, but still, you shouldn't need to do that. The aquarium heater should keep the temps & humidity up enough. Just cover the top of the 10 gallon with cling film to help keep the humidity in, don't use a regular tank hood with screen.
Sorry to hear they didn't make it. For our incubator we just used a heating pad set on low with a towel between it and the container. Filled the Tupperware container 1/4 full with damp vermiculite, put that in another container (old candy container for strawberry marshmallows cleaned with hot water an vinegar a few times) and kept an eye on the eggs. We din't even need to mist the eggs as the containers kept humidity in,but let the air flow thru as well. Seemed to work okay. Hope you have better luck next time!
