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#1337740
Leafygreen
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 EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
okay, my friends green anole just had an egg and im going to incubate it. tell me if i got this right cause i dont want to screw this egg over. i have an ice chest with a brick on each side and an under water heater under them. on top of the bricks i have one of those wire things you cook with on your grill. the ice chest is filled with water up to the wire thingy and on top of the wire i have a glad container with paralite in it with the egg right below the surface. then i turn the heater on, close the chest and wait. right?!? all help will be mucho appreciated.
thanx leafygreen 
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06/28/07 03:08pm
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#1338083
Leafygreen
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Message To: Leafygreen In reference to Message Id: 1337740
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
alright i changed it a little bit. now i have a glass aquarium with two bricks in it and the wire deal on that. water filled up to the top of the bricks, and a glad container filled with perlite with the egg just under the surface. i have a 4 in., 7.5 watt heater in the water, theres a lid over the glad container with holes in it by the way, then i covered the top with foil. good? bad? terrible? also, will the baby anole crawl to the top of the perlite or do i have to dig around for it? what do i feed it and how? can i make perlite the substrate in the tank until it gets older? will it die if it hatches in the night and i dont get to it until the morning? can i handle it to get it tame (i know not to do it for like, a week or two)? temps and humidity? sorry about all those questions. just want to do this right.
thanx leafygreen
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06/28/07 07:16pm
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#1338127
Atrax27407
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Message To: Leafygreen In reference to Message Id: 1338083
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Get a small/medium deli dish. Punch some small holes in the top to allow for air circulation. Fill it 3/4 full of moist Vermiculite. Make a depression with your thumb and place the Anole egg in in taking care not to turn it from its original position. Cover it lightly with moist Vermiculite and incubate it at 82-85 degrees and it should hatch in 35-40 days. Make sure that you keep the Vermiculite moist and the deli dish cover on.
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06/28/07 07:30pm
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#1338154
Leafygreen
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Message To: Atrax27407 In reference to Message Id: 1338127
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
okay well first could you tell if my incubator will work and second will you answer the other questions?
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06/28/07 07:51pm
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#1338188
Leafygreen
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Message To: Leafygreen In reference to Message Id: 1338154
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
hello, is anyone gonna help me out here?
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06/28/07 08:17pm
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#1338201
Atrax27407
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Message To: Leafygreen In reference to Message Id: 1338188
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
Your incubator theoretically will work but you are complicating things. Use Vermiculite rather than Perlite since it retains moisture much better (Perlite is also a hazard for accidental ingestion). The hatchlings will emerge from the Vermiculite so you will need to have a screen cover for your aquarium. New hatchlings can be fed pinhead crickets, flightless fruit flies wild caught leafhoppers (which they love, by the way).
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06/28/07 08:25pm
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#1338203
Dinox64
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Message To: Leafygreen In reference to Message Id: 1338188
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
I think he just did.You might want to abandon your method and follow his.Or if persistant on your method,continue with it and do what you think needs done.It’s your choice
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06/28/07 08:25pm
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#1338312
Leafygreen
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Message To: Dinox64 In reference to Message Id: 1338203
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
sorry. i wasnt trying to seem bent on using my idea i just didnt want to have to start all over. is there any way i could keep mine but just change a couple things? like switch the perlite for vermiculite? any and all suggestions are welcome and accepted gratefully.
thanx leafygreen
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06/28/07 09:29pm
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#1338386
Leafygreen
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Message To: Leafygreen In reference to Message Id: 1338312
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
i forgot. my temp. right.......now is about 80-85, humidity is about 75-80. i think i need to lower the humidity but i dont know how to do that.
thanx leafygreen
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06/28/07 10:03pm
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#1338451
Atrax27407
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Message To: Leafygreen In reference to Message Id: 1338386
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
The humidity will naturally drop if you let the Vermiculite dry VERY slightly.
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06/28/07 10:46pm
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#1843009
Lupe da killa
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Message To: Atrax27407 In reference to Message Id: 1338451
 EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
How can u tell the temp of ur humidity?
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08/26/08 12:07pm
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#1843091
Atrax27407
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Message To: Lupe da killa In reference to Message Id: 1843009
EGGS!! PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!
That question makes no sense. Temperture and humidity are two different things.
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08/26/08 01:32pm
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