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#1775501
Jrg6381
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Egg - Did I kill it? 
Ok, so I bought my first Anole (Ophelia) at one of those huge flee market things about two days ago. Today I removed a rock from her tank and found a tiny egg. Surprise! Anyway, I took it out of the tank and put it in a plastic cup with moist soil and put plastic rap over it (poked some holes too, just in case eggs breathe or something).
I read on this forum that you are to make sure that the egg doesn’t turn. I hadn’t known this at the time, and I can say that it definitely turned. Is it as good as dead or is there a chance it is still alive? What exactly does turning the eggs do to the baby?
If it is still possibly alive, what do I do now? Everyone says to keep it at at least 80 degrees, but how do I do that without an incubator? And how "moist" should I keep the egg? The breeder at the market had his eggs sitting in water as deep as the eggs are tall, but the internet says this is bad news bears.
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06/27/08 12:45pm
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#1777819
Coolguy132435
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Message To: Jrg6381 In reference to Message Id: 1775501
Egg - Did I kill it?
ok...there is a fair chance that the egg is still good. I incubate my eggs in a very simple way. Take a small gladware container, fill it partially with potting soil or vermiculite(vermiculite is mixed with water at a specific ratio, read the post titled Mating Rituals for the correct info.) Keep it moist but not damp or soaked. Make a small imprint in the substrate that it is being kept in and carefully place the egg in this. Keep it heated around 85 degrees Fahrenheit. This can be accomplished with a small lamp above the container with an ordinary lightbulb. I have my gladware container in a soil-less 10 gallon and the lamp is above the 10 gallon on top of its screen. Oh....big one....make sure to put lots of airholes in the container. I put lots of little holes and one big hole with suffiecient space for the anoles to crawl out of into the 10 gallon once they have hatched. No clue why the breeder would use water as a hatching medium. Anole eggs can certainly survive in it though. Tropical anoles on islands have eggs that are frequently battered by hurricanes and eggs can be completely submerged in water and still survive! Good Luck with the egg!
~~Chase Leinart aka coolguy132435~~
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06/29/08 06:35pm
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#1777823
Coolguy132435
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Message To: Jrg6381 In reference to Message Id: 1775501
Egg - Did I kill it?
ok...there is a fair chance that the egg is still good. I incubate my eggs in a very simple way. Take a small gladware container, fill it partially with potting soil or vermiculite(vermiculite is mixed with water at a specific ratio, read the post titled Mating Rituals for the correct info.) Keep it moist but not damp or soaked. Make a small imprint in the substrate that it is being kept in and carefully place the egg in this. Keep it heated around 85 degrees Fahrenheit. This can be accomplished with a small lamp above the container with an ordinary lightbulb. I have my gladware container in a soil-less 10 gallon and the lamp is above the 10 gallon on top of its screen. Oh....big one....make sure to put lots of airholes in the container. I put lots of little holes and one big hole with suffiecient space for the anoles to crawl out of into the 10 gallon once they have hatched. No clue why the breeder would use water as a hatching medium. Anole eggs can certainly survive in it though. Tropical anoles on islands have eggs that are frequently battered by hurricanes and eggs can be completely submerged in water and still survive! Good Luck with the egg!
~~Chase Leinart aka coolguy132435~~
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06/29/08 06:37pm
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#1778040
Jrg6381
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Message To: Coolguy132435 In reference to Message Id: 1777823
Egg - Did I kill it?
Thank you very much! If it lives, I’ll let you guys know.
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06/29/08 09:50pm
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Jrg6381
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Message To: Jrg6381 In reference to Message Id: 1778040
Egg - Did I kill it?
Little Nebakanezer hatched today! I know he isn’t going to eat for the first couple days, right?
My local pet store doesn’t have wingless fruitflies, but I heard human baby food should do the trick. What type should I feed it? Chicken or fruit/veggies?
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08/03/08 02:16pm
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#1848880
Greenandscalyanoles2
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Message To: Jrg6381 In reference to Message Id: 1818192
 Egg - Did I kill it?
Do peach or apricot baby food.
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09/01/08 05:38pm
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#1849069
Coolguy132435
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Message To: Greenandscalyanoles2 In reference to Message Id: 1848880
Egg - Did I kill it?
anoles dont eat that, they are insectivorous. Try wild caught leafhoppers
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09/01/08 08:22pm
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