I went and got another pygmy chameleon, a Kenyan to replace Jerome that passed away earlier in the week.
I think we're calling this one 'Jiblet', he's very cute (but then again, they all are). I also checked my pygmy eggs and this one poor baby has been struggling to get out of his egg for at least 3 days. I thought he had died in the struggle, but when I opened the container and picked him up, his little feet reached out and held onto my finger. So I was determined to try and help him. I carefully pulled the remainder of the egg off of him, and thankfully he came out and seemed to be okay. He started moving his hind legs immediately, and I could see that all his appendages were moving, so that is good. He was very weak and sort of ambled around falling over frequently. So I put in some small pieces of wood, something for him to climb up on. I was told when he had enough strength to climb up the wood and seemed to be moving about easily, then I could move him into the other container with the other baby. I think I will probably move him later tonight.
So far that's 4 eggs that have hatched, although there were 5 of them. I tried to find the fifth egg, but I could not find it. I don't know if it dried up, they tend to do that. Right now that leaves 2 eggs yet to hatch, but they were laid later than the others, so it could be weeks or months before they hatch, but at least I will be better prepared this time.
