I found it at my school in a room corner. The techer got rid of the lizard and other kids were trying to hurt the eggs. I think it is a common lizard. Does any one know what I should do to make sure it hatches?
2007-01-19 15:23:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
there really is no way of making sure it hatches but to make its chances better you will want an incubater of some kind to keep the temperature correct yoou can make an incubator but your odds are the egg will not hatch since it has probably alredy gone too long with the wrong temperature. I breed chameleons and monitors and water dragons and reptiles are not easy to breed the eggs have specific requirements and there is little room for error when dealing with reptiles.
This site teaches you how to make an incubator.
http://members.aol.com/TheWyvernsLair/incubator.html
2007-01-19 17:33:45 · answer #1 · answered by jason c 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sorry but I don't know what a common lizard is, what may be common for your area may not be for mine but I have experiance with bearded dragon eggs and I believe that some geckos are similar. Incubate at 82-84 F for 60-80 days. Put the egg in a plasctic container with about an nch of vermiculite or perlite and moisten the substrate. The egg should be burried no more than a third of the way down. Watch the inside of the container for condensation as any dripping on the egg breaks the fragile O2 exchange that takes place in the shell. Condensation should only be up to the substrate and no higher. Good luck to you and I commend you for trying to help the helpless baby in the egg.
2007-01-19 15:40:10 · answer #2 · answered by Dale d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientists studying lizards in the wild place the eggs in stockings so they can identify the type of hatchling but I took one inside into an aquarium set up:
moist potting mix
small grass tussock
generous helping of soil and leaf litter from near the nest site
river rocks
Put aquarium outside next to the nest site for a few hours to reach the same temperature
Then the egg was placed in direct contact with the soil below and a white river rock on top. Keep at around 25 deg.C by placing in a warm spot indoors.
How long to hatch?
About three weeks depending on the weather - Michael observed the remaining eggs in the nest everyday and announced that he thought they were getting softer which meant they were ready to hatch. The indoors one was slower despite sitting on a heated floor so I sunned the white rock carefully for a few hours a day. If they dry out they will die but by leaving the lid on the aquarium I didn't need to water the plant ( the dryness indicator) at all in that time.
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I took that straight from the source website. I hope that helps and good for you for having a kind and compassionate heart :D Best of luck to your baby lizard egg :)
2007-01-19 15:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by loquaciousxleo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you better make sure it's not a snake egg! YIKES!
I actually tried to find you something about this and all I could see is that most lizards sit on their eggs to keep them warm...so I guess maybe keep it warm under a lamp..?..not too close or you will cook it! Good Luck.
2007-01-19 15:38:45 · answer #4 · answered by ~*common sense*~ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
put it in a glass cage if you think it might still have life with a light bulb that can get really warm over top of it!don't know if it will work i saw it on t.v.
2007-01-19 15:36:12 · answer #5 · answered by tora-lora 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have to be a certain temperature in order to come out. It's probably dead already anyway....Anyone got breakfast?
2007-01-19 15:29:16 · answer #6 · answered by Doglover 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i suggest put it in a cage and wait till summer then put it in warm place
2007-01-19 19:47:35 · answer #7 · answered by despazz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋