Collecting eggs in the winter 🥶 all the enclosures here house anoles, and peak breeding season in warmer and longer days of summer a female may lay an egg every 6-7 days 😳 but in order to give a break to the girls, in the winter cooling them down, shorter days (lights on for less time),and decreased food slows everything down. These are tropical species, and don’t experience any severe winters, and thus some females may still lay an egg or two per month, some no eggs at all, but nothing like the 5-6 that is usual in breeding months. I collect the eggs out of the enclosures to minimize risk of eggs getting eaten by feeder insects, improper temperature, or humidity that may cause the egg not to reach term. Once I find an egg, I prepare a perlite-water mix so that the egg can stay at a high humidity and continue to absorb water as it grows. Perlite (the white stuff) is commonly used in gardening to aerate soil. I’ll then “candle” the egg (shine a light up to it) to find the correct orientation the egg must be placed in. Unlike bird eggs which need rotation, reptile embryos set themselves within the egg 24-48 hours after being laid. If positioned incorrectly the embryo can drown under their own fluids. In this video you can even see some movement in the egg! Place it in the incubation container and labeled so I know what it is when it hatches, and 45-60 days later depending on temps a brand new baby will pop out 🐣 with the warmer months coming and warming the lizards back up, expect lots more eggs and babies to be on their way! #HerpTime #reptile #lizard #terrarium #process #asmr #satisfying