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my female veiled is/has developed her colors, she’s around 5-6 months and i was wondering where i could get her a laying bin that’s 12x12x12? but i also have 2 pothos in her enclosure, would she lay in those or is it better to get a laying bin aswell? her cage is only a 18x18x 36. and what...

For the tldr of the lay bin, they prefer larger bins of about 12”/30 cm on each side and a substrate depth of approx 5-6”/13-15 cm. The substrate needs to be able to hold its shape when she digs and the best to use is play sand or a mix of regular soil with play sand. Moisten it just until it...

Thank you. She actually has a much wider palette of colors and patterns, as I’m sure you can imagine. She also has a very chill and sweet personality. She has a layer of bioactive substrate in her indoor enclosure and a laying bin in her outdoor one. I hope everything goes well and she knows...

Make sure to read the blog I gave you the link to. I go over lay bins and best substrate and all that good stuff. Here’s the link again. https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/veiled-chameleon-laying-101.2488/

just did! thanks!

If your enclosure is bioactive, the whole thing is a lay bin. Just make sure to have enough depth of substrate.

When looking for a place to lay that they like, they can be very restless and all over the place. My girl Stella showed me just how particular they can be. When I switched her to bioactive, I assumed that she would see the entire substrate ‘ground’ as suitable for laying her eggs. She did not...

We have a 7 foot screened enclosure. The temperature is at 80 and humidity is around 60 to 64. We have a 6 to 8 inch opaque lay bin prepared. Substrates are 50 play sand and 50 perlite (vermiculite). We covered her entire enclosure with a sheet for privacy. She has been eating normally. Her...

So it’s not normal for them too pass underdeveloped eggs and then go on and lay a clutch after?

Hi and welcome. :) Adding another confirmation that you have a pretty little girl. She looks to have already developed or is in the process of developing her big girl colors and patterns. This is my blog on the care of female veileds...

Sounds good. If Mazzy is exploring the laying bin she is probably close to laying. Keep your eyes on Mazzy for signs she has laid her clutch of eggs.. Best Regards Jeremy A. Rich

Ok, good…it hasn’t been very long. Has she laid eggs before? If so, are you using the same lay bin? If not, can you post some pics of her laying eggs bin? How big is it and what substrate are you using?

Hello, I've had my veiled girl for almost 2 years. I've been feeding her 2 bigger insects every other day (roaches, locusts) or 3-4 smaller insects (crickets, superworms as a treat) every other day. Calcium on every feeding and reptivite with d3 twice a month. She has UVB, basking light and an...

No she hasn’t laid eggs before I have made one. I used an old container which is 9 inches deep by 9 inches by 6inches. The rest of her enclosure is about 8 inches deep with soils. But the lay bin has a mix of sand and soil enough to support a tunnel. The main enclosure is coir soil.

Hope your chameleon isn’t eggbound. Part of what can push them to egg binding is overfeeding as they approach sexual maturity and temperatures that are too hot. Can you give us information on how much you’re feeding her and the temperature she is kept at? The substrate in your lay bin looks...

You said…”Nooo. The chameleon in the smaller cage isba 2 month old female. We completely covered her cage”…even though the cage is covered, I would move it away from the other chameleon if I could…she may be sensing the other female. This might be of interest to you and explain a bit…...

You definitely want to start reducing your cutie’s diet. I like to do things like that gradually. So, if you’ve been giving her say 12 feeders daily, bring her down to 10 daily for a week or so…then 8 and when you get to 6 feeders, go from daily to every other day. She’s still got some growing...

Hi and welcome! 🙂 Gonna start out with admitting my brain is too tired to read both of your husbandry posts atm. It’s been a long weekend/week. 😵‍💫 You’ve been given some excellent advice already. I’d like to see some more pics of your chameleons and their enclosures. You most definitely need...

I enjoy the all the live plants in your enclosure. Yeah I had a few pretty plants that also died and was sad. I also have just left her bin in the enclosure and am patiently waiting. She does seem skinnier at times but also still looks chunky. I’ll post a pic of her tomorrow to show what I mean...