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I've found washed PLAYsand makes the best substrate for the lay bin...but others have had success with various substrates. Often they will dig a hole or dig more than one hole over a couple of days but should settle on one and dig it until they are happy with it. Do not let her see you watching...

Welcome! It looks like the substrate she’s digging in is not deep enough or moist enough to hold a tunnel. Can you show a pic of the actual lay bin?

Check out the three links I have you above about females. This is one of the links, a video about making a laying bin. https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video.77225/

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Sorry after I told Frank my plan he said it was correct. I’ve never had a chameleon that laid eggs before so maybe I’m jumping the gun. She doesn’t look fatter than she was before And from all the pictures I see of other types of chameleons they look like they’re obviously gravid.

My chameleon was wild and given to me gravid. I noticed her digging and she laid about 38 eggs at the bottom of the substrate in the lay bin I made (5 gallon bucket, coconut and sand substrate, 12 in deep). Some definitely were bad (soft almost soggy) so I got rid of those. These are the...

Its super easy, but requires a lot of bins. Basically: 1 small bin full of substrate, egg laying substrate is fine. 2-3 other larger bins setup as normal crickets. You pop adult crickets in the baby bin for a week every cycle Then once the babies hatch you move them to a normal bin every...

...plump and/or lumpy looking, starting to get a little restless, appetite may decrease - you’ll want to make sure that the lay bin substrate is moist all the way thru. It needs to be moist enough to hold a deep tunnel without collapsing. I suggest getting in there and mixing it up to make sure...

Oh. Ok. I forget that she’s just a tiny little girl. 😊

Like chameleons, Beardies don't need a substrate, though she'll need some kind of lay bin. This is another area I'd ask about on the beardie forum. It's either full bioactive or none (with lay bin). Bioactive is fine, but more waterproofing will be required on an enclosure that may have...

So you're saying her entire enclosure should be the lay bin? Why not just have thin substrate with a lay bin? Can't she tell the difference or will she just try to dig and lay in the thin substrate?

I'm not too sure but i'll check in the morning as her lights have just turned off the night.

Although I hesitate to tell you to disturb her, I would think that removing all of the substrate on the bottom and leaving just the lay bin may help guide her to it. She isn’t able to make the distinction between a substrate layer and lay bin. If you can be sneaky and do it at night while she’s...

Here are some recent pictures of Pez. The images on 8/01 and 8/08 were when she was digging and prepping with her lay bin, but she wasn't liking it. The images on 8/14 were when she was laying eggs in the substrate and after she finished.

So I use what is essentially a large flower pot, 11inches tall and 13 inches diameter across the top. I will be getting a square one to better fit her enclosure but I haven't wanted to stress her by swapping it. I use play sand, I do check the like "ingredients" list for them to make sure it is...

You can have both, but the substrate needs to be bioactive, not just bark chips

Hi and welcome! :) You’ve been given great advice and hopefully are setting up a lay bin for your pretty girl. I’d like to comment on the things I see in your pics that need some improvement. I hate that I’m going to sound so negative, but I truly want to help you and your cham have many happy...

I am not going to add a lay bin. The entire substrate is her lay bin. And yes, definitely going to remove the wall in between. It was just up to separate the two females. And is up still to ensure we don't give anything to the remaining female.

Mine laid already twice in her substrate, which sits in her ´free range´ planter (round 24") with roots and plants.