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Alright we will move her around. I like keeping our chameleons in my room. I have visitors and I dont like too many people around our chameleons. As to not stress them out and disturb them. So they will all stay in my room. The small female; Miwa, we have been upping her food. Will change...

Oh my goodness! I really hope that your girl is going to be okay. I had the tunnel collapse on one of my girls before, but I was home and caught it early. I hadn’t ensured the sand was moist enough. Although I haven’t had one of my girls lay eggs in a few years, I make the depth of their bins...

cage type- all screen enclosure. You don’t say what size and it does look too small to me. The minimum standard for an adult veiled or panther is at least 2x2x4’ (XL ReptiBreeze size). I urge/encourage you to upgrade her as soon as you can. A few inches may not seem like much, but here you go...

IMHO, your female isn’t even showing mature colours yet. Females are receptive to mating when pale-blue (robin’s egg shade) spots appear on their body along with mustardy brown splotches. What substrate is in the egg laying bin along with the sand?

You said…”She hasn’t eaten for roughly 7 days”…it’s normal for a female to stop eating as the time to lay eggs approaches. Some do and some don’t. Also, she looks like she is carrying/producing a large clutch of eggs. I hope she will be able to lay them all and is not headed for egg binding...

If I recall, roach vendors need to get special permits to breed and sell and you are able to get discoid (very similar to dubia) and Surinam too I think. I’m in what is probably the roach capitol of the US, Florida, and strangely certain roaches are banned here, like dubia. 🤷‍♀️ Discoid are...

None. Lay bins are 50% plays and/50% cocofiber

Hi. How big is her lay bin? I found that mine prefer at least 12” wide, long and deep as well, but I only fill to about 5-6” deep with moistened play sand. Here is my blog if you haven’t already seen it. https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/veiled-chameleon-laying-101.2488/ Your sweet Daffy...

What substrate do you use?

She has started to eat and drink normally again with a change of food. I put a cover around the enclosure to give her privacy but she becomes stressed and scratches at the glass to get out of the cover is there. So the last thing I want to do is cause her stress. So not sure what to do...

2 - Supplies Bins: Two of each. One on standby, cleaned and ready. Main bin - one large bin containing food, water, nursery and egg laying bins. I went on the larger side to ensure I had enough space for the crickets to thrive. Also my bin is on wheels to cart off for cleaning. Sterilite...

The egg bin is about 10" wide and 6" long, and I think it's about 4" deep. I do make sure that it's moistened sand and I check it once a week. I did make a fabric curtain covering the bottom half of her enclosure 2 weeks ago. I feed her every other day and she gets around 3-4 medium-sized...

I think it should help to take out some substrate so it is only about 5-6” deep. While in the wild they may dig down 12” or more, they are fine if it is more shallow with us. It was definitely a challenge for me to limit feeding when I first started and had only girl veileds. I gave them their...

The only thing I can comment on is the substrate of the lay bin. Having seen just how particular Stella has been about her lay bin, I wouldn’t use loose substrate like shredded paper towels or moss and I’m 99% sure any cham girl would reject laying in those. I’d use organic garden soil mixed...

I would put a proper egg laying bin (washed playsand) in the cage. They don’t always like the substrate we provide.

I’ve just measured the depth of the lay bin and it’s actually 6 inches deep. So it’s already at the recommended depth. And it still collapsed on her. I don’t know what to do. She is still digging around today it’s like she is looking for the eggs or something.

They are known to like to lay their eggs against root balls, but this isn’t something that we regularly offer them in their lay bins. Since keeping my chameleons bioactively, only once did one lay (Stella). She rejected her natural substrate and tried digging into everything, including the faux...

Eek, thats not a good sign. Tell me more about her lay bin. How big is it? What is the substrate? Is it moist enough to hold a tunnel if she were to dig? Can you share a picture of her enclosure and her lay bin? I would keep a super close eye on her, I would worry she may get egg bound.

So my veiled lady Jinx has been showing a few signs and I was advised to get her a lay bin. She's had it for a week with no signs of eggs in the substrate I attached pictures of her.

I wouldn’t go for a bioactive lay bin and keep the way we recommend, just with additional “roots” like a trunk piece of wood our a plant and maybe some leaf litter for the naturalistic feeling / touch.