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Last year one of my girls who is in a fully bioactive enclosure spent a week very restless and constantly on the move, starting to dig here and there, but she didn’t like any of her laying options. It wasn’t until I put her regular lay bin back in that she wasted no more time and got her eggs...

Hey there. Do you have a lay bin? IF so can you show a pic of it in the cage and tell us what you used for the substrate?

Hello Everyone!!! Yesterday, I was surprised with a Veiled Chameleon, and I would like to share her with you all!! 🦎 Daffie is an adult female Veiled Chameleon. The breeders are pretty sure she is around 1 1/2 years old or so. She looks healthy, she's been eating, urinating, and basking, but I...

Hey im Camilla @ camiezone. I'm a small-time private caretaker, who's been honored a hand-ful or so 😉time with eggs. From your description, she has laid her eggs like 90% certainty. Her behavior and digging pattern is all the signs. Once they are happy with their hole, they dig to the bottom of...

...given you lots of GREAT information. Regarding the lay bin…female veiled chameleons are notorious for eating the cage substrate, lay bin substrate and any plant leaves in the cage especially when they are producing eggs. Because of this it’s important to use only live non toxic well-washed...

I have, for many many years now, used washed play…a specific type. It can be put in fairly early…but I’ve never put a bin in until the female gets her mature mustardy splotches and blue dots, as a rule, (or is over 5 months of age if the colors haven’t showed up yet. Some of the females eat the...

I appreciate you! So if I keep it 1/2” pushed back, and even left it 11” tall, would that be okay for air flow while keeping the fans there? Or I can fold it in half. And I’ll keep the bin there. But what if she does choose the general dirt? She might dig down far enough to catch her toes on...

I hunted and found the pics from when I set up Kali’s first bioactive. Looks like I didn’t even use eggcrate or screening to firm up the top of the drainage layer. I think that was a pretty thick and rigid landscape fabric though, plus the clay balls aren’t very lumpy. Although, nature isn’t...

Hi both, thank you for the quick replies. The substrate she has is coco brick, the type that you soak to expand. She had this in her viv already from day 1 as I was advised to do this. I was told she wouldn't need a lay bin. However, when she started digging without laying, I added a tub and...

I think you’ve done a great job! The only think I would add is: - The lay bin you typically want 50/50 play sand and an organic dirt mix - make sure the substrate is wet enough that you can dig a tunnel with your hand and the tunnel holds - make sure there are plenty of sticks leading into her...

@Beman, as I’ve continued to read about this parasite, I’m learning that it is highly contagious. To be safe I am going to treat my other Chameleon as if she has this parasite as well and clean her cage with the quarantine protocols that Bill Strand teaches in his podcast (episode 19)...

Hi. What is the substrate? Is it soil, coco coir, etc? She may not be happy with the texture or something else about it. You only have a few days until she loses the urge to dig/lay and then becomes eggbound. I’m going to say to get a true lay bin of at least 12” long & wide and fill to 4-6”...

Okay so that image was of her during lights out/sleeping time? Veiled girls, during egg-laying time, can be EXTREMELY shy. Is the enclosure in an area that gets a lot of foot traffic from people or pets? A suggestion that's often given here is to cover the lower area of the enclosure with a...

The lay bin is 12x11x10in and its filled 3/4 full with equal parts sand and organic soil with a bit of coconut husk substrate to help retain moisture. Everything is the same as last time. She has had 6 clutches Thank you, will do! I know that veiled are prone to vitamin A deficiency so is using...

Lay bin set up…this is one way to do it… The best sand I’ve found it this one…in my experience, it has never lead to an impaction if ingested or to eye infections if it gets in the chameleon’s eye and it holds a tunnel well…...

to get her to stop before, I would just take her out of the bin and not replace it, obviously only when she was on the last step. she’s never tried to do anything in a pot. this time some soil was exposed but usually there’s enough leaves where she can’t see it. she’ll head near the bottom...

Hi, I'm going to look for a large pot and plant to create a better lay bin for her. Thank you so much. The other half of the floor is course forest floor (like large chippings). I've attached a pic of the label

I actually ordered the substrate bottom tray for her enclosure last night. I was contemplating putting that soil down completely in that, because I've been having water issues on the bottom of her cage. However, I think it is only like 2" deep, so I don't think it would work for that. I...

The Fox Farm is great soil. If you wanted, you can use a 50/50 mix of it with the sand. I would say to stick with a larger plastic bin for a lay bin rather than a plant pot. Rectangle gives more area for them vs round. However, if you are using a 50/50 mix, you can put a plant in the bin (add...

Ok good. I did not know he covered it in his podcast. When cleaning do not cross contaminate anything from one cage to the other. Really important nothing goes back and forth until they are cleared. I would think it would be ok to pull the lay bin since she just laid. Do you have her on the...