Angrymushrooms
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I have a female veiled chameleon I purchased from a Petsmart. I don't know her exact age -this is her first time laying eggs so I can assume between four and six months. I've owned her for about a month and a half. I recently had noticed that she lost her appetite and one morning she had fallen in her cage. I was alarmed so I took her to the vet. I conveniently work at Banfield Pet Hospital and we have an exotic doctor at my location. She had a weak grip and I have been feeding her with her calcium intake in mind but she was reported as having a very small amount of calcium deficiency. So I was prescribed some liquid calcium.
Shortly after that visit I felt around her belly and could feel eggs. She had a quite a large amount of them so I soon figured out that this was what caused the deficiency. She did not eat for almost 2 weeks and then finally used the laying bin I had put in her cage. It took her all day to dig her hole to her liking. When she laid her eggs she began covering them up but suddenly turned around and laid another. It was late so she fell asleep in the hole and didn't finish covering them up until morning. Since then she has been moving about but not eating. It has been about 5 days and she still is not eating.
She is drinking. I'm still giving her daily dose of calcium. She is staying at the top of her cage. I've gotten her to eat a few wax worms when she opens her mouth to swallow the calcium. But after the second one she protested with a decided hiss that she didn't want any more. She has crickets, meal worms, and wax worms. I bought her some silk worms and horn worms but I got them before I knew she was getting ready to lay eggs and therfore was not going to eat. They got too large for her so I have to order some new ones and ask for them to be small and try again.
She has a 2' X 4' screen cage. I made foam background panels for the sides and back of the cage to help trap some of the humidity. She has an automatic mister and some moss at the bottom of the cage to keep the cage from drying up after misting. She has UVB, UVA, basking, daylight, and heat.
Is this normal for her to refuse to eat after laying eggs? I've made sure she's well hydrated. I'm thinking about trying to feed her outside - she gets very animated about hunting when I put her in her favorite plant outside but I can't keep her out too long because I live in Arizona and it's 105 outside.
Shortly after that visit I felt around her belly and could feel eggs. She had a quite a large amount of them so I soon figured out that this was what caused the deficiency. She did not eat for almost 2 weeks and then finally used the laying bin I had put in her cage. It took her all day to dig her hole to her liking. When she laid her eggs she began covering them up but suddenly turned around and laid another. It was late so she fell asleep in the hole and didn't finish covering them up until morning. Since then she has been moving about but not eating. It has been about 5 days and she still is not eating.
She is drinking. I'm still giving her daily dose of calcium. She is staying at the top of her cage. I've gotten her to eat a few wax worms when she opens her mouth to swallow the calcium. But after the second one she protested with a decided hiss that she didn't want any more. She has crickets, meal worms, and wax worms. I bought her some silk worms and horn worms but I got them before I knew she was getting ready to lay eggs and therfore was not going to eat. They got too large for her so I have to order some new ones and ask for them to be small and try again.
She has a 2' X 4' screen cage. I made foam background panels for the sides and back of the cage to help trap some of the humidity. She has an automatic mister and some moss at the bottom of the cage to keep the cage from drying up after misting. She has UVB, UVA, basking, daylight, and heat.
Is this normal for her to refuse to eat after laying eggs? I've made sure she's well hydrated. I'm thinking about trying to feed her outside - she gets very animated about hunting when I put her in her favorite plant outside but I can't keep her out too long because I live in Arizona and it's 105 outside.
