dropping eggs from the trees

[solosigns]

Mated my panthers. Everything was fine female than laid 13 healthy eggs last month on the 23. After laying she was good I beefed her back to stocky health. Week or so after that she went back to her graved colors, and getting kinds big in the stumic. A day ago she droped a egg that looked like a yellow chewed jellie bean and than a mother healthy egg the next day one more egg health. I know this is sperm retention. But why is she not digging and laying them like the first time
( she looks great and healthy)
She started to stop eating witch she does before she lays
also she not roaming the cage like she did before when she layed eggs
I stuck her in a buckit all day in the other room but no luck.
I think that she almost ready maybe 1 more week

Any ideal on why she droped a couple of eggs and is this normal time to time?
The eggs that she did drop were softer shell but I incubated them and to day they look nice and white and gently touched are nice and firm
solo

 

[kinyonga]

So...she hasn't been digging in the container that is in the cage at all yet??
Whenever I hear about a panther chameleon dropping eggs from the branch it usually is followed by trouble laying the eggs either at the egglaying that is about to happen or at one in the not too distant future.

Re:dropping eggs...It could be that she doesn't like the site that you have provided her with or it could be that she is dropping them for other reasons. It could be that you are watching her, moving her, disturbing her too. Its important that you don't disturb her when she is near egglaying time.

If there is an appropriate container of washed playsand in the cage, she should dig in the container to let you know that she is ready to lay the eggs. When she is intent on the laying (the hole is fairly deep) then I would move her to the bigger egglaying container and leave her there until she lays the eggs. This means that the container you move her too should be big enough that she can't escape.While she is digging in either place, leave her alone...do not let her see you watching her dig or she will likely abandon the hold.