Asour89
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Okay, so I feel like we are at the stage of my Fanci having infertile eggs. I have never experienced this before, but from what I’ve read, she is looking like she is growing them. She has also been pacing the bottom of the cage, which is not her normal, just this past week. So, I’m now freaking out a bit. She has a lay bin in the bottom with a 50/50 mix of organic soil and play sand (13x11 inches). I have tested it and it holds holes to the bottom every which way, to corners and everything. I figured I would go ahead and fill out the help questionnaire just to assist.
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female, Veiled, about 1 year and 2 months. I have had her for 1 year.
Handling - She does not get held, she doesn’t like it. When deep cleaning her cage or taking her outside, she gets transferred by a stick she is on.
Feeding - She gets fed crickets as her staple, hornworms 2x per month, and Dubia about 2x per month when I can get them, I just incorporate those in with her crickets. She eats about 6-10 crickets every other day. When I have hornworms, about 2 small/med a day or 1 large per day for about 4 days (normally skip crickets when I have the hornworms or will give 2-3 smaller crickets every other day when feeding hornworms). When I have the Dubia, I will do 6-7 small Dubia & 4 med/large crickets every other day. Gutload- (crickets and Dubia) oranges, apples, zucchini, carrots, collards, cricket crack. Hornworms come with their own food.
Supplements - For a year I used zoo med vitamins alternated with calcium w/d3 every other week. Last week I got Repashy plus lod, but will still do the calcium with d3 every other week. Every feeding she gets calcium w/out d3.
Watering - Cage is misted 3x per day for 2-3 mins. She drinks off leaves.
Fecal Description - Brown & oval... they’ve always looked the same since I got her. The urates are more of an off- whiteish color.
History - She’s not had a problem history.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen/wood. The top, front and back are screened. The 2 sides are wooden. I have a trash bag attached to the back to help keep humidity up, top and front are open for air circulation. The cage is 3.9 x 1.8 x 1.9 (I built it myself, first time, so my measurements are a little funky )
Lighting- zoo med T5Ho, 5.0 &. 60w daylight bulb. 12 hours on/ 12 hours off. She also gets taken outside in the morning about 1-2 times a week, depending on season and temp. Right now she will go out 1-2 x for about 30 mins to an hour in the morning (8/9 until about 930-10 - temp is about 75-80 F then) the weather in N.C. tends to get really hot about 10. She also gets misted every 30 mins when outside.
Temperature - Basking- 85-90 F. Floor about 70 F. Lowest overnight temp - 70 F. Digital and analog thermometer.
Humidity - 60-70. I have a humidifier in the room for overall humidity and the cage is misted 3x daily for 2-3 minutes. Digital hygrometer.
Plants - a ficus tree (in lay bin) and pothos plants in various areas around cage) they were repotted in organic soil/sand.
Placement - living room. It is near fans, we don’t run the fans. The top of the cage is about 4 feet from the ground.
Location - North Carolina
Current problem - Egg laying (infertile). I tried to prevent it with research, but it’s inevitable. I’m freaking out.
Here are a few of my questions...
1. Is my conclusion correct? Does she look as if she is growing eggs? Is this the reason for the new colors and shapes of her belly? (first time ever seeing the gold and blue-ish coloring)
2. How will I know when she needs her privacy? Do I just need to go ahead and put up a curtain daily until the deed is done?
3. Do I need to start giving her extra calcium now?
4. Is there anything else I am missing that I need to know?
5. Should I go ahead and make her a starter hole (that was suggested on a Facebook page, but I haven’t done so)
6. Should I take a Xanax to calm my anxiety until it’s over & done with? I feel like I’m having my own baby!
I just want this to go as smoothly as possible for her with no extra stress or problems. So any and all advice is GREATLY appreciated. If it is not her egg laying time, does anyone have any advice on signs that it may be her time? I have read that they could have very subtle signs, so is it okay to just keep the lay bin in there at all times?
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female, Veiled, about 1 year and 2 months. I have had her for 1 year.
Handling - She does not get held, she doesn’t like it. When deep cleaning her cage or taking her outside, she gets transferred by a stick she is on.
Feeding - She gets fed crickets as her staple, hornworms 2x per month, and Dubia about 2x per month when I can get them, I just incorporate those in with her crickets. She eats about 6-10 crickets every other day. When I have hornworms, about 2 small/med a day or 1 large per day for about 4 days (normally skip crickets when I have the hornworms or will give 2-3 smaller crickets every other day when feeding hornworms). When I have the Dubia, I will do 6-7 small Dubia & 4 med/large crickets every other day. Gutload- (crickets and Dubia) oranges, apples, zucchini, carrots, collards, cricket crack. Hornworms come with their own food.
Supplements - For a year I used zoo med vitamins alternated with calcium w/d3 every other week. Last week I got Repashy plus lod, but will still do the calcium with d3 every other week. Every feeding she gets calcium w/out d3.
Watering - Cage is misted 3x per day for 2-3 mins. She drinks off leaves.
Fecal Description - Brown & oval... they’ve always looked the same since I got her. The urates are more of an off- whiteish color.
History - She’s not had a problem history.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen/wood. The top, front and back are screened. The 2 sides are wooden. I have a trash bag attached to the back to help keep humidity up, top and front are open for air circulation. The cage is 3.9 x 1.8 x 1.9 (I built it myself, first time, so my measurements are a little funky )
Lighting- zoo med T5Ho, 5.0 &. 60w daylight bulb. 12 hours on/ 12 hours off. She also gets taken outside in the morning about 1-2 times a week, depending on season and temp. Right now she will go out 1-2 x for about 30 mins to an hour in the morning (8/9 until about 930-10 - temp is about 75-80 F then) the weather in N.C. tends to get really hot about 10. She also gets misted every 30 mins when outside.
Temperature - Basking- 85-90 F. Floor about 70 F. Lowest overnight temp - 70 F. Digital and analog thermometer.
Humidity - 60-70. I have a humidifier in the room for overall humidity and the cage is misted 3x daily for 2-3 minutes. Digital hygrometer.
Plants - a ficus tree (in lay bin) and pothos plants in various areas around cage) they were repotted in organic soil/sand.
Placement - living room. It is near fans, we don’t run the fans. The top of the cage is about 4 feet from the ground.
Location - North Carolina
Current problem - Egg laying (infertile). I tried to prevent it with research, but it’s inevitable. I’m freaking out.
Here are a few of my questions...
1. Is my conclusion correct? Does she look as if she is growing eggs? Is this the reason for the new colors and shapes of her belly? (first time ever seeing the gold and blue-ish coloring)
2. How will I know when she needs her privacy? Do I just need to go ahead and put up a curtain daily until the deed is done?
3. Do I need to start giving her extra calcium now?
4. Is there anything else I am missing that I need to know?
5. Should I go ahead and make her a starter hole (that was suggested on a Facebook page, but I haven’t done so)
6. Should I take a Xanax to calm my anxiety until it’s over & done with? I feel like I’m having my own baby!
I just want this to go as smoothly as possible for her with no extra stress or problems. So any and all advice is GREATLY appreciated. If it is not her egg laying time, does anyone have any advice on signs that it may be her time? I have read that they could have very subtle signs, so is it okay to just keep the lay bin in there at all times?
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