I have a year and half old panther chameleon and she is laying what i think is her first clutch of eggs, i've only had her for 6 months. and she has been digging the bottom of her tank now for almost a week, and i do have an egg laying bin sand and soil mix, but shes digging in her coconut husks on the bottom and wont go near the bin. she has barely eaten in about 2 weeks, I have been hand feeding her crickets every chance i get, she still looks ok I am also feeding her lots of water by hand to make sure shes goodm but when will i know when shes done laying her eggs? since she isn't going in her bin?
eggs! nees help please
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her egg laying bin is a 4 litre milk jug cute down not sharp on any sides and i spray it when i mist the tank I am making sure its not to dry or too wet but nicely moist but under the coconut husks its soaked my dripper leaked a few times and im worried shes going to get an infection or something from being in so much wetness, i need to change her husks out so bad but i don't want to interupt her.
Elizadolots
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That sounds too small..there's an equation somewhere, but it does need to be bigger than the chameleon is long in both direction....it also need to have 10 to 12 inches of moist play sand (moist meaning you can form a tunnel the length of your finger, about an inch across and have it stay when you remove your hand). 8 inches might be enough.
If it's feasible to replace the substrate with 8 inches of moist play sand, then that might be a good idea for this go around.
If it's feasible to replace the substrate with 8 inches of moist play sand, then that might be a good idea for this go around.
thanks I think it is big enough for her, she isn't very big, and it is bigger then her. I have asked a few people and they say this should be big enough I will change it to sand today inbetween her digging so I don't interupt her. how long does it take they to drop all the eggs?
First of all...don't let her see you watching her when she's digging or she will abandon the hole. If she does it often enough she will become eggbound.
If the substrate isn't at deep enough and she can't actually dig a hole in it, then she is wasting her time and will not likely lay the eggs there....so how deep is the substrate?
If/since she is not digging in the container you provided for her, then there is something not to her liking about it and I would suggest you change it.
You could get a large 65 liter rubbermaid bin and a bag or two of washed play sand and make a place (8" deep at least) that she should like. You can cut a big hole in the lid and put screen over the hole so that she can't escape and you can put a light over the screen. Just make sure you don't bake her since its an enclosed space! It might even help to dig a hole in the sand for her.
If the substrate isn't at deep enough and she can't actually dig a hole in it, then she is wasting her time and will not likely lay the eggs there....so how deep is the substrate?
If/since she is not digging in the container you provided for her, then there is something not to her liking about it and I would suggest you change it.
You could get a large 65 liter rubbermaid bin and a bag or two of washed play sand and make a place (8" deep at least) that she should like. You can cut a big hole in the lid and put screen over the hole so that she can't escape and you can put a light over the screen. Just make sure you don't bake her since its an enclosed space! It might even help to dig a hole in the sand for her.
