Fat chameleon or carrying eggs?

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Is it possible for a over 1 year old veiled chameleon with 85-90 basking temps and well fed to not have laid any eggs yet? I've seen her go up and down the cage in the past but now she doesn't do it anymore.
I have a trashcan with sand in it for her to lay eggs in but she's never laid any. She looks a little fat to me. I do give her a lot to eat daily. She eats great and everything too.

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - I've had this chameleon for about 6 months now. Female. Veiled chameleon

Handling - Every couple days about 5 minutes or less.
Feeding - Crickets, dubia roaches, superworms, stick bugs. I feed her about 15 crickets (1/2 size) a day plus some superworms as well throughout the day or about 10-15 baby dubia roaches and a stick bug in the beginning of the day. I gut load the bugs with veggies daily. I used to feed my chameleon a lot of carrots and other veggies but she doesn't seem to want to eat them anymore. (I fed her carrots daily, I guess she got sick of them!)
Supplements - rep cal Vitamin without D (daily) with D (twice month) and multivitamins (twice a month)
Watering - I spray 3-5times a day, haven't seen her drink and sometimes have the small dripper going.
Fecal Description - White with dark brown poops. No parasite testing

Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24x24x48 screen cage

Lighting - 9:58am-9:58pm, regular house light bulb and the 5.0 reptile uva bulb

Temperature - Basking area 85-90, non basking 68-75 (during the day)

Humidity - Spray the cage 3-5 times a day humidity gets from 35-45 when sprayed and drops down to 25 before spraying again.

Plants - 2 potho plants (one hangs just outside the cage almost like a free range without a door), an umbrella plant and another small plant I forgot what it was called.
Placement - In the living room where we frequently pass by.

Location - Maryland, East coast.

Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.
 

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Is it possible for a over 1 year old veiled chameleon with 85-90 basking temps and well fed to not have laid any eggs yet? I've seen her go up and down the cage in the past but now she doesn't do it anymore.
I have a trashcan with sand in it for her to lay eggs in but she's never laid any. She looks a little fat to me. I do give her a lot to eat daily. She eats great and everything too.

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - I've had this chameleon for about 6 months now. Female. Veiled chameleon

Handling - Every couple days about 5 minutes or less.
Feeding - Crickets, dubia roaches, superworms, stick bugs. I feed her about 15 crickets (1/2 size) a day plus some superworms as well throughout the day or about 10-15 baby dubia roaches and a stick bug in the beginning of the day. I gut load the bugs with veggies daily. I used to feed my chameleon a lot of carrots and other veggies but she doesn't seem to want to eat them anymore. (I fed her carrots daily, I guess she got sick of them!)
Supplements - rep cal Vitamin without D (daily) with D (twice month) and multivitamins (twice a month)
Watering - I spray 3-5times a day, haven't seen her drink and sometimes have the small dripper going.
Fecal Description - White with dark brown poops. No parasite testing

Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24x24x48 screen cage

Lighting - 9:58am-9:58pm, regular house light bulb and the 5.0 reptile uva bulb

Temperature - Basking area 85-90, non basking 68-75 (during the day)

Humidity - Spray the cage 3-5 times a day humidity gets from 35-45 when sprayed and drops down to 25 before spraying again.

Plants - 2 potho plants (one hangs just outside the cage almost like a free range without a door), an umbrella plant and another small plant I forgot what it was called.
Placement - In the living room where we frequently pass by.

Location - Maryland, East coast.

Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.

She looks gravid to me. Her outline in front of her hips is starting to look lumpy which may be eggs. Depending on how she was fed as she was growing, just when she would start producing a clutch varies. I would treat her as gravid. She may not be ready to check out her laying bin yet. If you weigh her you can keep track of the clutch development a little more easily.
 
She looks gravid to me. Her outline in front of her hips is starting to look lumpy which may be eggs. Depending on how she was fed as she was growing, just when she would start producing a clutch varies. I would treat her as gravid. She may not be ready to check out her laying bin yet. If you weigh her you can keep track of the clutch development a little more easily.


I just weighed her and shes 72g (or kg I'm not sure! My scale on the side says KG or LB's and on the scale reading it says 72G)

Should I be weighing her before she eats? (does it matter?) and when should the next time I weigh her be? Thanks :D
 
Definitely grams lol

That's about all the advice I can give though ;)

She does look like she could be gravid. Just keep track of that weight
 
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