Female Carpet in trouble??

[Fearaffect]

Just took these 2 pics......she's been staying on the floor of her cage lately and is this color all the time now.......

gravid or do I have a problem??

Put a laying box in for her if she is gravid.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Shes outside when its not to hot, and inside when it gets hot.

Inside she's in:

16x16x24 sun cage
5.0 UVB
25watt light bulb for heat
plenty of plants
Misted 4-6 times a day length of time varies from 10 secs to 10 minutes
fed every other day 1 day a month with D3 2x week with calcium/1x with vitamins

Outside is same except no UVB bulb or heat bulb and misting is more.

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

She is gravid

 

[Fearaffect]

Oh she is!!! Awesome!! Thanks Ryan..........dont suppose u can call me tonight/today about this since I've heard that Carpets can be different then Panthers???

714-493-7054

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

Oh she is!!! Awesome!! Thanks Ryan..........dont suppose u can call me tonight/today about this since I've heard that Carpets can be different then Panthers???

714-493-7054

I'll try to give you a call when I get a chance.

 

[Fearaffect]

I'll try to give you a call when I get a chance.

No worries, i just heard that they dont tend to dig and lay the eggs out in the open......anyway that I can be sure that they dont dry out ??

 

[Ryan Jarosek]

No worries, i just heard that they dont tend to dig and lay the eggs out in the open......anyway that I can be sure that they dont dry out ??

Check often. I look in the AM and afternoon to be sure. They should be ok for a few hours when they are laid.

You may want to keep her inside out of the sun. Sun will dry them out fast.

 

[Fearaffect]

Yea, just put her in the shade, but gonna bring in........she is having trouble staying on the screen sides.....keeps sliding down.....
How deep a substrate should I have incase she does dig? Same as the Panthers?

 

[kinyonga]

The substrate for her to dig in needs to be moist enough to hold a tunnel (not collapse on her). I would stop moving her back and forth and just keep her inside (as was already suggested) until she lays the eggs. Hopefully you have caught her soon enough. These little chameleons have enough problem it seems getting it "right" without interference. Do not let her see you watching her especially when she is digging!

Good luck!

 

[Stefaan]

I normally keep the dirt a little bit wet (not to wet) so when she straw the eggs the don't dry out.
When the are laying i will spray 2 times a day in the morning and evening.
When you have WC the animals strow a lot.