Gravid female concers

[Celeste89]

So I bred my panther chams 28 days ago today. They did the dirty deed at least 3 times. She has been very active walking around but never actually goes in her laying bin. I have the cage covered for privacy also. For a good while her colors were dark with peach spots, now she is almost all peach. For her to be so far along she is not very fat at all. Sometimes she seems big, then I'll look again later and she seems smaller. She still eats but not a lot. Could she just not have a lot of eggs in her? I may just be overly anxious and psyching myself out. Here are a few pics from today.

 

[jannb]

She looks round to me in that second picture. The only way to know for sure if she has eggs is an x-ray. If you don't want to do that then just be prepared with the laying bin and plenty of privacy if she starts digging. Some helpful links.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/jannb/345-egg-laying-laying-bin.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video-77225/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/receptive-female-chameleons-educational-video-62869/

 

[Celeste89]

I'm 99% sure she is gravid. She is definitely more rotund than she normally is. All of the pictures of gravid females about to lay they seemed like they were about to burst and you could see the eggs poking through their tummy. Sometimes I can see a little out line of an egg or two but nothing like in the pics I've seen. And there isn't a lot of pictures or weight charts to show the timeline of a pregnant female.

 

[jannb]

I'm 99% sure she is gravid. She is definitely more rotund than she normally is. All of the pictures of gravid females about to lay they seemed like they were about to burst and you could see the eggs poking through their tummy. Sometimes I can see a little out line of an egg or two but nothing like in the pics I've seen. And there isn't a lot of pictures or weight charts to show the timeline of a pregnant female.

They normally lay around 30 days after mating.

 

[junglefries]

Most females will have a dark brown or black background immediately to within a couple days of mating. Mine usually darken within 15min - 1 hour of removing the male. That said, it is possible. First pic is indecisive. Second pic looks good for gravid. Third pic usually doesn't have tell tales at night.

 

[Celeste89]

All the pics were taken at the same time just from different angles. My flash made it look dark. Here is a picture of what she looked like for a while after she mated. Then she just turned all pinks and stayed that way since.

 

[Turner1986]

my girl didn't want to lay in the laying bin in her cage. I had to take her out and put her in a kitchen garbage can with dirt in the bottom with a branch in it so she was in the dirt pretty much the whole time. it took her 30 minutes in the garbage can before she started digging to lay her eggs. some of them are stubborn lol. Just make sure you dont disturb her

heres a video of it ::: https://youtu.be/JuaRRWnb558

 

[Celeste89]

I may do that. How long do you think it would be ok to leave her in the garbage can?

 

[junglefries]

Leave during her normal daylight hours, minus the first hour to get some water if needed. All my females use their bins in their cages. Some first timers take a couple extra days, or even lay the eggs on or close to the surface. I have had female veils lay during the night, so don't be surprised. The 28th day, up to 30 is usually my girls schedule for my temps and humidity. They usually go like clockwork according to my journals on them. Thermostat is set on 77°f in house and they have a 40w heat bulb with two T5 HO bulbs streched across the top. Humidity is about 45-55%, depending on season. I mist them about 4-5 times daily.

 

[jannb]

I normally only leave my girls in there a few hours in the late afternoon and if they show no signs of digging try again the next day or even two days later. That might not work for you if your girl gets stressed from handling. It would be really sad to force her to stay in a laying bin for days if she doesn't even have eggs. Also I do a started hole for them and often my girls often use it.