I've been building a new cage and I have juvenile make and female veiled chameleons together, I figured they were too young to breed, I did not purposefully breed them so please do not get the wrong idea please but she's had all the signs but at the most she would be 2 and a half weeks, and in that pic she had something around her eye and she's had that since the day I got her, what is it?
Gravid?
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What could some of the problems consist of??
Does she at least look healthy?
Virgil1972
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The eye needs vet attention. Complications that she could have with egg laying is getting bound up, and producing eggs could really deplete her calcium supplies, especially since she is so young and still growing. The chams should not be housed together unless in a cage that is the size of a room. It is very stressful on the animals to be with each other.
I had them in a 3'x2'x6' is that big enough?
I give her multivitamins and Valium without and with d3 so her calcium should be good
Craigwyatt
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Yes
Virgil1972
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Yes a do believe she is gravid. And that cage is not big enough for two chams. Chams are solitary animals and the sight of another cham is stressful on them.
Did you mean Calcium and not Valium?
Yes lol
How can u tell she's gravid
Virgil1972
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Her colors. Look up on the site here and google what a gravid veiled looks like and you will see she has the gravid look. Also the the first picture she is very round and full of eggs.
How long should I expect her to be Gravid for?
Virgil1972
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I am not sure on that. Do you have a laying bin set up?
No I have not set up a laying bin, she's only 3 weeks along tops
Virgil1972
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If you have a female cham I recommend having a laying bin in the cage all the time.
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