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metteycolin

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Your Chameleon - Female, Nosy be ~ 12mo, had her for 9mo
Handling - maybe once every 2 weeks
Feeding - staple diet are gutloaded crickets, occassionally some mealworms, prob about 6-8 crickets every other day around 9am. For gutloading i use mustard green, collard greens, apples bananas, apples, carrots all in a mix.
Supplements - Every feeding I use a calcium powder, no d3, and about 2 a mo i use a multi with d3.?
Watering - Have a mist king that goes off throughout the day at 30-120 secs. I do see them drink.
Fecal Description - Usually Dark brown with whitish urate, somtimes can have glossy film over it. (only had BM 3 times in 3 wks)
History -
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen cage, large 36X18X18
Lighting - reptisun, 5.0 uvb, tube lights are on from 6:30am-530pm
Temperature - cage at bottom ~67 basking ~ 87F. lowest 62f
Humidity - humidity ~ 45-55%, have cool mist humidifier and mist king
Plants - I use a golden pathos, and umbrella tree
Placement - top of cage is ~6.5 ft off ground

Current Problem: She has not eaten or pooped in about 3.5 week now, very stationary (does not move around cage often, has not had staple pooping regimes only have seen 3 in last week (and they were running consistency. she is very plump, and displays very dark colors, like greys and blacks and browns.
The fact that she is not eating or pooping and being really chubby gets me thinking she is about ready to lay, but her physical mannerisms just dont add up ( not roaming the cage for place to lay (restlessness).... So I am very perplex. She has never been mated so this clutch (if there is one?) I hope I did not miss the signs of her wanting to lay, even though i had a lay bin in the cage with her, I just really dont know...
 
How deep is the lay bin?

her basking temp is too high, so thats part of your problem.

is she closing her eyes?

not all females get restless when they need to lay.

How old is the UVB bulb?

how much foliage is in her cage?

can oyu post photos of her and the cage?
 
The Laying bin is 11X11X'' filled with soil/sand mixture, I have not seen her close her eyes at all, My UVB bulb is about 3 months old, and The umbrella tree takes up like the whole upper section of the cage, mixed in with vines and pothos.

Here are some pics from about 1.5 weeks ago, she is sleeping now so I dont want to bother her.
 

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Well she does look pretty round, Im betting she has eggs.

try removing the mixture, and using an all dirt mixture.

Also try a bigger bucket.

Do you have a cham vet?

you may also want to try a deeper/bigger bucket.
 
I am in the process of finding her a vet now, as of right now I am in Framingham, Mass I am not from around here and don't really know where a good cham vet is. I have a separate laying bin I made for her out of an old trash-can, but i have read it is better to just keep them in there enclosures. From what you have read, do you think she could be egg bound? or possibly just producing the egg? or possibly bound-up intestines ?
 
If she lethargic, she could be starting the egg bound process.

maybe try the large can, until you can get to avet,a see what happens.
 
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