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[Soddygirlgm]

Pascal is my first chameleon. She is a veiled and about 10 months old. This might seem stupid but I don’t know if she is egg bound or constipated. She hasn’t eaten in about 5 days but lives under the mister. She lays half way off the branch on her belly and seems to be pushing. Can someone help me identify?

 

[Syreptyon]

Do you have a lay bin in her enclosure? I don't have any experience with females, so someone else will have better suggestions and opinions than me. While you wait, please fill out the following help form in its entirety. Be as specific and detailed as possible - it will help us help you as best and as quickly as possible.

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• Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
• Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
• Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
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[Soddygirlgm]

Female veiled
10 months old
She eats crickets, meal worms, and super worms
I use Calcium d3 powder weekly
She has a mister and a fountain
Her cage is sprayed twice per day
The cage is screened and 3 ft tall
She has never been tested for parasites
I put a nesting bed at bottom of cage yesterday
Her stool is white and yellow but haven’t seen any in a couple of days

 

[Fireborn]

Has she ever laid for you before? How long has she been protruding from the vent for? Some of your answers are too vague and more info is needed to better help you. How many insects do you feed? Are you dusting with plain calcium every feeding or only calcium+d3 once a week?

 

[Soddygirlgm]

She has never laid before. She get 9 crickets, 2 super worms, and just started her on mealworms but hasn’t eaten those yet due to whatever she has going on. She has been protruding for 3 days now. And she gets regular calcium every other day and d3 once per week. That’s what the vet had told me to do about 4 months ago.

 

[Soddygirlgm]

This is how she sits on her branch.

 

[kinyonga]

Has she had an egglaying container IN her cage?

 

[Soddygirlgm]

I put one in yesterday just in case

 

[kinyonga]

That's a prolapse....did it start out bright red? It should be kept moist with KY jelly until you can get her to a vet asap. I would think she's very likely eggbound and needs help asap!

 

[Soddygirlgm]

It has never been red. Just had white film on it.

 

[kinyonga]

She's not going to be able to lay them with that prolapse blocking her vent. She needs a vet asap.
The longer you leave her the weaker she's going to get.

 

[Fireborn]

She absolutely needs a vet asap. she is most likely egg bound.

 

[Soddygirlgm]

Ok. I’m in a snow storm at the moment. I hope she will be ok til Thursday. She has been fine until 3 days ago.

 

[Soddygirlgm]

Soaked her in warm water.

 

[kinyonga]

Nice job...hope it doesn't come back out. A sugar solution will take swelling down too. Still don't know if it will stay in when she tries to lay eggs. I would still check with a vet.

 

[Goose502]

Nice to see the prolapse has reversed, though she needs the vet ASAP. I don’t like the look of her legs either. It appears to show some MBD.

 

[Soddygirlgm]

Yes she had it when she was young. She is on calcium and d3 for about 6 months now. She got in her bin last night and was digging around.

 

[Graves923]

What is your supplement schedule? Misting schedule?

If and when she lays her eggs, she will need sufficient hydration and proper supplementation. Developing the eggs, fertile or not, takes its toll on their bodies nutrient wise.

 

[Soddygirlgm]

Since she hasn’t been eating but drinking good I have been giving her calcium drops to keep her strong.

 

[Soddygirlgm]

I give her 2 drips of calcium a day. She has a mister in her cage that runs all day and a fountain. I spray once in the mornings and one in the evenings. She has mealworms, crickets, strawberries and pears. She mostly hangs by her arms on her branch under the mister and pushes.