I'm trying to figure out whether I need to take my 2-year-old female veiled chameleon, Naadhira, to a vet or not. For the past 3 weeks she has been extremely active and constantly on the move. When I open her door, she even climbs onto me which she hasn't willingly done since she was a baby or climbs to the very edge on the top of the door until there is nowhere else to go. She's in a 24" x 24" x 36" screen cage with plenty of live plants, vines and branches to climb on, but she incessantly climbs on the screen and has lost two toenails in the past week. She's even walking a lot on the bottom of her cage, which she never did before.
I suppose it is possible that she's gravid since she's female, but I don't feel eggs and put in a container with 8 in of moistened dirt and she hasn't done anything with it. I've also just noticed that her nostrils are plugged up (she last shed about a month ago). I've tried to keep her off the screen by putting up hardware cloth, but her nails still get caught in the mesh.
I'm not sure what to do, does anyone have any advice? Thank you!
I suppose it is possible that she's gravid since she's female, but I don't feel eggs and put in a container with 8 in of moistened dirt and she hasn't done anything with it. I've also just noticed that her nostrils are plugged up (she last shed about a month ago). I've tried to keep her off the screen by putting up hardware cloth, but her nails still get caught in the mesh.
I'm not sure what to do, does anyone have any advice? Thank you!