Hysterectomy gone wrong???

[nottscami]

Our female veiled chameleon had a hysterectomy 2 and a half years ago and she's been fine, altho for the last few weeks she hasn't been herself. She's still eating and drinking fine. Now this may seem strange but she's been looking really "happy" (before her op she was always bright green, happy and loved being handled. but since the op she has been the complete opposite).
a couple of weeks ago she started showing faint gravid colours but thought nothing of it because of the op she had. Now she is very green and we're able to hold her again and if i didnt know better id say she was carrying!! she has spent a lot of time sitting in the soil of her plants altho she hasnt made any attempt at digging. Is it possible the vet missed something and she could be gravid?? and if so will she be able to lay them??
We have called the vets but the guy that deals with the exotic pets is away till 21st november.

 

[Miss Lily]

Sorry to hear she's not doing so well. I remember reading a similar story on here with another UK female. Here are a couple of links for you - it may be of some help.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/anyone-know-about-egg-re-growth-please-52745/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/another-op-gizzy-53079/

 

[igloozoo]

similar problem

Hi, just wondering how you got on with this.. my female had a hysterectomy last year after having problems when she became gravid and was unable to pass the eggs even after a course of oxytocin. but a couple of weeks ago she started digging again. i went back into the vets where she had the op to see what they thought but they told me it could just be her hormones making her confused and nothing would come of it... but cleaning out her viv yesterday what do i come across but 29 eggs!!.. obviously i went straight back to the vets to find out what was going on (very confused by this point). unfortunately the guy who did the op wasnt around but another reptile expert explained what had probably happened. apparently when chameleons are gravid they can sometimes be gravid in only half the uterus, so when my female went in for her op, the vet may have seen just one side with eggs in an just removed that, which obviously wouldnt leave much to work with but apparently enough to become gravid again! she said that because the uterus is often only a few cells thick it can be difficult to tell when you have got rid of it all. my female seems okay but just going to keep an eye on her and keep checking her belly for more eggs because we had so much drama with this last year i do not want the same thing happening to my poor girl again!

let me know how your female got on please, interested to know