Laying eggs right now help!!!

[CaptainMorgantown]

*sigh* There was one egg in her tank this morning when I woke up. I'm not sure when she laid it, but I woke up later than I normally do, and she usually wakes up around 10:30am and it's now 12:00pm. Should I go ahead and offer her food and water?

 

[camimom]

*sigh* There was one egg in her tank this morning when I woke up. I'm not sure when she laid it, but I woke up later than I normally do, and she usually wakes up around 10:30am and it's now 12:00pm. Should I go ahead and offer her food and water?

Def offer water, and if she wants to eat I would think give her some.
Egg laying is intense on any female, and even more so with females and mbd.

Im really surprised she even produced eggs considering her condition.

I hope shes done laying eggs for you and you can get her back on the road to recovery.

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

She did not lay any more eggs, and her appetite has increased a lot. In the past two days she has willingly ate more than the entire time I have had her. I need to order her some more butterworms already. Is it okay that I'm feeding her so many butters? I've seen that silkworms seem to be very popular with chameleons, would she be able to eat them now and would they be good for her?

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

*sigh* There was one egg in her tank this morning when I woke up. I'm not sure when she laid it, but I woke up later than I normally do, and she usually wakes up around 10:30am and it's now 12:00pm. Should I go ahead and offer her food and water?

Our old gals can take a few days to drop all their eggs (the retired girls that will no longer dig, but merely drop them). And they (the moms, not the eggs) are still with us over a year later. So, be encouraged, it's not normal but not a death knell. I would offer her all the gutloaded food she wants for a couple of weeks at least. And plenty of water.

 

[Elizadolots]

Silkworms are highly nutritious. If you have access to them, they'd be a great benefit to her now.

I'm glad she seems to have made it through this.

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

Me too. She seems to be doing better than before. I am currently placing an order for more butterworms (since she seems to love them) and I will go ahead and get her some silkworms too.

 

[Elizadolots]

At this point, as long as butterworms are not the main component of her diet, I wouldn't worry about over feeding her on those. She does need insects with higher protein and calcium (dust your worms) but right now, the fat and water she'll get from the butterworms is good for her.

 

[CaptainMorgantown]

Now that she has laid her eggs she looks like she dropped a lot of weight. I definitely won't over do it on the butterworms as long as she will eat other things. As soon as we get in some phoenix worms at the pet store, I was going to see if she would like those. Is there a good article anywhere about silkworms? I can't really find a helpful one. Do I need to buy silkworm chow to feed them?

 

[Elizadolots]

As with most feeders, you'll find controversy but many of our members use silkworms as a staple. I do believe they are picky about what they eat...by which I mean, they'll only eat their special food, so yes, you need to buy it for them.

 

[lindawaz]

Read what the silkworms are in, some are shipped in a cup with the food already in it.

I keep a package of their food on hand just in case I need to make more before they are fed off.