Laying Eggs

[mjcham1]

This isn’t really a breeding question but it’s regardjng when my female chameleon will lay eggs for the first time.

She’s currently showing signs of wanting to by going down towards to enclosure. I do have a laying bin and have cover the enclosure around all the way for total privacy. She’s also not really wanting to eat. Lastly she’s showing mature colorations of yellow spots, blue on her crown and sometimes black spots.

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. What kind of chameleon do you have? Please post some pictures of your girl. Has she been mated?

 

[mjcham1]

Oh yes sorry she is a veiled chameleon around 9 months of age. Here is a picture I took the other day

 

[mjcham1]

Welcome to the forums. What kind of chameleon do you have? Please post some pictures of your girl. Has she been mated?

Oh and no she has not been mated I forgot to include that in my last post. She is my only chameleon and I don’t have any intention to ever mate her

 

[jannb]

She looks a little round. She may very well have eggs. Just be prepared at all times and keep the laying bin moist enough to hold a tunnel so it want cave in on her. Here’s a couple links about egg laying and the laying bin that you might find helpful.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video.77225/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/egg-laying-and-the-laying-bin.345/

 

[mjcham1]

She looks a little round. She may very well have eggs. Just be prepared at all times and keep the laying bin moist enough to hold a tunnel so it want cave in on her. Here’s a couple links about egg laying and the laying bin that you might find helpful.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video.77225/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/egg-laying-and-the-laying-bin.345/

Okay thank you!

 

[Brandin]

I'm afraid that the hole keeps collapsing on my veiled chameleon

 

[Brandin]

If it collapse like in the night will she be ok

 

[jannb]

I'm afraid that the hole keeps collapsing on my veiled chameleon

Your dirt/sand is most likely to dry or to wet.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

The sand should have the same moisture as it would if you were building a sand castle at the beach.

 

[Brandin]

The sand should have the same moisture as it would if you were building a sand castle at the beach.

 

[Brandin]

She Seem to be fine, she ended up laying 59 eggs, she scared me

 

[jannb]

She Seem to be fine, she ended up laying 59 eggs, she scared me

Is she eating and drinking? That’s ALLOT of eggs! You should try cutting back on her food and heat to get smaller clutches once she has recovered from laying this clutch..

 

[Brodybreaux25]

She Seem to be fine, she ended up laying 59 eggs, she scared me

Congratulations. It can be very stressful for both the chams and us! I think it’s because the process is so out of your control. Be sure to have plenty of water and food available to her, 59 eggs is a very large clutch.

You may already know this but clutches that large are very taxing on your girl. Repeated large clutches will shorten her life span. You can reduce her clutch sizes by restricting her food intake once she has recovered. A good clutch size would be around 40 eggs max. If I were you I would reduce her food intake by 20% and see what that does to the next clutch size. You can work it from there...

 

[Brodybreaux25]

I'm afraid that the hole keeps collapsing on my veiled chameleon

Did you end up making any changes to the moisture of the dirt/sand in the lay bin?