My 4-5 month old veiled turned brown...

[Lyneeso]

she (and it is a she) has been a drab brown since yesterday afternoon. would this be an indicator of stress, thats all I can think of. Ive probably been moving her lights around too much. Its just hard because the lights were having some issues and i tried a couple new spots for them. She still basks, wherever I put them though, temps are good.
???

 

[Syn]

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Try to leave things alone for a while.

 

[kinyonga]

Can you post a picture of her please?

Does she have a place in her cage to dig to lay eggs if necessary?

 

[kraftworkz]

she (and it is a she) has been a drab brown since yesterday afternoon. would this be an indicator of stress, thats all I can think of. Ive probably been moving her lights around too much. Its just hard because the lights were having some issues and i tried a couple new spots for them. She still basks, wherever I put them though, temps are good.
???

My Veil is muddy brown most of the time too. But if I can take him outside in the sun he turns to his pretty colors. Also at night he turns into his pretty colors too. I'm sure it's a temp issue... My 2 cents.

 

[Lyneeso]

lay eggs??

shes only a baby, I thought sexuall maturity wasnt untill at least six months of age. Is this correct??? right now i would say she is only 4 months old.
and yes if she had eggs to lay there are plenty of pots with soil. she is about 3 1/2 inches long with tail rolled up. maybe 6'' unrolled. just a lil girl, shouldnt have to worry bout eggs right??? she has improved today she has regained most of her normal green color, still though, she isn't quite as bright as she used to be.

 

[sassyboots]

you don't say what sort of enclosure. I just had a similar problem, thanks to the folks on here i found out he wasn't happy in his enclosure. Moved him out of a tank and into a bigger screened one and upped how much he was fed and he's gone back to green... perhaps she is unhappy where she lives.

 

[Lyneeso]

thanks will keep watchin her.