My female laid 50 eggs, OMG

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camillathechameleon

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Some may remember but this was her first clutch of eggs. I do not want to breed her. She has had such a horrible 3 weeks. Went to vet twice. Finally yesterday she was on the bottom of her cage just laying there so we rush back to the vet. They gave her a Oxy shot and said to leave her and within a few hours she was laying. This poor baby.

Now onto my questions. Any help with keeping her from laying more or at least not as many. I know there are environmental changes but I do not want her to have to go through this again.

Also, for her basking light what is the best wattage?
 

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To save money on future oxytocin visits or just plain stress, get her SPAYED. Just make sure to use a reputable herp vet with experience. That would be the easiest thing to prevent eggs. Then you can just keep everything status quo.
 
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Make sure to ask her first though. She may be the kind of girl who wants to marry and have a family. Didn't want people to accuse me of being a sexist pig. Ask her first!:D
 
The vet I am going to now doesn't spay. She said it is a very risky procedure. Then the other one says $700. Crazy. I am just working on changing the environment to make it cooler and will hope at least she doesn't have any more clutches of 50. It was horrible for her.
 
If she's a veiled...this is what I've done for years and it seems to work....after the female lays her clutch I feed her well for a COUPLE of days and then cut back on her feeding so she's not starving but not overfed. I also lower the basking temperature a degree or so to slow the metabolism slightly. Doing this has stopped the reproduction in my veiled chameleons.
 
kinyonga said:
If she's a veiled...this is what I've done for years and it seems to work....after the female lays her clutch I feed her well for a COUPLE of days and then cut back on her feeding so she's not starving but not overfed. I also lower the basking temperature a degree or so to slow the metabolism slightly. Doing this has stopped the reproduction in my veiled chameleons.
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Yes, she is veiled. So, what would be the perfect basking temp for her? And Ambient? I went and bought a laser temperature gun to keep it perfect.
 
Wow! $25 to spay a cat, and some places free. But, $700 is highway robbery. Maybe ferret can shed some light on why it is so much more. I would think her lady parts would so tiny and simple to fix. But then again, I am a male and like all males, am ignorant to a woman's needs and makeup. It seems the lack of food and hot temps, may be your only course. It has worked for me successfully. However, it is something you should keep a diary of.:confused:;)
 
junglefries said:
Wow! $25 to spay a cat, and some places free. But, $700 is highway robbery. Maybe ferret can shed some light on why it is so much more. I would think her lady parts would so tiny and simple to fix. But then again, I am a male and like all males, am ignorant to a woman's needs and makeup. It seems the lack of food and hot temps, may be your only course. It has worked for me successfully. However, it is something you should keep a diary of.:confused:;)
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Yes Junglesfries, you would think so, but definitely not. I am still confused too honestly. :(
 
kinyonga said:
I keep the basking temperature in the very low 80'sF.
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Thanks Kinyonga. Right now basking temp is 81.8. :) Can you tell me how many crickets I should feed? Now that I have the temp good if someone could tell me a good number of crickets & meal worms to feed per day? Don't want to overfeed but also don't want to underfeed.

She is doing great now, by the way. Back to her normal self.

Thanks
 
camillathechameleon said:
Thanks Kinyonga. Right now basking temp is 81.8. :) Can you tell me how many crickets I should feed? Now that I have the temp good if someone could tell me a good number of crickets & meal worms to feed per day? Don't want to overfeed but also don't want to underfeed.

She is doing great now, by the way. Back to her normal self.

Thanks
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I feed my adult females even less than Lynda (Kinyonga). I feed 3 to 5 feeders three times a week depending on size. You can see how Lynda does it in her blog that I linked you above in post#2.
 
jannb said:
I feed my adult females even less than Lynda (Kinyonga). I feed 3 to 5 feeders three times a week depending on size. You can see how Lynda does it in her blog that I linked you above in post#2.
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Yes jannb, I have it printed. She says: "I feed them 8 to 12 crickets every two or three days depending on the season. I use other feeders too, of course, but just give an equivalent amount (not number) instead of the crickets."

I hate the thought of not feeding every day. I can't stand the thought that she could be hungry. lol. May be silly, but it is just the way I think.

Also, since this is my first cham how do you know the different seasons that she speaks of. Hopefully these are not stupid questions. :)
 
Avoid the mealworms altogether. Superworms are the ticket. Keep them in a sterlite plastic shoebox (.99 @ walmart). Grind up some bran flakes in a blender. Feed them bug burger or veggies and orange slices. I use orange slices, kale, romaine, turnip, mustard and collard greens. Never lose any. Keep in a closet at about 75-78°f. They last forever. Try and feed the white freshly molted ones first. As far as feeding, keep a journal. Watch to see what her minimum food intake is to keep her healthy looking. Make sure also to keep her plenty hydrated at all times, if going this route. You don't want to confuse not enough food with dehydration. Also, helps to avoid extra stress. Also, feed as large a variety of feeders as possible with the beest gutloads you can. You want to get the maximum from your minimum. Feeders: silkworms, hornworms, butterworms, superworms, preying mantis, moths, butterflies, bumblebees, stick bugs, roaches, and crix. Lindasgonebuggy.com and nick barta (on this site) have a great variety of everything I mentioned between the two of them. Using the two together will also be the cheapest. Like kinyongia said temps at around 81-83°f at highest. I used 78-80°f with great results.Good luck.:D
 
I am still learning about veils as a whole, but with response to the vet price, something very small and complicated as a cham would be, would be higher cost, cats are pretty easy even if its a young one, not only time but most herps need different tools, supplies, and schooling / experiance, most "exotics" will be higher cost. And depending where you go their may be other factors like the clinic itself, if it is AhAA certified compared to not, and you find most specialty vets in bigger practices.
If you come to a point where it Needs to be done see if the clinic will take care credit.
 
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