jason93w
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I'll start by saying thank you guys for all the great information, you know who you are .
I have endlessly read through these forms and found a lot of info, but I'm concerned enough to reach out for you guys for help.
Problem being I'm worried about my gal laying eggs. I'll start with my info
Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - Cindy has yet to lay eggs and is very fat. Moving slower than usual and eating less than usual. Usually goes right after food, now not so much.
I noticed her gravid, bright colors about maybe a month or two ago. Brighter greens and unusual baby blue spots. For the past couple weeks she has been usually darker in color. I still see the blue spots sometimes. Have had a bucket in the cage now for a month filled with moist but not too moist play sand. And no eggs. The past week I've covered the entire cage up for privacy and nothing. Her cage is in my room. I'm at work from 8 to 5 usually. There is an iguana cage on the opposite end of the room. Pretty far away.
Getting worried about her being egg bound, or maybe I'm just parinoid.
Today I moved her to a temporary enclosure. A 4x1.5x2 plastic bin. With the same lights and temps as before.(turned down the lights) filled with play sand to one foot. In hopes she will lay. (Basically the trash can method I've read about)
She never shows any interest in the laying bin and I've never seen her dig.
She's getting just so big I'm worried. You can see ribs starting to just out. Wich I understand can be normal but still.
Just looking for advice. Hard to tell when she actually went receptive and gravid. The colors aren't as vivid as some of the pictures I see. Not sure if I should just wait it out and give it more time.
She has just been digging around the cage and very restless for so long now.
Thanks. Pleeeeease help.
I have endlessly read through these forms and found a lot of info, but I'm concerned enough to reach out for you guys for help.
Problem being I'm worried about my gal laying eggs. I'll start with my info
Chameleon Info:
- Your Chameleon - veiled chameleon, female, In my care for about six months. Apx. One year old according to pet co.
- Handling - once or twice a week. Mainly to clean the enclosure.
- Feeding - crickets, wax works (one a week) superworms (small ones, once or twice a week) occasionally horn worms (rarely) sometimes I skip a day deeding. Maybe once or twice a month.
- Feed about ten crickets at 8 or 9 am. Sometimes three or so in the evening.
- Gutloaded with flukers cricket died, and cricket quencher. I recently started putting fresh greens in the cricket cage to.
- Supplements - calcium with no D3 almost everyday. Multi vitamin with vitamin A once a week, calcium with D3 once a month. Reptivite multivitamin once a month sometimes.
- Watering - automated mister for 10 minutes in the morning, and once or twice in the evening. Dripper filled up, usually dripping throughout the day. Letting the cage dry out completely about 3 or 4 times a day. Humidity around 40% with no watering. And spikes to 50 to 70% during misting.
- Fecal Description - healthy poops. Good white urates. When I first got her she pooped 2 or 3 big ones a day. Although I was feeding her as much as she'd eat basically.
- In the past two months poops have slowed down a lot, smalls ones usually once every two days. Still good white urate
- History - first pregnancy, been to the vet once for lung infection. Treated with antibiotics and cured up fine.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - 2x2x4 screen cage. On shelf with screen bottom. So water can escape into a catch bin below the cage. Lights on top of screen. With once side next to a windoe
- Lighting - 10.0 new compact uvb light. 75w heatlamp. Adjustable wattage.
- Temperature - basking 90 105 degrees. Lower cage 70 to 80 degrees. Nighttime temps 65 to 70. I use a mechanical Gage from the pet store for basking and a digital for bottom of the cage.
- Humidity - about 40 to 50 percent dry. And spikes up to 70% while misting. But quickly goes back down.
- Plants - no live plants.
- Placement - top of cage six foot above ground. Next to French door for extra light. Opposite side of room as ac vent.
- Location - Wilmington NC. On the coast. Pretty hot and humid.
Current Problem - Cindy has yet to lay eggs and is very fat. Moving slower than usual and eating less than usual. Usually goes right after food, now not so much.
I noticed her gravid, bright colors about maybe a month or two ago. Brighter greens and unusual baby blue spots. For the past couple weeks she has been usually darker in color. I still see the blue spots sometimes. Have had a bucket in the cage now for a month filled with moist but not too moist play sand. And no eggs. The past week I've covered the entire cage up for privacy and nothing. Her cage is in my room. I'm at work from 8 to 5 usually. There is an iguana cage on the opposite end of the room. Pretty far away.
Getting worried about her being egg bound, or maybe I'm just parinoid.
Today I moved her to a temporary enclosure. A 4x1.5x2 plastic bin. With the same lights and temps as before.(turned down the lights) filled with play sand to one foot. In hopes she will lay. (Basically the trash can method I've read about)
She never shows any interest in the laying bin and I've never seen her dig.
She's getting just so big I'm worried. You can see ribs starting to just out. Wich I understand can be normal but still.
Just looking for advice. Hard to tell when she actually went receptive and gravid. The colors aren't as vivid as some of the pictures I see. Not sure if I should just wait it out and give it more time.
She has just been digging around the cage and very restless for so long now.
Thanks. Pleeeeease help.