Welcome to the forums. I am sorry to here that your female is having problems. What kind of laying bin do you have for her? Surgery is very serious and my advice would be to make sure you have a qualified vet. How is she now? Eating? Drinking? Active? Post a picture of her please. If you get her to the vet in time a vet can give oxytocin to induce egg laying before she becomes egg bound. Several injections of oxytocin over several days might be needed. If she does have surgery her care would depend on her condition after the surgery.
thank you for the feedback. I took her to the vet the following morning and he seemed to be convinced that i was over concerned. He took some x rays and said he thinks she might just be getting ready to lay. but she began digging around in the bottom of her cage about a month ago. which seems like a long time to produce eggs to me! :/ maybe since she's young and its her first batch, she's just taking a little while???
to answer your question, I have a laying bin in her terrarium which has probably 16" of sand/coconut fiber mix ( the kind of substrate they sell you for bedding..) its nice and moist, but she doesnt seem interested. lol she digs in the dirt at the bottom of her cage instead. so i put some extra bedding/sand mix in the bottom as well. so that both options will give her enough depth to lay if/when she decides shes ready.
as far as her demeanor, she seems restless. switching back and forth between digging in her cage, and resting in her trees. but she does still have a good appetite, and is drinking. additionally the vet sent me home with some concentrated calcium to give her orally. he said that her bones looked great and showed no signs of calcium deficiency. but seeing as the eggs absorb so much of the calcium she normally uses, i wanted something extra to make sure she was going to be as strong as possible for this process. (if she in fact isnt eggbound.)
I wasn't convinced that he knew enough about chameleons to give me the peace of mind he wanted me to have, so he gave me the number to an exotics specialist that i'll likely be getting in touch with this coming week.
what do u think? does it sound like I AM being paranoid... or should i be worried. I found her asleep at the bottom of her cage this morning. ( something i know they dont normally do.) but shes been up and about all day. so im really torn...
sorry for the long reply
So i was hoping that everyone would be kind enough to share with me their best advice on caring for her after surgery, so that she may recover quickly and fully 
Thanks in advance!
