Pregnant Female Cham Just Fell from Branch

[mbarn11]

Hi, I currently have pregnant panther chameleon that should be due to lay any day (bred on June 29th). Her daily meal consists of dusted dubias and hornworms and she's misted atleast twice a day. I've only had her for a month and a half (I bred her to my male though). I haven't noticed anything wrong with her but I was laying in bed and heard a loud thud from her cage. She fell from her top branch (probably around 3 and a half ft). She was hissing when I opened her cage and I stuck an extra branch next to her since she didn't want me to be anywhere near her (which is normal, she's always been shyand particularly grumpy). Externally, she seems to be okay. She's just slowly moving around the single branch I'm holding. Did this harm the eggs??Does anyone have any clue why she would of fallen?? Any help is welcome. I uploaded pictures of her right now.

 

[mbarn11]

should I move her to a smaller cage?? Her current one is 2ft wide and 4ft tall.

 

[Andee]

Can you get any closer pictures of her legs, especially her front two... I am a smidge worried I see swelling in her front right, don't want it to be a break. I am not sure whether or not to worry about egg health after a fall, since she was bred only a few days ago so I would assume the eggs and her general health otherwise wouldn't be an issue in that respect. But breaks and such could be a serious issue because of the eggs naturally taking calcium. Can you also post a picture of her cage set up? I know it's late likely, but the sooner they are posted the better, I am sorry sweetie.

 

[kinyonga]

Do you have an egg laying site in her cage so she will have a place to dig when she's ready to lay? You dont eant her to become eggbound. It should be soon since you bred her on June 29th. It's hard to know if she could have damaged her eggs for sure but hopefully not. It would depend on what she hit when she fell and how she landed in part.

 

[Andee]

omg I love how I screw up months at this late at night *rolls eyes at self* I thought june was july. ugh

 

[kinyonga]

It happens Andee!

 

[mbarn11]

Can you get any closer pictures of her legs, especially her front two... I am a smidge worried I see swelling in her front right, don't want it to be a break. I am not sure whether or not to worry about egg health after a fall, since she was bred only a few days ago so I would assume the eggs and her general health otherwise wouldn't be an issue in that respect. But breaks and such could be a serious issue because of the eggs naturally taking calcium. Can you also post a picture of her cage set up? I know it's late likely, but the sooner they are posted the better, I am sorry sweetie.

I'll post some photos of her legs when her lights turn because I don't want to bother her sleeping, but her cage deminisions 2ft x2ft x 4ft. I don't have any type of bedding or cover for the bottom of her cage so when she fell she just hit hard bottom.

 

[Andee]

From what I see you do not have near enough "sturdy" branches or limbs to for her to walk on safely without issues. Fixing that would help a lot. She may have been sleeping on the screen and gotten startled.