Brittanyandpetrie
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URGENT!! *Pregnant Panther*
My Panther Chameleon Petrie (we were told she was a male when we bought him) is pregnant! We had her into the vet on Thursday (yesterday) to a local vet who isn't properly trained in chameleon care. He was able to take x-rays for us and he determined she had eggs present but they were all mostly up fairly high and not near her rear at all. She has been acting out lately she hasn't been eating as much as she used to (she used to eat 10-15 crickets with calcium powder a day, now she may eat sometimes none to five still powdered). She still drinks and will walk around her normal cage but since we've put her into her laying area (a garbage bin filled with soil w/o fertilizer and pesticides as well as reptile friendly bark from the pet store and vines with plastic leaves to make it more like home) she hasn't moved from her vine. She doesn't seem to be drinking much from the leaves but I did notice her licking the vine though no water was present at that time. When we got her in April they had said she was 5 weeks old but she seemed to be a lot older than that, she has only grown maybe an inch since April. She has shed three to four times as well. She is our first chameleon and we already know females are a lot harder to care for which is why we asked for a male but turns out he is a she! She hasn't started scratching at any of the soil or around her normal cage so I am not sure if we should move her back into her normal cage until she shows more signs and try to feed her or if we should just let her be alone and see if she will lay her eggs. I have read many posts about people losing their chameleon from being to late with the eggs and they having no energy to lay them and becoming egg bound, I really don't want that to happen here since the only vet who can see her isn't properly trained in case of emergencies so we would have to pay a lot to try and find someone to help her out in case of egg bound. Any suggestions or help would be great since we're not sure as of what to do from here.
My Panther Chameleon Petrie (we were told she was a male when we bought him) is pregnant! We had her into the vet on Thursday (yesterday) to a local vet who isn't properly trained in chameleon care. He was able to take x-rays for us and he determined she had eggs present but they were all mostly up fairly high and not near her rear at all. She has been acting out lately she hasn't been eating as much as she used to (she used to eat 10-15 crickets with calcium powder a day, now she may eat sometimes none to five still powdered). She still drinks and will walk around her normal cage but since we've put her into her laying area (a garbage bin filled with soil w/o fertilizer and pesticides as well as reptile friendly bark from the pet store and vines with plastic leaves to make it more like home) she hasn't moved from her vine. She doesn't seem to be drinking much from the leaves but I did notice her licking the vine though no water was present at that time. When we got her in April they had said she was 5 weeks old but she seemed to be a lot older than that, she has only grown maybe an inch since April. She has shed three to four times as well. She is our first chameleon and we already know females are a lot harder to care for which is why we asked for a male but turns out he is a she! She hasn't started scratching at any of the soil or around her normal cage so I am not sure if we should move her back into her normal cage until she shows more signs and try to feed her or if we should just let her be alone and see if she will lay her eggs. I have read many posts about people losing their chameleon from being to late with the eggs and they having no energy to lay them and becoming egg bound, I really don't want that to happen here since the only vet who can see her isn't properly trained in case of emergencies so we would have to pay a lot to try and find someone to help her out in case of egg bound. Any suggestions or help would be great since we're not sure as of what to do from here.