questions about female veiled's egg laying

[zsazsa85]

How do I know that a female veiled is ready to lay eggs? She goes to the bottom? If the laying bin with the sand is in the enclosure all the time,won't she get impacted accidentally picking up a cricket out of the bin for example?
Or just eat the sand?
Sorry if these are silly questions!
Thank you!

 

[kinyonga]

Depending on the sand you're using it should pass through her if she gets some in her mouth.

As for knowing when an unmated female will lay eggs(assuming she's unmated) ...she will likely wander the cage looking for a Site, drink more than usual, have mustard colored splotches and blue dots on her and often with a dark background color. She may slow down or even stop eating a few days before she's ready to dig.

If she sits low in the cage or seems lethargic or unwell then post again.

 

[zsazsa85]

Thank you so much!
Well I have a little story with her: i posted pics few months ago and everybody said I have a male. I wanted a male and I hoped she is a he. Then I posted another thread about 2 weeks ago 'cause she showed new colours and looked like a her to me. Well many member said male,many female.
But lately, in the last week she is very-very active, likes to come out since the last weekend-which she didn't do before,likes her new big enclosure-, and doesn't eat. Ate may be 2 crickets today, however normally she eats like 15 crix a day and some worms. Her appetite reduced significantly for the past week. (I just got 500 crickets, silkworms and hornworms and they die one by one because she doesn't eat....)
So I just realized she might looks for a digging place?! I bought tonight a 15" deep bin and play sand which I can put in her enclosure tomorrow.
Should I give extra calcium? Or what should I do?

Thank you!

 

[zsazsa85]

Anyone advice?

 

[kinyonga]

I always put a container of sand in once an egglaying female is sexually mature. That way if they need to lay eggs there is always a place there for them. You can give extra calcium by dusting the insects a little heavier.

Can you post a photo of her please?

 

[zsazsa85]

Thank you kinyonga!
As soon as I get home, I'll post pics, but in the following thread there are pics from about 2 weeks ago. But I'll take new ones.
Sorry,I couldn't attach the link on my phone, but the thread is on the 3rd page of the general disc., Do you still think my cham is a male?

Thank you

 

[zsazsa85]

So here are pics about her and the link about the other thread:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/do-you-still-think-my-cham-male-127236/

Today I put the laying bin with washed play sand in her enclosure. It wasn't easy to figure out how not brake the hole plastic bottom under the very heavy bin... I hope the sand is not too wet! I'll check it every day.

Thank you!

 

[zsazsa85]

So what do you think about her? Are there eggs?

 

[zsazsa85]

I have to write again, hoping somebody can tell me how she looks like.

 

[fleetwoodchams]

How do I know that a female veiled is ready to lay eggs? She goes to the bottom? If the laying bin with the sand is in the enclosure all the time,won't she get impacted accidentally picking up a cricket out of the bin for example?
Or just eat the sand?
Sorry if these are silly questions!
Thank you!

Shouldn't bother her as long as she doesn't ingest too much.
My male used to eat dirt when I first got him. Like , go out of his way to eat the soil in the potted plants. He never had any issues.

 

[jannb]

She looks a little wide. The only way to know for sure if she has eggs would be an x-ray. I would just keep the laying bin fresh at all time and in her enclosure.

 

[zsazsa85]

Thank you!
Why I think she has eggs, that as you said jannb, she looks bigger and she doesn't really eat at all but is very active. So I don't think she is sick, but I will get an appointment to the vet. I had to change the sand in the laying bin, 'cause the water was just standing on the top, the whole thing was fully wet from the misting... I moved it to a better place in the enclosure. I hope she will like it too. I'm wondering how people manage placing the heavy laying bin on the plastic sheet on the bottom...