Restless female chameleon

[Benjamin Tjan]

So my chameleon Wally (named her before I found out she was a girl) has been going up and down her cage. I’m not sure what the reason is she could be trying to find a place to lay eggs but I haven’t seen her dig at the corners or go in her laying bin which should meet her requirements based on size and is tunnel test. Please help me out

Included pictures of when she does it and her cage setup

 

[Benjamin Tjan]

Should also mention she is next to my window door and is often clawing towards that side of her cage so not sure if I need to move her?

 

[Ambilobe123]

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Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
• Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
• Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
• Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
• Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
• Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
• History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
• Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
• Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
• Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
• Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
• Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor?
• Location - Where are you geographically located?

Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about.

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[Flick boy]

Hi and welcome whats in the bin /container at the front right?

 

[Benjamin Tjan]

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Chameleon Info:

• Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon, female, maybe 5 months (got her from petco), 4 months and a few days
• Handling - Maybe once a week for a few minutes if she will let me, took her around my room last week for about 10 minutes
• Feeding - around 5 crickets and and 4 super worms every other day, 4 crickets in-between to make sure she has food if she wants it, crickets and superworms are fed carrots, apples, and kale
• Supplements - Dust feeders everyday with calcium without d3 and on the 1st and 22nd dust with multivitamin and with d3 calcium
• Watering - She has a dripper that drips onto her dracaena tree leaves and a mister that goes on in the morning and night , never see her drinking but based on her last urate it was white so she seems hydrated
• Fecal Description - normal looking feces and urates are white, have been smaller since she hasnt been eating as much, has never been tested for parasites
• History - was from petco so didnt know much about her before then but she was healthy and eating/drinking when i got her

Cage Info:

• Cage Type - reptibreeze 2x2x4 screen cage
• Lighting - Zood-med heat bulb 100w, reptisun 22 inch t5 5.0 UVB linear light. lights on from 7am to 7pm
• Temperature - basking spot is kept at 85 degrees, bottom of cage is around 70-71. 2 thermometers and a house thermometer
• Humidity - humidity ranges from 30-38% throughout the day, measured using humidity gauge, misting in morning and night and humidifier near cage
• Plants - 2 money trees, 4 pothos plants, and 1 dracaena tree
• Placement - cage is kept in right corner of room on the floor (didnt have a table space big enough to put it on) next to window door, only pretty much me in the room and once in a while my dog comes to sleep in the other corner (not visible for either of them)
• Location - Southern California

Current Problem - Has been going to bottom of cage and scratching towards window and sometimes goes to top of cage and hangs on side then goes back to basking spot, been eating a lot less (think she is just fully grown)

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[Benjamin Tjan]

Hi and welcome whats in the bin /container at the front right?

i put it in there to catch her drippers water

 

[CBee7726]

How deep is the playsand?

 

[Benjamin Tjan]

How deep is the playsand?

its pot soil and play-sand mixed and i made it 8 inches so she wouldnt keep diggin.

 

[CBee7726]

its pot soil and play-sand mixed and i made it 8 inches so she wouldnt keep diggin.

Ok good, it was just hard for me to tell from the pictures.

So, it looks like there isn't a ton of coverage in her cage, especially around the lay bin. She might not be digging because she feels like she doesn't have enough privacy.
@MissSkittles

 

[Benjamin Tjan]

Ok good, it was just hard for me to tell from the pictures.

So, it looks like there isn't a ton of coverage in her cage, especially around the lay bin. She might not be digging because she feels like she doesn't have enough privacy.
@MissSkittles

would you recommend just covering the bottom of the cage for a day or 2 with a blanket or something?