still no eggs and vet said she isnt eggbound - ahhh!

[burnedrose]

So I started freaking out because K2 has been digging for five days!

She is obviously showing signs of carrying eggs - she is heavier and if you palpitate, you can feel the eggs inside.

I got scared she was going the eggbound route so I brought her to the doc. Now, this doc isn't a chameleon specialist - he's a general lizard/small animal vet and K2 is his only chameleon that he treats, currently )although he has had chameleons in his office in the past), so I hesitate to take his word for it at times, mainly because he doesn't seem to have too much hands-on experience with chameleons, but he is the only guy in my area who was all gung-ho about treating her.

He actually said that 5 days isn't that bad, but none of my other females ever took this long to dig their holes and lay their eggs. I am extremely anxious. She is drinking water, but she isn;t eating her crickets or wormies. She is moving around her cage just fine and her eyes look great. Her digging bin is in her cage and, since she is young, has only 8 inches of playground sand in it (which, I admit, i totally stole from the neighbor's kid in the midst of the night).

She still hasn't shown the typical gravid coloring except for being slightly darker at times. She isn;t aggressive at all, either (but then again, she never has been).

So, can anyone give me any ideas as to why she is digging but noy laying? and if she isn;t eggbound, how long will it take?

K2 is about 6-8 months old, BTW, has a slight case of MBD, since she was a rescue case, but besides that, she is happy as a clam.

 

[camimom]

So I started freaking out because K2 has been digging for five days!

She is obviously showing signs of carrying eggs - she is heavier and if you palpitate, you can feel the eggs inside.

I got scared she was going the eggbound route so I brought her to the doc. Now, this doc isn't a chameleon specialist - he's a general lizard/small animal vet and K2 is his only chameleon that he treats, currently )although he has had chameleons in his office in the past), so I hesitate to take his word for it at times, mainly because he doesn't seem to have too much hands-on experience with chameleons, but he is the only guy in my area who was all gung-ho about treating her.

He actually said that 5 days isn't that bad, but none of my other females ever took this long to dig their holes and lay their eggs. I am extremely anxious. She is drinking water, but she isn;t eating her crickets or wormies. She is moving around her cage just fine and her eyes look great. Her digging bin is in her cage and, since she is young, has only 8 inches of playground sand in it (which, I admit, i totally stole from the neighbor's kid in the midst of the night).

She still hasn't shown the typical gravid coloring except for being slightly darker at times. She isn;t aggressive at all, either (but then again, she never has been).

So, can anyone give me any ideas as to why she is digging but noy laying? and if she isn;t eggbound, how long will it take?

K2 is about 6-8 months old, BTW, has a slight case of MBD, since she was a rescue case, but besides that, she is happy as a clam.

I dunno why she isnt laying eggs, but what some people do is get a large trash can, turn it into a laying bin, then stick a few branches in and put her in trhe can, this way, she has no where to go or get distracted,

 

[kinyonga]

Is she actually digging the same hole each time and digging it deeper?

 

[burnedrose]

Is she actually digging the same hole each time and digging it deeper?

Yup. same hole.

 

[burnedrose]

I dunno why she isnt laying eggs, but what some people do is get a large trash can, turn it into a laying bin, then stick a few branches in and put her in trhe can, this way, she has no where to go or get distracted,

The only issue with this is that I also own five cats (technically, one is mine, the other five belong to assorted roommates). I don't want to risk leaving her out in the open when the cats could get at her. If I put a screen up, the cats would probably figure out a way to knock it off. I've considered leaving her locked in ym room (where she currently lives, but not locked up), but then I would also have to lock ym cat in the room, as her litter box is there. I've gone through great pains to make sure the cats don't interrupt her digging, though. I've constructed a 'canopy bed' around her cage - blankets and poles to block her from any distractions.

 

[kinyonga]

If I have to move mine from the cage I put the female in a 65 litre rubbermaid container that I have filled about 15" deep with washed play sand. I add a branch so she has something to sit on when not digging. I cut away a good portion of the lid of the cage and screen over the hole. I put the chameleon in the bin and put the lid on. I add a light over the lid across the screen being careful that the container won't get too hot since its a closed in space.

Since you have cats, you could put this bin up high enough that the cats could not sit on top of the container and annoy the chameleon.