Time to lay eggs before issue

[Humanbones]

I am new to veiled Chameleons but have been reading as much as I can about them,I bought a female Veiled about 3 weeks ago and I beleive she is about 5-7 months old . A few days ago I noticed she was hanging from the tree upside down and scratching at the dirt.there is 2 small spots that u can tell she tried digging in but I think its too hard and or the area will be too small for her to tunnel enough to lay her eggs, I have since made a container filled eco earth and moistened it enough so it wont colapse but she does not seem interested in it or wont use it ,I still occasionally see her hanging in the spot over the potted tree but is not making any headway in the digging.

So my questions are.
*About how long would she have to lay the eggs before problems arise
*Should I keep letting her try to dig in the potted plant (its roughly 6 inches deep and 10 inches round but has three small trees sprouting from the middle
*should I have her looked at by the Vet yet or is it still early ?
*any other recomendation on my setup

Basking spot is 90-95f
bottom-center is 68-75
Reptisun uvb 5.0
lots of foilage including a golden pothos
Umbrellea tree and cant remember name of the tree she is trying to dig in,But it was a safe one from what I read.


if you need more info let me know .

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. I keep veileds and the thing that really jumps out at me is her temps. Her basking temps should be in the low 80's. From her pictures she doesn't really look like she's carrying eggs but she could be. When it's time for her to lay it's very important to give her complete privacy. If she sees you looking she could abandon her hole and become egg bound. I have a couple of blogs attached for you below. One about egg laying, one on general care and a video about making a laying bin. I hope they help.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/jannb/345-egg-laying-laying-bin.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video-77225/

 

[pssh]

She doesnt have yellow spots yet, which usually indicates that they are sexually mature. While it's possible that she is gravid, she doesnt appear to be in my opinion. It is possible that her temps are too high and she is trying to escape the heat by digging into the soil. I would lower the temps to 80-85, keep an eye on her and see if she keeps digging/hanging out low to the ground. If she starts to act ill at all, take her to the vet ASAP!