Veiled Chameleon Post Egg Laying

[Charliefoxtrot98]

Good afternoon everyone! My chameleon laid her very first batch of eggs. She looks skinny and a little lethargic. I offered her a couple superworms and she went right for them and I gave her a bit of water. My questions is, what is the “proper” procedure to get her up back and running? She’s already back on her perch and normal color.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

A couple well dusted and gutloaded feeders as soon as she is willing to take them along with a good misting for the first day. Next day, repeat twice, then back to normal. She will =let you know what she's up for, just watch her closely.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Looks like about 60+? Don't make any significant husbandry changes until she's recovered but you may want to look into bringing down her food intake and basking temps to promote a smaller clutch size in the future. Are you familiar with that technique?

 

[Charliefoxtrot98]

Looks like about 60+? Don't make any significant husbandry changes until she's recovered but you may want to look into bringing down her food intake and basking temps to promote a smaller clutch size in the future. Are you familiar with that technique?

Thank you so much for the advice! No im 100% new to this and just read everything I can on this forum! Im more than willing to listen and learn from anyone who has knowledge!

 

[AnamCara]

Looks like about 60+? Don't make any significant husbandry changes until she's recovered but you may want to look into bringing down her food intake and basking temps to promote a smaller clutch size in the future. Are you familiar with that technique?

Are dented / squishy eggs common in infertile clutches? Is that a husbandry thing? My girl layed one clutch with a couple "deflated" looking eggs. I wish I would have posted a picture.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Yes, common

 

[kinyonga]

With Panther chameleons I have only lowered the number of eggs per clutch (not stopped the egg production completely) . With veileds I have been able to stop them completely...
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html