veiled female help

[bradley]

My female veiled started digging two days ago to lay her clutch of eggs. She finished laying them last night and ive just dug them up. She has only layey 6 and u can steel feel the eggs inside her. What should i do on her last clkutch she kept a few wggs in but pooed them out but she feels like she has loads in side her. Is there anything i can do to make her lay

 

[bradley]

anyone

 

[kinyonga]

I think its time for a visit to the vet for some oxytocin.

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[bradley]

someone on another forum said ait a day or two because it has happened to them and they layed the rest
Your Chameleon - Veiled chameleon female abot 2 years old had her since she was 3 months old
Handling - About once a week sometimes more to transfer them outside for natural basking
Feeding - I feed my cham crickets,locust,roaches and worms and i feed about 4 locusts every other day and for other fedders the equivelent. I supplemet with calcium twice a week and supplement with nutrobel twice a month. I gutload all fedders with fruit and veg and ready made gutload
Watering - I mist twice a day with a hand mister and put the dripper on for about ten minutes once a day. They drink most days.
Fecal Description - Firm and usually a nice white colour urate. Hasn't been tested for parasites
History - Has layed a few clutches before with no problem with eggs resulting in healthy offspring
Cage Info:
Cage Type -Zoomed reptibreeze the 4x2x2 all screen
Lighting -Exo terra 10.0 linear bulb on from 7 in morning till 9 at night
Temperature - Basking temp is around 84 to 86, no het at night i measure this with a digital thermometer
Humidity - I spray twice daily and have 4 live plants to a cage i measure humidity with a anologue hydrometer
Plants - live and real. I use ficus, ubrella plant and pothos
Placement - Cage is in my bedroom placed on the ground
Location - I live in sunny england
Current Problem - see first post

 

[Julirs]

She may have a large egg stuck, or may just need some help with Oxytocin-but this definitley looks like a Vet visit is in need.

 

[jannb]

I agree. Get her to the vet Bradley.

 

[bradley]

is there anything i can do untill i can get her to a vet

 

[kinyonga]

Sometimes some liquid calcium will help but if there is a physical reason why she didn't lay the eggs (like fused, deformed eggs or one that is too big to lay or a problem with her reproductive system) it could cause more harm than good.

 

[bradley]

im taking her to the vets tomorrow so they ca give her a injection to make her lay. Will she dig anothe hole or just drop them from a branch and how long does it take from injection to laying and also what is the sverage cost of this

 

[Miss Lily]

Last year at my vets it cost me £6.19 plus vat and a consultation fee. The bill for that visit totalled £21.85. My vet said if it's going to work it works pretty quickly - I seem to remember him saying about an hour or so. Good luck - I hope the visit goes well.

 

[bradley]

do they dig or just lay them from a branch

 

[dondeb562]

IF the shot works they tend to just drop them from the branch they are on... The shot does not always work in all cases. In my experience, they tend to react to the hormone with in 20 minutes to an hour if it is going to work.

 

[bradley]

she has had an injection today and that was about 5 hours ago so i don't think it worked. The vet said she can have upto three and then the only other option is to operate ans spay her