Chameleon stressed for 3 days...

[Gabriellehernandezxxx]

Lay bin in, half organic soil and half playsand. When I put my finger in, it didn’t collapse on itself and it stayed a little tunnel. This is what she’s looking like, some yellows! This is her/ my first time going through this!! Scared and anxious haha

 

[AmandaS]

I was a hot mess for "our" first egg laying, but it went so smoothly. I will not panic anymore. ....Its way easier than it seems.

 

[Gabriellehernandezxxx]

I was a hot mess for "our" first egg laying, but it went so smoothly. I will not panic anymore. ....Its way easier than it seems.

I had a nightmare about it last night

 

[Gabriellehernandezxxx]

Also, I still haven’t been able to set up the mistking, I didn’t want to put that in her enclosure and scare her more than she already was (the stress look is still on), so how will i hand mist if/ when she lays? Or is it ok to just not mist her while laying/ then get back to the misting when she’s done laying?

 

[Brodybreaux25]

This female is not gravid. She is puffing up as part of her stress response.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

Sometimes a chams puff threat response is mistaken for gravidity. The pictures below are of a male and a gravid female but the point is the same, both are displaying their instinctive(IM TALKING TO YOU JO! lol) puff threat response.

Lets start with Roux(blue male Nosy Be) - the giveaway that he isn't gravid(besides obviously being male) is how thin his belly is from vent to half way between his rear and front legs. If we froze him where he is and looked up from beneath him he would appear to be about 3/4" wide vent to front legs. Very consistent.

Now onto Momma who is currently gravid - She is in full threat puff display just like Roux. Now if we froze her and looked up at her from below exactly as we did with Roux she will be MUCH thicker from vent to midway between rear and front legs and gradually thinning as we look closer to the front of her front legs. Obviously this is due to her being gravid and carrying eggs just forward of her vent. This is a dead giveaway she's gravid, you can also see the lumps along her sides but this can be more troublesome to identify early on.

 

[AnamCara]

We need to discuss this, its been happening a lot lately and throwing rookie keepers off.

I've been seeing a lot of inexperienced keepers(no offense, I made the same mistakes in the past) mistaking a chams puff threat response for gravidity. The pictures below are of a male and a gravid female but the point is the same, both are displaying their instinctive(IM TALKING TO YOU JO! lol) puff threat response.

Lets start with Roux(blue male Nosy Be) - the giveaway that he isn't gravid(besides obviously being male) is how thin his belly is from vent to half way between his rear and front legs. If we froze him where he is and looked up from beneath him he would appear to be about 3/4" wide vent to front legs. Very consistent.

Now onto Momma who is currently gravid - She is in full threat puff display just like Roux. Now if we froze her and looked up at her from below exactly as we did with Roux she will be MUCH thicker from vent to midway between rear and front legs and gradually thinning as we look closer to the front of her front legs. Obviously this is due to her being gravid and carrying eggs just forward of her vent. This is a dead giveaway she's gravid, you can also see the lumps along her sides but this can be more troublesome to identify early on.

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My bad.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

My bad.

No your good, I assure you ive made every mistake you've made and some. Were all here to learn.

 

[Gabriellehernandezxxx]

Big day for her today... got her outside sunning for the first time! Was supposed to get her 2x2x4 today but the store ran out UGH. They’re calling me as soon as they get one in- which will hopefully be sooner than it would’ve taken to order online...!

 

[Gabriellehernandezxxx]

There is a little brown coloration right below her mouth. Other than the odd color, there seems to be nothing else on it (not raised/ bumps). Is that ok, or is there something I should get checked out?

 

[Gabriellehernandezxxx]

Update if the picture above... it’s now white... does anyone have any idea of what this could be?

 

[janjan20]

Has she shed recently? Looks like stuck shed...how long has it been white like that?

 

[Gabriellehernandezxxx]

Has she shed recently? Looks like stuck shed...how long has it been white like that?

No she hasn’t :/ it was a dark spot about a month ago, like the picture above, and within the last week or so it’s now white. I’m so puzzled

 

[janjan20]

Ok well this may be the start of a shed since it’s been about a month. The spot before kinda looked like a bruise since it was a darker area. If I’m wrong hopefully someone else will chime in and shed some more light on it. Besides that she still looks good