egg laying please help!

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chameleon guy

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earlier my veiled female was digging in her egg bin. she had stopped! Should i be alarmed by this? She also almost gave up on herself. I found her laying in the back of her cage and she was cold. I do not want her to give up without a fight. How wide should the bin be? Please any help I don't want to loose her by getting egg bound.
 
You said..."earlier my veiled female was digging in her egg bin. she had stopped!"...did she stop because she saw you looking at her?
 
Okay if she seems cold put a heater close for a few minutes. DON'T leave her with the heater, she could get really hot fast. Watch the temp and don't let it get really hot. Did you pick her up when she seemed cold? Did it seem to stress her? She might sit in your hand long enough to warm up, that is better than a heater. Then sit her back in the bin. Now go to bed and leave her alone. Her really needs this time alone. Next if you female's body is 5" (not including tail) She needs about an 8" laying bin so she can turn around. Make sure it ia also at least 8" deep. Good luck, let me know in the morning.
 
You need to make sure she can't see you watching her. I would dig a hole (making sure that the sand/soil is moist enough to hold the "tunnel") and put her in it after warming her up. Hopefully she will get the job done...but leave her in peace. If she gets disturbed too often and abandons the hole too often she will become eggbound. Let's hope you're not too late.
 
this morning i left but before i did i put her in the egg laying bin. i got back home not to long ago, she is digging again and made everyone in my house aware that they should not even take a peek at her or stomp around. I moistened the sand by misting seeing as the heat from the lights might dry the sand out.
 
I'm so glad she's still digging...and that you are giving her some privacy! Let's hope that tonight you have a "skinny" female and some buried eggs. Let her lay them, bury them and return to the branches before you dig them up. (BTW...I would dig them up even if they are infertile to see that she actually laid them and how many she laid.

Was she mated?
 
kinyonga said:
I'm so glad she's still digging...and that you are giving her some privacy! Let's hope that tonight you have a "skinny" female and some buried eggs. Let her lay them, bury them and return to the branches before you dig them up. (BTW...I would dig them up even if they are infertile to see that she actually laid them and how many she laid.

Was she mated?
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no she was never mated, and sadly she has given up again. Can i dig the hole for her or massage her so the eggs can come out more easily?
 
They can dig several 'test holes' before settling on one to lay in. Lily digs here and there for a few days before she gets started on her 'proper hole'. Once she starts her 'for real' hole she will continue until she has laid and covered in the hole and finished the whole process. It can take anything up to a whole day or more depending on the number of eggs.
 
oh but i think my female has been ready for a while but i just hope she pulls through. It is really hard for me right now because i have no experience in egg laying and she is very weak in her legs.
 
If she has totally given up digging (not just quit for the day) then you should take her to the vets right away. A shot of oxytocin and a shot of calcium may make her lay the eggs. If you wait too long the oxytocin won't likely work.


You said she's weak in the legs...how are you supplementing her? What brands and how often for each supplement? What do you gutload with? What brand and type of UVB light do you use? What's the basking temperature?
 
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If she's really weak she could die...but let's hope for the best. She should lay the eggs, bury them and then go back up into the branches. You want to let her do this if possible....if she's not too weak.

When she is back up in the branches, she should be thirsty and hungry.
You need to dig the eggs up even if they are not fertile to make sure that she laid them and to see how many she laid.

I would still like to hear about your supplementing and I would like to hear about other husbandry things too.
 
How much eggs should she be laying because she only had three?

Here you go kinyonga.she is about 9 1/2 inches with her tail all the way out. she is around 11 months. She is living in an 18x18x18 screen cage. Have a dripper, mist three times a day, about 80 degrees at basking spot, and I give her calcium supplement every other day, calcium with d3 every week, and chameleon dust every two weeks.
 

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