Eggs? Scared? Help please

Ezrool

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Hey everyone.
Suddenly when I'm trying to take out my Cham she hisses at me, all the time.
She never did that before, always let me pick her up..
As soon as I came close with my hand, she hissed... A bit closer and she nearly bit me.:(
But she still eats food from my hand if I bring it inside the terrarium.:)

Could she be like, scared of me because I sprayed a little on her? (It's a big spray cone so it's not like one of those hard spray thingie, just soft and "misty")
She feels like I'm torturing her or something?:(:(:(

Or... Is it because she might want to lay eggs? She likes to sit under the heat lamp a bit more, sat there all day yesterday. Not 100% sure but it looks like she's a bit, just a tiny bit fatter..

/Thanks, Peter
 
They usually get grumpier when they are going to lay eggs....but there can be other reasons too.
Do you have a place for her to dig in the cage to show you when she needs to lay them?
 
They usually get grumpier when they are going to lay eggs....but there can be other reasons too.
Do you have a place for her to dig in the cage to show you when she needs to lay them?

Not at the moment :/ No buscard right now so can't come to the city.. Going there tomorrow tho..
What kind of stores can you buy that special sand that most of the people uses? :eek: playsand?

What other reason?:(
I used to be able to just pick her up and feed her and stuff.. Now she won't let me touch her, nearly bit me... So wondering if I'm doing anything wrong or why she's like that :(
 
I would recommend an opaque container at least 12" deep by 12" x 8" filled almost full with washed play sand. You can buy playsand at places like Home Depot. Do not use calcisand.

If you don't provide her with a place and her time to lay the eggs passes, she will likely die eggbound.

She could be grumpy because she is maturing or defensive. Sometimes chameleons will act grumpy when they are not well...but there should be other signs that go along with that.
 
I would recommend an opaque container at least 12" deep by 12" x 8" filled almost full with washed play sand. You can buy playsand at places like Home Depot. Do not use calcisand.

If you don't provide her with a place and her time to lay the eggs passes, she will likely die eggbound.

She could be grumpy because she is maturing or defensive. Sometimes chameleons will act grumpy when they are not well...but there should be other signs that go along with that.

sometimes cham's get grumpy because.. Well... They're chameleons.
 
Thanks guys! :)

She was just being grumpy, picked her up today and she's like yeah.. all cool with it!:D

Also, she's been growing ALOT, not like.. Fatty grow, but bigger overall!
They grow kinda fast right? :D
 
Glad to hear she let you pick her up and didn't act so grumpy. You should still have a laying bin in her cage because maybe on day she will surprise you with infertile eggs and you would rather be safe then sorry. :)
 
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