First time mama on mother’s Day

[Reptranula]

We bred her 25 days ago. She was digging in her cage so we put her in the bucket. It’s a scary yet fun anticipation. She laid infertile eggs in December.

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Good luck! I see she’s looking at you taking a photo of her.. she must not see you during the process. Just leave her alone in total so she has 0% stress.

 

[kinyonga]

Don't let her see you watching her when she's digging!
Good luck with her!
How many eggs did she lay in December?

 

[Reptranula]

Good luck! I see she’s looking at you taking a photo of her.. she must not see you during the process. Just leave her alone in total so she has 0% stress.

Yes I just moved her and snapped a photo before I covered her.

 

[Reptranula]

Don't let her see you watching her when she's digging!
Good luck with her!
How many eggs did she lay in December?

I just moved her into it. And wanted a quick photo. She had 36 in December

 

[Reptranula]

Question. We left her alone and she dug around a lot. She then got out of the 5 gallon bucket and doesn’t want to go back in. We put a screen fish tank lid on to see and she climbed and hung upside down. I checked the soil/sand mix and it’s still forming into good caves. Do I put her back into her cage? She is in a bioactive and should be able to lay in the dirt in there. Or keep her in the lay bucket?

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Question. We left her alone and she dug around a lot. She then got out of the 5 gallon bucket and doesn’t want to go back in. We put a screen fish tank lid on to see and she climbed and hung upside down. I checked the soil/sand mix and it’s still forming into good caves. Do I put her back into her cage? She is in a bioactive and should be able to lay in the dirt in there. Or keep her in the lay bucket?

I dont have a female but I think you really just need to let her be? I always see people saying don’t bother her and she can’t see you. I think you shouldn’t come in and add new things or anything..

 

[Reptranula]

I dont have a female but I think you really just need to let her be? I always see people saying don’t bother her and she can’t see you. I think you shouldn’t come in and add new things or anything..

right. But she was getting out and crawling on the floor ??

 

[MissSkittles]

How long was she digging in the bucket for? It usually takes my girls a good day to day & 1/2 to lay. Does she look thinner? If she has a bioactive enclosure, why put her in the bucket? How deep is the bioactive layer?

 

[Reptranula]

She still has eggs in her. and I read in bioactive the critters can hurt the eggs, plus the plants would die Digging up the eggs. The bioactive is about 10”. She’s was in the bucket for 2 days. I put her back into her cage. She wasn’t happy in the bucket at all.

 

[MissSkittles]

She still has eggs in her. and I read in bioactive the critters can hurt the eggs, plus the plants would die Digging up the eggs. The bioactive is about 10”. She’s was in the bucket for 2 days. I put her back into her cage. She wasn’t happy in the bucket at all.

I honestly don’t know if the clean up crew would damage the eggs. I would think if you removed the eggs quickly enough, it may be alright.

 

[Reptranula]

This time around is stressful! I watered down her bioactive last night so she can dig. And put her into her cage. I just came out of my own surgery and my son text me saying she’s digging a hole and then the hole caved in. He can hear her digging still. Do I have him leave her alone or open the entrance?

 

[kinyonga]

The more you disturb them when they're digging the more likely they are to become eggbound. You need to not move her back and forth to the bin and then the cage and to not move/handle her at all until she's done laying the eggs IMHO.

 

[Reptranula]

The more you disturb them when they're digging the more likely they are to become eggbound. You need to not move her back and forth to the bin and then the cage and to not move/handle her at all until she's done laying the eggs IMHO.

I moved her once because she escaped repeated from bucket.

 

[kinyonga]

When you make a bin to use outside the cage it needs to be big...like a garbage can that you use in the garage so they can't get out. It needs a branch and a plant as well IMHO.

 

[Reptranula]

Thanks for answering my questions. i appreciate the feedback.

 

[MissSkittles]

@kinyonga if the tunnel collapsed, will she be able to dig her way out?

 

[kinyonga]

@kinyonga if the tunnel collapsed, will she be able to dig her way out?

I can say for sure...I've never had a tunnel collapse...I wonder what happens in the wild?

 

[MissSkittles]

I can say for sure...I've never had a tunnel collapse...I wonder what happens in the wild?

Should op have his/her son open the collapsed tunnel even though it will disturb the cham?

 

[Reptranula]

He can hear her still digging. Thanks MissSkittles for asking these questions.
I’m sorry if people are under the assumption we keep messing with her. She has a sheet over and we have a camera in her cage to watch. I moved her into a 5 gallon bucket after reading a ton and that’s what all articles said. After getting out 3 times I moved her back into her cage. If in the beginning someone thought she should have been in a bigger trash can it would have been nice to know.