Gravid female/Receptive Colors possibly?

[chnk]

wow! very beautiful girl! love the light blue spots! mine is not showing signs of any need to lay, a part for being very round. I don't know what to do anymore! has your female stopped or decreased eating?

she has actually, shes only eating like 4 crickets a day now and thats only if i hand feed it to her, other than that shes not interested

caught her outside her cage again

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

She's definitely full of eggs. Look at that belly! Follow some of the suggestions in Jann's blog for trying to get her to lay eggs. Sometimes they need to be placed in a very large laying bin (big trashcan) full of substrate and a plant planted in the egg laying substrate for several days to stimulate their interest. If her appetite has dropped off it is time to lay. If she goes a week or two more without any progress or at any time starts sleeping during the day or acting weak she needs to be seen by a reptile vet comfortable with egg laying reptiles. I'm currently treating one as I type this with oxytocin, an injectable hormone to try to stimulate egg laying. If that is unsuccessful then surgery may be needed soon.

 

[italian chameleon]

shes only eating like 4 crickets a day now and thats only if i hand feed it to her, other than that shes not interested

at least she's friendly, mine hisses as soon as she see my hands close to her
I think i'll take her to the vet this week

 

[chnk]

She's definitely full of eggs. Look at that belly! Follow some of the suggestions in Jann's blog for trying to get her to lay eggs. Sometimes they need to be placed in a very large laying bin (big trashcan) full of substrate and a plant planted in the egg laying substrate for several days to stimulate their interest. If her appetite has dropped off it is time to lay. If she goes a week or two more without any progress or at any time starts sleeping during the day or acting weak she needs to be seen by a reptile vet comfortable with egg laying reptiles. I'm currently treating one as I type this with oxytocin, an injectable hormone to try to stimulate egg laying. If that is unsuccessful then surgery may be needed soon.

I read her blog, and its a good idea so ill do that

now do i give her uvb/uva light and a feeder cup too?

 

[jannb]

now do i give her uvb/uva light and a feeder cup too?

I don't I just leave the lights on in the room. I also don't leave them in for that long. I put them in, in the afternoon and if they just sit on the branch/stick or trying to get out then I take them back out for the night/morning and try again the next afternoon. If they show any interest in the sand or digging then I leave them in. You need to give her complete privacy when in the bin.

 

[italian chameleon]

I don't I just leave the lights on in the room. I also don't leave them in for that long. I put them in, in the afternoon and if they just sit on the branch/stick or trying to get out then I take them back out for the night/morning and try again the next afternoon. If they show any interest in the sand or digging then I leave them in. You need to give her complete privacy when in the bin.

it sounds really complicated: check if she's interested in digging BUT give her complete privacy it's a newkeeper's nightmare!!It's the first time for me and I really hope everything goes well!!!

 

[chnk]

still no egg laying still eating fine though