gravid??
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brittanyt
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justjumpit621
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She does look quite large. How much have you been feeding her? Not just now but for the past few months at least. If she seems lethargic at all and stops eating, you should probably take her to a vet to get an xray
brittanyt
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She doesn't seem lethargic shes climbing everywhere no signs of being gravid except for being a little fat and not eating as much. I feed her 5 to ten crickets a day
justjumpit621
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10 is a bit much, especially daily. a female should get maybe 5 every other day. Make sure she is getting plenty of calcium also.
brittanyt
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U think that's y she is so big... and also I heard that sometimes they wont eat just because ... idk if its her tired of the same ol food or what
There is only two exotic vets here and they said they cant see me... idunno what to do
chameleonkev
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How old is she? An I wouldn't worried about her no eating they can go a week without with out food with no problems, she may be bord of the same food like you say, variety is key with chameleons
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busterboy
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She might be gravid. Keep offering her food and in about a week or so you will be able to tell by looking at her body and seeing round buldges in her stomach. Make sure to dust her feedings with proper calcium and calcium with d3 and multivitamins. If you need help with that, message me and I will let you know the proper feeding per day/per week and suting and all that good stuff. Also i can help you out with the egg laying and all the good stuff. I remember how worked up i was when My female was going through all this. But when they refuse to eat, some changes are going on. Because if you have been giving her a strict diet for a while, she should be consuming the normal amount of food intake she always had.
buddy912
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im not sure what you r feeding her but worms calcium, horn worms , most of them when nice n warm move ALOT n it seems to really strike an interest in him if he dont wanna eat his crickets roaches or painted ladies! i use about 7-8 different feeder mostly n sometimes he just like those wiggly worms squiggling around! like i said dont know what ur feeding her but its just an idea. good luck!
sandrachameleon
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If you are only offering one type of prey, I encourage you to start providing a wide variety of feeder prey types.
5 bugs a day is PLENTY. So maybe she's just not hungry! Certainly she looks well fed.
Could also be she's going to shed - sometimes they eat less just before shedding.
Is she drinking well? dehydration can cause lack of appetite.
This blog entry gives you an idea of what gravid colouration looks like with a veiled: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/bocajan/79-not-receptive-receptive-gravid.html
with a panther: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/112-photos-female-panther.html
5 bugs a day is PLENTY. So maybe she's just not hungry! Certainly she looks well fed.
Could also be she's going to shed - sometimes they eat less just before shedding.
Is she drinking well? dehydration can cause lack of appetite.
This blog entry gives you an idea of what gravid colouration looks like with a veiled: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/bocajan/79-not-receptive-receptive-gravid.html
with a panther: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/112-photos-female-panther.html
