Help! new chamelon lay eggs!

[GloriaEnrique]

My husband and I just bought a beautifull 9 months old female panther chameleon Nose Be about a month ago.We noticed when we got home that she didn't eat much but whe taught it was just because of her new environment. She had very nice color.Dark brown with peach circles on the middle iof her body.

Yesturday, she beggin to dig in the dirt of the plant that we have in her tank.So we concluded that she 's probably gravid and will lay her eggs soon but the pet shop who sold her to us didn't told us she was gravid.

We don't know what her last owner did with her and if she mate or not with a male.

I would like to know , does it happens that female panther chameleon lay eggs without having been mate witn a male ?


and is there a way to tell if the eggs she will lay are fertile or not?

 

[kinyonga]

Yes, female panthers can lay eggs without being mated.

You need to provide a suitable site for her to dig in to lay her eggs.
You can use an opaque container that is about 10" deep and large enough for her to fit easily into when its empty. Fill it about 2/3 full of washed playsand that has been moistened so that it will hold a tunnel. Many of them will lay in this sized container. Some will need to be moved to a bigger one once they start digging. Failure to provide a suitable place can lead the chameleon towards eggbinding.

Do not let her see you watching her when she is digging or she will abandon the hole. If she abandons it often enough she could become eggbound and eventually die.

Once the eggs are laid, you can tell by their size and appearance whether they are fertile or not. They should be dug up anyhow IMHO to make sure that she did lay eggs and to see how many.

 

[GloriaEnrique]

thank you very much for the answer!
a very informative answer!

 

[kinyonga]

Just a little more information...since you may not recognize the difference between fertile and infertile eggs...I would set them up to incubate in case they are good.

Let her finish laying the eggs and burying them...and let her return to the branches before you dig the eggs up. I use a plastic teaspoon and gently scrape away layers of sand until I reach the eggs. Have the containers ready that you wish to incubate the eggs in. Try not to rotate the eggs as you are moving them to the containers.

For containers, you can use the deli cups that are over 3" high or shoebox sized plastic containers with lids. In either case, punch a very small hole in the lid(s). Fill the container about half full of moist vermiculite and lay the eggs in rows in indents that you have made with your thumb. Put the lid(s) back on the container(s) and place the container(s) in a dark place that is in the temperature range that the article I cited below describes.

Here's a good site that tells you about digging up the eggs and incubating them...
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/fpardalis.html

 

[GloriaEnrique]

I did what you said and put a 10'' pot with moist play sand in it in her tank.I hope she will lay her eggs soon.

 

[GloriaEnrique]

My chameleon didn't lay her eggs yet.(She began to dig monday )we put a sand pot of 10'' in her tank but she didn't go in there , she seems to prefere diging around her ficus so we place the ficus in a bigger pot of sand. she didn't seem to continue digging since two days. i don't watch her all the time she got her own room i just go in there to mist de cage and food .Should i be worry.Is it time to take her to a vet or it's too soon???

 

[GloriaEnrique]

she layed her 27 eggs yesturday!!!!

 

[BocaJan]

Great! Can you take a pic so we can tell if they are fertile or infertile? Where did she end up laying the eggs?

 

[kinyonga]

Glad to hear that she got through the process! Feed and water her well for the next couple of days so she can recover from the experience and then put her back on her normal schedule. Once you know she's producing eggs again you can feed her a little more again.

 

[GloriaEnrique]

here are some pics of my new eggs!!!

 

[Sang]

lol canadia money.

um i have no clue if they are fertile TBH, im not quiet sure what im LF myself.

SO with that being said GL.

 

[BocaJan]

lol canadia money.

um i have no clue if they are fertile TBH, im not quiet sure what im LF myself.

SO with that being said GL.

???? Huh ????

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

It looks to me, that you may have 2 fertile eggs in that clutch. The 2 nice and white ones. It almost seems like she was bred once before you purchased her and she laid a second clutch on retained sperm. Keep them all until they go moldy. I'm pretty sure 2 of them will be fertile though.

 

[Chameleons Northwest]

???? Huh ????

SANG SAID: "Laugh Out Loud at the Canadian money [seen in the photo of the eggs].
Um, I have no clue if they are fertile. To be honest, I'm not quite sure what I'm looking for myself. So, with that being said, good luck."

 

[BocaJan]

AH HA! Thank you gesang.