Help with Chameleon

[AaronHines]

I'm not sure if my Veiled Chameleon is boy/girl and would you know how old he is/ heres some pics

 

[Nursemaia]

It's a girl and she looks gravid. Get a laying bin set up. She's at least 6 months old but I suspect she's closer to 8 or 10 months

 

[AaronHines]

How soon does the laying bin need to be set up?

 

[AaronHines]

Some new pics

 

[Nursemaia]

It needs to be set up now

 

[AaronHines]

Just reading the forms on laying bins and stuff, can you give me some tips on the laying bin

 

[AaronHines]

forums

 

[AaronHines]

I don't think she has ever seen a male and so are these eggs infertile and won't become chameleons?

 

[JacksJill]

I don't think she has ever seen a male and so are these eggs infertile and won't become chameleons?

Right, she just needs to expel the unfertilized eggs like a hen would. There are ways to check them but it's probably not worth the effort for you.

 

[Nursemaia]

https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video.77225/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/entry/egg-laying-and-the-laying-bin.345/
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blog...-with-young-veiled-or-panther-chameleons.325/

 

[AaronHines]

So i just throw out all the "eggs" when i dig them up.

 

[JacksJill]

Some people flush them. Unless you like omelets. lol

 

[AaronHines]

 

[AaronHines]

Does the setup look all right to you guys?

 

[Nursemaia]

It needs to be 10-12 inches deep. People usually use a 5 gallon bucket or a big trash can

 

[Nursemaia]

Her enclosure looks a little sparse too. She needs more climbing branches and she's probably not getting any uvb with branches that far away from the light

 

[medgecko]

I'm using a nursery pot that's ~7.5 gallons, measuring 14"x14"x12".

 

[AaronHines]

Ya-- branches are on order but we are snowed in so they won't come for two days.
And the laying bin - needs sand and dirt right- just have dirt in mine.

 

[Nursemaia]

It should be a mix of sand and dirt and moist enough to hold a tunnel.

 

[AaronHines]

When she is gravid, do they not eat because she is eating fine right now and not even going near the laying bin- off to lowes to get a 5 gallon bucket and some sand for laying bin 2.0.