i bought this soil and it says its sterilized

[kyreg]

does that look sterilzed ?


and also my cham has recent , last night started to crawl around on the floor of her cage. This morning i was watching her and she turned a light green with dark green stripes and dark green dotsalong iwth yellow stripes.
She was also, what looked to be like trying to climb up the wall of the terrarium, and then she started to pull back the newspaper i have down on the floor. Not a whole lot of clawing just a few seconds ,
These were the best pictures i could do ... does she look like she is about to lay eggs?

whats going on ?

 

[lbesok]

Hello, IDK about sterilized dirt. To me this soil looks like it has styrofoam pellets in it, which I believe could be fatal if ingested by a chameleon. I always go for the real deal, organic soil. For a laying substrate I use a 50/50 mix of play-sand and organic dirt. Though I do not have veilds, she looks too young to lay, and is not showing gravid coloration. Which my friend's chameleon so readily displays here:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/chester-girl-fired-up-12539/
As a precaution you could always place an egg laying container in the cage for her
What kind of cage is she in? You may want to consider removing the newspaper, no substrate at all is recommended.
Also her back right foot looks a little swollen. What are you providing as far as dust supplementation?
It's always useful and helps people get a better picture if you could fill out the How to ask for help form:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/

 

[kyreg]

Hello, IDK about sterilized dirt. To me this soil looks like it has styrofoam pellets in it, which I believe could be fatal if ingested by a chameleon. I always go for the real deal, organic soil. For a laying substrate I use a 50/50 mix of play-sand and organic dirt. Though I do not have veilds, she looks too young to lay, and is not showing gravid coloration. Which my friend's chameleon so readily displays here:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/chester-girl-fired-up-12539/
As a precaution you could always place an egg laying container in the cage for her
What kind of cage is she in? You may want to consider removing the newspaper, no substrate at all is recommended.
Also her back right foot looks a little swollen. What are you providing as far as dust supplementation?
It's always useful and helps people get a better picture if you could fill out the How to ask for help form:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/

Yah i have her a 100 gallon flexarium now, umm, as afar as supplemmenting goes i give a calcium with d3 (rep-cal) 2 times a week and just pure calcium 1 a week. Im going to get the mulivitamin Herpitive, but i would likeo know what is beta caroten?
AND i tried looking for organic soil but here in this part where i live , its really hard.

 

[ChameleonsTree]

you shouldnt have anything on the bottom of the cage.

 

[kyreg]

you shouldnt have anything on the bottom of the cage.

erm, but te bottom is screened, and if i dont lay something there the carpet will get wet....
what do you suggest then

 

[WEGSXXI]

setup a drainage system so you floor doesnt get wet get something to put under or get a plastic sheet and drill some holes in it ...check this site out

https://www.chameleonforums.com/drainage-aluminum-cages-11661/

or search "drain system" in the search forms to look at diff posts the best thing to do is use your imagination and come up with your own design that fits your needs ... good luck hope this helped!

 

[ChameleonsTree]

Some people have built a cabinet around a plastic laundry tub and then put a bucket under that to collect water.