Is she ok?!?!?!
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Pet store had no idea how old she was but I have had her for about 5 months now, so I want to make an educated guess that she is close to a year old. She is my first female Veiled so I am unfamiliar with how to take care of her if she is in fact gravid. Is that white stuff on her nose normal?
Nursemaia
Chameleon Enthusiast
This is a picture from a couple of weeks ago. Only thing I have added since then is a mossy vine with brandname "Galapagos"
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She does not. How could I make/get one?
Chameleon: Female Veiled Chameleon, cared for 5 months, ~9-11months old
Handling: Rarely handle since she tries to bite. Try to take her out of her cage at least 2-4 times a month.
Feeding: ~10 medium crickets a day, ~1-2 superworms a week, have tried veggies but she wont eat them
supplements: crickets and worms lightly dusted every feeding with ReptiCal without D3. Twice a month with D3 and vitamins. Crickets are gutloaded with Flukers Orange Cubes and Mazuri Gutload diet
Watering: MistKing programmed to mist her cage 4 times a day each misting interval lasting 1.5minutes
Fecal: Normal poop to my knowledge (brown with a white/yellow urate)
Cage info: two Screen cages put together
lighting: 75W basking bulb on left cage, 50W on right cage, UVB coiled lightbulb
Temperature: Using my temp gun the cage ranges from ~90F at basking spot to ~70 at bottom of cage
Humidity: Difficult to maintain a consistent humidity because of the screen cage which is why I keep live plants and moss for humidity. After a misting the humidity will be around 70% and eventually drops back down to about 20%. Have a cheap humidity gauge from petco so not sure how accurate it is.
Plants: Pothos, ficus, and moss vines I bought in Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Galápagos-05266-MossVine-Moss-Natural/dp/B00KZDT4BI
Placement: Classroom (I am a bio teacher)
location: Los Angeles, California
Current Problem: Veiled Chameleon looking Gray/purple, white crust over nostrils, laying on bottom of cage
Remkon
Chameleon Enthusiast
Here's a video guide
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/laying-bin-set-up-educational-video.77225/
good luck
Can anyone help confirm that she is in fact gravid? I really hate seeing her like this and want to make sure she stays alive and comfortable
OK I just covered up her cage and I will go immediately after school to make her a laying bin. I really do hope it is nothing too serious
Nursemaia
Chameleon Enthusiast
The white around her nose is just salt and completely normal.
Here is a veiled caresheet https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
Here is a veiled caresheet https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
brownie64
Avid Member
Put the laying ben in and dig her a couple of starter holes. Like @Remkon said cover her, and give her some privacy. If there is any way we could get a good look at her side it would be easer to judge if she is gravid or not, but given her age I would guess she is. That could be why she is on the bottom looking for a place to lay them. If you do all this, and she don't lay those eggs fairly soon I would definitely consider taking her to a reptile vet they go down hill quite rapidly.
P.S. On another note if it were me I would bring her basking temp down to the mid 80s it will help reduce her egg production.
P.S. On another note if it were me I would bring her basking temp down to the mid 80s it will help reduce her egg production.
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Craigwyatt
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Do you have a separate light just for uvb set up for her. I saw your setups and didn't notice any strip lighting.
