MY MALE CHAMELEON HAS WEIRD EGG LOOKING THINGS IN HIS CAGE

[AfroJoe666]

Anyone else had this? Hes definitely a Male but I come home from work today to find 6 oval egg looking things at the bottom of his cage?

I have a picture but not sure how to post?

 

[AfroJoe666]

Anyone else had this? Hes definitely a Male but I come home from work today to find 6 oval egg looking things at the bottom of his cage?

I have a picture but not sure how to post?

 

[Goose502]

Lol, that’s a female veiled chameleon. Your dudes a chick. She just laid infertile eggs.

 

[coastal_chameleon]

its a female

 

[ponders]

Those are eggs. You have a female and she'll need to lay the rest ASAP

 

[AfroJoe666]

Lol, that’s a female veiled chameleon. Your dudes a chick. She just laid infertile eggs.

For real but it had the lump? Explains why shes a stressy bitch

 

[AfroJoe666]

For real but it had the lump? Explains why shes a stressy bitch

 

[Brodybreaux25]

I’m very surprised no one told you to get to the vet. She’s dropping eggs and needs medical attention.

 

[AfroJoe666]

Those are eggs. You have a female and she'll need to lay the rest ASAP

I'm still confused, it has the lump between it's back and tail, I was told this was how males are identified?

 

[AfroJoe666]

I’m very surprised no one told you to get to the vet. She’s dropping eggs and needs medical attention.

So what do I do? Shes still a bright green colour, shes very snappy but shes chillin??

 

[Goose502]

That’s how you sex panther chameleons, you sex veiled chameleons by looking for tarsal spurs.

 

[Ares05]

You need to get her a a chameleon savvy vet. Just dropping eggs isnt normal. You need to setup a laying bin for her and cover the bottom half of her cage with a sheet and leave. her. alone. Along with scheduling a vet appointment ASAP.

 

[JoXie411]

Lol, that’s a female veiled chameleon. Your dudes a chick. She just laid infertile eggs.

That’s what I thought when I read the title lol

 

[Goose502]

Start learning about lay bins, she needs one ASAP, and a trip to vet is in order as well.

 

[Brodybreaux25]

I also think you benefit from a review as well

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[AfroJoe666]

Start learning about lay bins, she needs one ASAP, and a trip to vet is in order as well.

I've just removed the eggs from her cage and now shes stopped being snappy and is letting me go near her again, I'm so shocked I was convinced it was a male, and theres no way she came in contact with a male? Do why do I need a lay bin?

 

[Ares05]

Uhh because she needs to lay the rest of her eggs in a proper place? And you need to go see a chameleon-savvy vet. Without these things she could become egg bound, and die.

 

[Lennoncham]

and theres no way she came in contact with a male?

they can lay infertile eggs. No need for a male. Like chickens do.

 

[AfroJoe666]

Uhh because she needs to lay the rest of her eggs in a proper place? And you need to go see a chameleon-savvy vet. Without these things she could become egg bound, and die.

Ok not going to a vet, she laid her eggs there before she can do it again. She seems happy now just shocked as was told to was male

 

[JoXie411]

I've just removed the eggs from her cage and now shes stopped being snappy and is letting me go near her again, I'm so shocked I was convinced it was a male, and theres no way she came in contact with a male? Do why do I need a lay bin?

Chameleons will lay eggs unmated or not. Like chickens they will develop unfertilized eggs. She will lay eggs again in the future so a laying bin will save you the time and hassle of this again

Laying bin blog, Great info written by @jb
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/egg-laying-and-the-laying-bin.345/

And veiled care sheets, it talks about how to sex a veiled if your still confused
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/


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