Need Help, Marshy behaving weird....

[Marshmallows mom]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - 1 yr old male Veiled.
Handling - Not to much, just to take him out to free range
Feeding - Crickets (10-12 a day) 1 horn worm a day.
Supplements - Calcium everytime he gets crickets, caluim with d3 twice a month.
Watering - Aqua Zamp goes on every two hours stays on for a min. I have seen him drink. Past two days havent seen him do it.
Fecal Description - half white and have brown/black color. Have not gotten a test done.

Cage Info:
Cage Type - Mesh all around, 4 feet tall 2 feet wide
Lighting - zoo med T5 high output 10.0 uvb, Basking bulb 75watt
Temperature - Basking temp usually at 85, Lowest temp in my house 53.
Humidity - 70-80%
Plants - live plants, Pathos
Placement - located in back of living room, Low traffic area, cage sits on a desk.
Location - Los Angeles, California

So today I noticed that he is at the bottom of the cage scratching at a certain corner. Has been doing this all afternoon. He is dark green and black, any ideas what this behavior means? should I seek Veterinary help?

 

[PattyCake]

Have you made sure that Marshy is a male? (look for the tarsal spurs) If not then you've got a female and she's looking for a place to dig and lay her eggs.
You'll need to get a laying bin, I've "chameleon-sitted" many female veileds before for friends or petstores and found success with laying
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/veiled/
This should help, look in the breeding section.
Jann also has this fantastic blog that features all you need to know about laying.https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/jannb/345-egg-laying-laying-bin.html

 

[JamesBryan]

Sounds like you have a female.

 

[Marshmallows mom]

I feel like a dork/Idiot. Marshmallow is a female.... I have a bin in the cage now, she started digging.... laying eggs now. Wish the breeder would have listened when I said Male please. Oh well, female or male Marshy is family. we love her very much. First time we had a female chameleon at our house.
Thank You for help.

 

[shmeenakoz]

At least the name is still very cute for a female

 

[Marshmallows mom]

shmeenakoz... Thanks. I think so too! We're just all happy and relieved that shes going to be ok.

 

[jannb]

How's Marshy this morning?

 

[Decadancin]

Glad to see she started digging so quickly!

 

[azrael]

She was really ready to lay. Glad she liked her laying bin. How many eggs did she lay?

 

[lovelychams]

Yep, still love the name. Mrs. Marshy.

 

[PattyCake]

I'd love to see more updates of Marshy in the near future!

 

[Marshmallows mom]

hi all, sorry for the late post. I was pretty busy this weekend. Marshy is doing ok, she laid a total of 12 eggs. We were very surprised that this happened. I did email the breeder but of course no answer. As of right now Mrs. Marshy is doing well. thank you all for the help and support!

 

[jannb]

hi all, sorry for the late post. I was pretty busy this weekend. Marshy is doing ok, she laid a total of 12 eggs. We were very surprised that this happened. I did email the breeder but of course no answer. As of right now Mrs. Marshy is doing well. thank you all for the help and support!

Is Marshy eating and drinking? Twelve eggs would be a very tiny clutch for a veiled.

 

[Marshmallows mom]

I checked the bin a few days after she started digging.... only 12 eggs. Worried about her now. She wont really eat... maybe 2-3 crickets a day. Tried to offer her a horn worm and sliky but no interest. Drinking ok. Anything I can do for her?

 

[kwengkynator]

12 eggs is a good number of clutch not too many. Since its her first lay I believe she is exhausted! Probably weak and weary right now. I recommend trying to get her to drink some liquid calcium. Most of her calcium went to those eggs she needs to replenish her body with it. If she continues to eat less after 2/3 days from laying you might want to get her check out. For now what I would do is just provide her with ample food and leave it on her feeding cup so she will have access to it.

Hopefully she gets her energy back.