Panther sleeping upside down?

Aaronbos

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Hi there I have a female panther chameleon named whindy. I got her october 5th 2019. I think she was about 2.5 to 3 months when I got her. She lives in a 16×16×24 screen cage. 75w basking light and uvb is a 13w CFL. All fake plants and vines accepts for a Japanese araliea I think its called. In the last few weeks she has been resting at the bottom of her cage, not eating as much and I noticed orange in her urate. I've upped the amount of times I mist her cage. Tried the shower trick but she did not drink in there. Last night before lights out she was hanging upside down and slept that way the hole night and is still in that position 2 hours after lights on. Anyone have any suggestions on this behavior? I just had a laying bin in the cage for the last 3 days that she only went in to a few times but never dug any holes. Bin was 8"w 10"L and 12 " deep and filled with substrate and play and mixed and moistened.
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Just throwing my personal experience here, I've had snakes that have slept on their sides, or backs. While not a chameleon I can vouch for frightening sleeping positions I've seen my animals in.

Now I've had animals that were carrying eggs, often bask their underside to help with egg development. So bear that in mind as well.
 
One of my females always sleeps upside down and turns bright white; I was really freaked out the first time it happened
 
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