Veiled unfertile eggs

[Darthroastcoffee]

my 9 month old female veiled laid unfertile eggs last night for the first time. How often do they come back and lay more?? or do they usually get most of them out and not dig again? I just want to know basically when should I take the bin out?

 

[Kristen99]

I would leave the lay bin in 24/7 for a female you want her to have the opportunity to lay whenever she may need to.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

I didn’t mean like that. I meant i don’t want to go in and take the eggs out and possibly running the chance of her getting any more out if she has any left what’s a safe waiting time befor I go in and mess with anything at all? the bin stays in also 24/7

 

[Kristen99]

Well hopefully she laid them all. Did she fill the hole in and then tamp it down and return to the branches hungry and thirsty?

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

Yes she filled it in leveled it out and was at the top this morning when I turned the lights on she ate good and drank good

 

[Kristen99]

Well that's good sounds like a good lay!

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

I took them out and put the bin back in there was 59 eggs, this was her first time producing eggs. she seems to be doin great

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

Are chameleons eggs healthy? my Savannah monitor loves eggs can he eat them or should I just flush them??

 

[Phoenix_Cham]

Are chameleons eggs healthy? my Savannah monitor loves eggs can he eat them or should I just flush them??

Here you should be able to see if it is or not.https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/savannah-monitors.87808/page-2

 

[Phoenix_Cham]

Are chameleons eggs healthy? my Savannah monitor loves eggs can he eat them or should I just flush them??

I would flush the eggs that shrivel up and are moldy, but the ones that are in good shape you could possibly feed to your savannah monitor.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

None are moldy they all are good solid white eggs

 

[Phoenix_Cham]

None are moldy they all are good solid white eggs

Well then I guess you could feed them to your monitor. Cause they're anyway pretty soft and liquid filled.

 

[kinyonga]

That's a lot of eggs. You might want to try to lower the clutch size so it will be easier on her.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

Starting at about 7-8 months i give her 10-15 crickets every other day. and a few supers or hornworm, silkworm, on the days she don’t get crickets I hand feed them so she don’t over do it or miss any but nothing overdoing it.

 

[kinyonga]

That's a lot more food than mine would get to keep them from producing large clutches. The trouble is that when they are constantly overfeed and thus produce large clutches, they can also develop MBD and prolapse and become eggbound or suffer from follicular stasis.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

It’s not as much as you think the crickets are sadly on the smaller size because the crickets don’t ever come large even tho they say and it’s only a couple worms I use one or the other I try not to over feed I just mix it up one feeding it would be a couple supers, next day 10-15 1/2 inch crickets usually on the smaller side of that I always feed in the am so she has time to digest she poops fine drinks fine I’ve had her from 3 weeks old she never gave me any worries so far

 

[Kristen99]

I think that what @kinyonga is saying is that the more you feed the more eggs will be produced and in turn could cause complication.. it's expensive to have to go to the vet for a chameleon prolapsing or being egg bound. Your looking anywhere from $150- $500+ She did produce a large cluster of eggs so I would feed half of what your feeding now.

 

[Darthroastcoffee]

No I understand completely i will definitely look into finding out what works I’m open to any info for feeding also if any of you would know what should I do now that she layed her eggs what should I feed, how much and should I keep the supplements as normal, phosphorus free calcium without d3 almost every feeding, phosphorus free calcium with D3 2 times a month, and a Multivitamin with beta carotene every 3 weeks.