Viv bottom dweller

[Louis Chapman]

I have a female veiled chameleon, Rosalie, she will be 2 in June. She laid her first batch of eggs in November, very successfully and seemed quite happy with the whole experience. In the last 2 weeks she has started to roam around the bottom of the viv on the substrate and she isn't eating as much as usual, maybe 3 hoppers instead of 8-10. She isn't that bothered about coming out much either, where she normally races to you and loves to wander around either on her own or on my shoulder. Should I be worried, or do you think that she is changing her habits as she matures?

 

[Kath44]

She may want to lay. Do you have a laying bin in with her?
Kath.

 

[Louis Chapman]

55 eggs

Just to let you know that I put the laying bin back in the Viv and she scratched around for days. Rosalie stopped eating altogether and started to fall asleep during the day, I took her to a fantastic vet, who x-rayed her and saw the 'folicles'. He gave me medicine for her, 3 times a day 100ml with a syringe and on the 12th Feb she produced 55 perfect little eggs, non-fertilised and is now back to herself.

 

[MelissaB]

Glad your girl is doing better.

Have you read the blog Raising Kitty? It explains how to lower a female veiled's basking temp and give less food, so they lay fewer eggs. It helps females live longer lives.

Here's a link:
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html

 

[Puff92642]

Very worried about my female. She looks exhausted after 2 days of digging and I think laying eggs last night. She is just laying there looking at her tunnel. Any ideas?