First of all...as has been said already...keeping two veiled chameleons together in the same cage is very stressful and almost always leads to the death of one and the mating of a female when she is possibly still working on her own development. They almost always reach sexual maturity before they attain full growth. In the wild I have heard of many females hanging on until they laid their eggs and then dying...but its often from old age.



BTW...they shouldn't even see each other unless they are being mated.



You said..."I have had two Female Veiled's in the past 6 months that have both layed there eggs and then within a few days after died. Is this normal, I would not think so"...no, its not normal.



You asked..."What could I be doing wrong"...I need more information to tell you this...and even then I may not have an answer.

How old were the females when they died? When you put them together with the male?

Basking temperature?

Ambient temperature?

Do you gutload the insects? With what?

You said you dust the insects...with what (brands too)?

Do you offer the chameleons greens, veggies, some fruit?

Did either female show signs of MBD? (Inability to hold the body up off the branches, soft casque bones, rubbery jaw, crooked legs, what looks like an extra elbow, etc.)



You said..."My daughter is very upset that HER cham dies everytime it has eggs"...I can certainly understand that.

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