A picture would help a lot. You can't really age a cham based on size as there is a lot of variation. If the cham is from good quality parents who were healthy but not huge, your cham could also have those traits. If the parents were overfed, grown too fast and ended up larger that doesn't guarrantee a big hatchling. If it's not too hard to keep clean I don't see why having a nest box in the cage early isn't a good idea. This way she can consider it part of her habitat and may investigate it before she needs it. If she's still a growing juvenile she will grow in length, her casque will grow, and her general size also over time. Then her growth will slow down almost completely and her appetite will probably drop. She's reached her adult size. You can track whether she's developing eggs by weighing her. She'll start putting on weight fairly fast and looking lumpy around her hips. Not all unbred female veileds start developing infertile eggs. Some never do.

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