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Our female chameleon has been showing signs og oviposition for about a week now. She began digging holes in big plant pts we provided and then abandoned them. In the end we ended up filling the whole of the bottom of her viv with damp peat and sand about 5-7 inches deep.

straight away she was down on the bottom digging her hole in the corner. we checked on her during the night her head is buried but she was still digging but we could hear she had got to the plastic at the bottom and could not dig any further but she continue trying to dig.

we popped a little infra red light above the area so she didnt become to exhausted during the night and popped a towel up on the front of the viv so she couldnt see us from the beginning. This morning shes just sat in he hole but stll has not laid her eggs. its been more than 24hours that shes been at this hole and not laying. There is another female in a seperte viv to the side of her could this beputting her off? They have not shown signs of stress being next to each other before.

We are just worried about whether shes going to lay at all now and worried that we are disturbing her. she in a quiet room with not other disturbances.

You said..."This morning shes just sat in he hole but stll has not laid her eggs. its been more than 24hours that shes been at this hole and not laying" is she nose down or tail down or can you tell?

You said..."There is another female in a seperte viv to the side of her could this beputting her off? They have not shown signs of stress being next to each other before"...I don't think it would be having anything to do with it while she is in the hole....but it would be a good idea to have a visual barrier between the cages anyhow.

You said..."We are just worried about whether shes going to lay at all now and worried that we are disturbing her"...you need to be careful that she doesn't see you when she is digging. Its okay for her to see you if she is up in her branches.

hi thanks for the reply. I sent the post on the forum the morning of 20th and by 2pm she laid 27 bright white healthy eggs and she is eating and drinking and looking real healthy.

Just nervous parents making sure we were doing everything ok looks like we did thank you for your reply tho.

yes it was hard monitoring this little lady as she always fell asleep in her hole the whole 48 hours and never resided to the branches for rest but everything great and hopefully the hatching will be just as succesful next year

Thanks Gem x

Perfect size clutch! (Means you aren't overfeeding her!)
Congrats!
Glad she got through it alright! Feed her and water her well for two or three days and then go back to her normal schedule.