Chameleon help

[Mack&Cass]

So about a month ago I posted a thread stating that my 7 year old veiled chameleon, Liz, had died. Well about 10 minutes after that post while my father in law was about to pick her up and put her in a shoe box (we were out of town, figures), she stood right up and was okay. I didn't update the thread because I never thought of it. Since then, every day for a few hours, she'll go to the bottom of her enclosure and lay down, then get back up and slowly make her way to the top again. She only eats every 2-3 weeks now too.

Anyways, last night I noticed that she had begun digging. She has about 1" of vert safe bark chips at the bottom of her enclosure. I've read that when female chameleons do this it means that they're going to lay eggs, but if they don't have about 4" of sand to dig into to lay them, they'll become egg bound and die. Problem is that I can give her a tupperware with enough sand, but I really don't think she has the strength to dig through sand. Moving around bark chips is one thing, but sand is another. I had always thought that she wouldn't do this because I didn't think she had ever been introduced to a male, and I also thought that if she had been, she would have done this 2 years ago. I'm just wondering if anyone has some advice. I don't think there's much we can do, but I figure it doesn't hurt to ask. Sorry for the long post I just wanted to get all the information out there. Thanks in advance.

 

[Mushroom Spore]

I had always thought that she wouldn't do this because I didn't think she had ever been introduced to a male

Chameleons, as well as other animals like iguanas and chickens, will lay infertile eggs even if they've never mated. (It's really just ovulation, rather than only happening if they're pregnant.)

At this point she needs to go to the vet, and I mean YESTERDAY. She may require surgery, or at least some x-rays to determine if she's really eggbound - and if so, how badly. If she's beyond help, she needs to be humanely euthanized because that's a really nasty way for an animal to die.

 

[Mack&Cass]

That's the problem, I live in North Bay ON and there isn't a single vet here who does reptiles. The closest one is 4 hours away. I would have brought her already but we don't haven anything here. She was a rescue and I've had her for two years now and the only other thing that's been wrong with her is a few growths on her eye (she is now blind in one eye). So, if there was a vet I could bring her to, I would.