male, her body will turn dark brown to black with white or yellow mottled markings. She may also become aggressive or violent and bite the male if he continues to advance unwanted. Parental Care After mating in captivity, a female chameleon will decrease feeding three to four weeks and will spend more time at the bottom of the cage searching for an appropriate egg-laying site. Tunnels will typically reach to the bottom of the container and will be covered with substrate debris after oviposition is completed (which tends to make them difficult to find). Females may dig another tunnel and lay more eggs after about a week. Females should be given easy access between higher sites in the cage and their tunnels via a branch or something similar. In captivity, eggs should be retrieved then placed into tupperware with a 1:1 ratio mix of vermiculite and water to a depth of about 1-1.5 inches with the eggs buried lengthwise and half covered. Eggs may absorb moisture and expand so they should be placed 0.5 to 1 inches apart from each other. Embryos have been shown to start development sooner when subjected to higher temperatures while degree of moisture showed no significant impact. Eggs should be incubated at 26 to 30 degrees Celsius at a humidity of 95%. Neonates should be allowed at least one day to roam their container before moving. Neonate nurseries should consist of a ten gallon screen top aquarium with a base one third to one half filled with decorative artificial plants. Two to six hatchlings should be raised together for the first few months then moved to adult enclosures with increased amounts of vegetation once they reach four to six inches. They can be placed individually from each other once they reach four to six months old. Disease The veiled chameleon, like many reptiles, is susceptible to ocular infections. Similar subcutaneous swellings can be associated with bacterial or fungal abscesses, parasitic infestation, and (rarely) neoplasia. Juvenile veiled chameleons in captivity often develop nutritional metabolic bone disease but will not develop it if fed dietary supplements of Ca, vitamin A, vitamin D, and cholecalciferol as well as exposure to UVB radiation. Veiled chameleons in captivity tend to develop maladies such as hypovitaminosis A, hypervitaminosis A, renal failure, dystocia (a failure to lay eggs), respiratory problems (usually due to improper humidity), parasitic infections, and oral cavity problems. Corneal