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    Sucked in tail on picky eater: Ovulation? Underweight? Something else?

    Had a bit of a scare tonight. My lesser female escaped! She was located about 4 feet away from her tub behind the table. She hasn't been eating and has been super crabby lately so I haven't been handling her. When I scooped her up to put her back I noticed something weird. It looked like she had a little kink in the tip of her tail and her bottom half was sucked in pretty far.







    So what am I looking at here? She was bred and locked with a male last winter by her previous owner who said nothing came of it. I've only gotten her to eat 1 large mouse for me in 6 weeks or so and she went through a bit of a fast over the winter I was told. She could have been out of her tub close to 48 hours.

    Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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    ETA: she does seem to be more plump then usual as well.
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    I"m no good judge of ovulation, but I am glad you found her! See if she starts curling up on the hot side and get the incubator ready just in case.

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    Looks like a classic case of "tail suck". She's gravid, get an incubator and hatchling rack ready if you don't have them.

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    Re: Sucked in tail on picky eater: Ovulation? Underweight? Something else?

    Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
    Looks like a classic case of "tail suck". She's gravid, get an incubator and hatchling rack ready if you don't have them.
    Thank you. That's what I was afraid of.

    Am I allowed to panic now?
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    If you're on any Facebook reptile-related groups for your state, post a WTB ad for an incubator.

    If you don't think you're ready for that yet someone local may incubate them for you.

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    Ok. On the hunt for an incubator. Will be picking one up when I get paid next friday.

    So I should expect eggs mid August or so?
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