Gravid female after pre lay shed, not coiling the heated area

I have a female that ovulated the 16th of Feb and shed the 5th of March. She's since they laid in the warm end of the cage yet uncoiled. She has also spent a considerable amount of time alert and active in the front of the cage. She tends to try and come out when I pull out the rack when she is in the front. Is there any concern for such behavior?

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...on/SuzyOvy.jpg

Sounds like she did not ovulate to me. Has she started to glow?

Yeah she started glowing the 3rd of Feb and have a kinked tail. Then she started to have some swelling. Not obvious as some I've seen but it was present. Do you not think she is ovulating in the above pix?

Here are a couple more photos. Her swelling subsided after 2 days. Her behavior seems some what restless lately.

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f.../SuzyOvyVI.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f.../SuzyOvyIV.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/f...SuzyOvyIIi.jpg

She's not as big as I'd like. I picked her up from CL as already bred. I was only able to get her to eat 4 meals before she went off feed.

Xavier

To me the second set of pictures is an ovulation.

check your temps, She might be looking for a better "spot"

I have dual sided radiant heat in so the walls get to the low 90s yet the substrate is cooler. I added a small strip of flexwatt to use as belly heat just for her. I'll start checking them more often.

Xavier

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Originally Posted by XSpringer

I have dual sided radiant heat in so the walls get to the low 90s yet the substrate is cooler. I added a small strip of flexwatt to use as belly heat just for her. I'll start checking them more often.

Xavier

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Maybe she is too warm?

I could be a tad too much for her liking. I'll keep an eye on the temps.


Xavier