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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?
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Re: Gravid female after pre lay shed, not coiling the heated area
Sounds like she did not ovulate to me. Has she started to glow?
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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?
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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
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To me the second set of pictures is an ovulation.
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check your temps, She might be looking for a better "spot"
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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
Maybe she is too warm?
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I could be a tad too much for her liking. I'll keep an eye on the temps.
Xavier
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I have a girl that cruises around on and off weeks before she lays. I think its part of her looking for a good nesting spot behavior. Dont worry she knows what to do better than us. Just be ready for the eggs. They dont read text books lol so just let her do what she wants.
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I tried to lower the temps a couple degrees and turn off the belly heat. We'll see how she does over the next couple of days.
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West Coast Jungle
I have a girl that cruises around on and off weeks before she lays. I think its part of her looking for a good nesting spot behavior. Dont worry she knows what to do better than us. Just be ready for the eggs. They dont read text books lol so just let her do what she wants.
I didn't even consider that.
Thanks
Xavier
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She's been wrapped in the warm in for nearly 24 hrs now. Not coiled but on the heat. I suppose I might have overdone it on the heat before.
Xavier
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Originally Posted by
XSpringer
She's been wrapped in the warm in for nearly 24 hrs now. Not coiled but on the heat. I suppose I might have overdone it on the heat before.
Xavier
it kind of sounded like she didn't like something. I'm glad she is happy now.
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XSpringer
She's coiled now :)
Good luck!! :gj:
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Didn't stay coiled long less than a 24 hours. Yet she hasn't left the heated area in the back. Do gravid females always remained coiled?
Xavier
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Originally Posted by
XSpringer
Didn't stay coiled long less than a 24 hours. Yet she hasn't left the heated area in the back. Do gravid females always remained coiled?
Xavier
I have some that do and I have some that do what Raul was talking about. They just cruise around. I wouldn't be worried, if she ovulated(which she did from the looks of the pics) shes gonna give you something no matter what.
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twistedtails
I have some that do and I have some that do what Raul was talking about. They just cruise around. I wouldn't be worried, if she ovulated(which she did from the looks of the pics) shes gonna give you something no matter what.
Thanks we'll see how it goes.
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Re: Gravid female after pre lay shed, not coiling the heated area
She laid 6 nice white eggs today :)
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Congrats.
Word of advice females will usually lay in middle or on warm side. But as eggs grow more and more they become restless and move non stop. Last few days youll notice their on heat non stop adjusting for laying.
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Congratulations, now you have the long wait.
