Interesting, I didn't know about the "its approximately 4 months and 5 days from beginning to pair to laying of eggs". We paired our Pastel for about 10 months before she laid. I wonder how many actually lay within that time frame? We started pairing in the summer (as the poster is), and our Pastel held onto the eggs until laying season (two months ago). Our Pinstripe laid in December after pairing her for 6 months.