KamiKamel
Lovable Lizard
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Hi everyone!
Well, I decided to breed one of my females this season. She was basically "offering" herself to one male I was originally housing her with, but I separated them for awhile. About a month later, I put her with a male a few times and witnessed them mating between January 30th and February 2nd, I believe.
Since then, my female has grown very fat, but she was always a little chubby. And I think I see eggs, but she was a little fatty (as I said before) and even sometimes caused me to question if she had eggs months BEFORE I had chosen to breed her.. so I don't know if I can trust my eyes.
Last week, she started digging in her moist hide for three days. Suddenly, she has stopped digging for about a week. She had stopped eating while she was digging, but now she's eating again. She's still fat, but I weighed her and she weighs 1g more than when bred her, so I don't know if that's normal or not. Visibly, she is bigger.
The only thing that bothers me about this process, is that she almost acts like she's not gravid any more, but she's slower and more "tired" looking than she used to be. Where she used to be inquisitive and quick, she's now slow and almost in a stupor.
I don't know if this should matter, but she's housed with 2 other females who sometimes like to jump in the same moist hide with her. There's two hides, but they all prefer the one she was digging in. It's about double the size of the other moist hide.
Is she tired of sharing space with the other ladies? Should I be worried about egg-binding? Is it normal for gravid females to stop "acting gravid" all of a sudden? How long should I wait for eggs to be worried? These are the things I worry to myself. :inquisitive:
Well, I decided to breed one of my females this season. She was basically "offering" herself to one male I was originally housing her with, but I separated them for awhile. About a month later, I put her with a male a few times and witnessed them mating between January 30th and February 2nd, I believe.
Since then, my female has grown very fat, but she was always a little chubby. And I think I see eggs, but she was a little fatty (as I said before) and even sometimes caused me to question if she had eggs months BEFORE I had chosen to breed her.. so I don't know if I can trust my eyes.
Last week, she started digging in her moist hide for three days. Suddenly, she has stopped digging for about a week. She had stopped eating while she was digging, but now she's eating again. She's still fat, but I weighed her and she weighs 1g more than when bred her, so I don't know if that's normal or not. Visibly, she is bigger.
The only thing that bothers me about this process, is that she almost acts like she's not gravid any more, but she's slower and more "tired" looking than she used to be. Where she used to be inquisitive and quick, she's now slow and almost in a stupor.
I don't know if this should matter, but she's housed with 2 other females who sometimes like to jump in the same moist hide with her. There's two hides, but they all prefer the one she was digging in. It's about double the size of the other moist hide.
Is she tired of sharing space with the other ladies? Should I be worried about egg-binding? Is it normal for gravid females to stop "acting gravid" all of a sudden? How long should I wait for eggs to be worried? These are the things I worry to myself. :inquisitive:
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Does everyone else agree she looks gravid, then?