Egg?

[camie31]

This was in the tank when I woke up??? My female has been very moody and not wanting to eat the last 2months. Is this why and is she going to start eating now I took her out and she was a lot friendlier again so far....

 

[Ozy]

Gross.. It looks like one might have ruptured inside of her, judging from the nastiness and such around the egg. Are you giving her enough calcium, because that shell barely even looks formed.. She should ALWAYS have a dish of calcium without D3 in her tank. What supplements are you using? What do you feed her? Is it gut loaded?

 

[camie31]

She does have a small bowl of calcium and when I can get her to eat crickets I coat the with it however she is my picky eater and the last two months she been terrible. Nothing else came out of her but the egg what is around it are just some funky poops shehas been leaving since she has not wanted to eat. The egg was all white but I picked it up with tongs before I thought to take a picture that's what caused the orange color on the egg.

 

[Ozy]

Ohh ok. Well hopefully she'll get sorted now..

 

[camie31]

I'm just worried I've only ever had males so no issues like this.. She has never been near any males so is this normal or should I do a vet run?

 

[Ozy]

I wouldn't worry unless she has lost a bunch of weight and doesn't appear to be gaining it back, or continues to refuse food. Sometimes females will lay eggs without a male.

 

[camie31]

Thank you very much would this have caused her to act odd the last 2 months? And the picky eating

 

[DrCarrotTail]

I think I would be uncomfortable and grumpy with something the size of my head growing inside me...haha. I think Ozy's right - don't worry too much if she hasn't lost too much weight. I would keep an eye on her and see how/if she improves. If she's super thin or doesn't start eating regularly again I would suggest a trip to the vet to make sure she's not egg bound or doesn't have something else going on.