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My best female may had been gravid for months. She looked gravid in middle or late August, so I put her in the egg laying place, where all mine lay eggs. (A container in a warm area...same place where she had always been laying eggs) She was in there for two weeks, but never dug or laid. (She usually doesn't dig). She has been eating rapidly though. She still eats about 20 supers every week and has been gaining weight. But her belly looks way different than my other females.
It may or may not be ovulation, but I still have most of my females ovulating, but their bellies do not have a big, white area like hers. I was always suspicious that she had eggs, but gave up and thought it was ovulation, when she always ate. Usually I see veins when she is gravid. And I think I am seeing eggs now.
I put her in the laying container yesterday, and she has been laying in there. But she also had the freedom to get out the container and walk around the hovabator. When I put the lid on her container, she digs. She didn't dig last night, but I am going to keep her in there for another week.
Her belly isn't over-stretched, she is acting normal, and she eats a lot, which tells me that she isn't gravid. But seeing her stomach, and feeling what I think is eggs in there is very misleading. I may end up taking her to the vet to see. Do you think she is gravid or eggbound? I am going to try to get a clear shot of her stomach. Out of the other 12 times she was gravid, she always laid soon, and always ate, but not as much.
I may also be that the temperature is cooling down, and her body may be trying to absorb the eggs.
It may or may not be ovulation, but I still have most of my females ovulating, but their bellies do not have a big, white area like hers. I was always suspicious that she had eggs, but gave up and thought it was ovulation, when she always ate. Usually I see veins when she is gravid. And I think I am seeing eggs now.
I put her in the laying container yesterday, and she has been laying in there. But she also had the freedom to get out the container and walk around the hovabator. When I put the lid on her container, she digs. She didn't dig last night, but I am going to keep her in there for another week.
Her belly isn't over-stretched, she is acting normal, and she eats a lot, which tells me that she isn't gravid. But seeing her stomach, and feeling what I think is eggs in there is very misleading. I may end up taking her to the vet to see. Do you think she is gravid or eggbound? I am going to try to get a clear shot of her stomach. Out of the other 12 times she was gravid, she always laid soon, and always ate, but not as much.
I may also be that the temperature is cooling down, and her body may be trying to absorb the eggs.
