Laying female stopped eating after 4th clutch?

[Neon Aurora]

I'm not going to fill out the form because my set up is fine. Tubs, 90 degree warm side, hides, paper towels, Repashy calcium plus, housed alone, eats crickets, is over 1 year old.

I'm just a little confused. My female stopped eating until she laid her first clutch, and then started eating a bunch immediately. This pattern continued through 3 clutches, and she continued to eat right up until the day the laid the 4th. It's been about a week since she laid the 4th clutch, and she seems to not want to eat. She's lost a good bit of weight (she did every clutch, but she would eat so much that she would plump back up before she laid the next one) and I can tell she's got more eggs on the way. But, she won't eat anymore. After laying a clutch, she would gladly eat 5-8 large crickets ravenously every night, and now she shows no interest at all.

Is this normal? Should I be concerned?

 

[Kristi23]

It can be normal or it could be a problem. It's really hard to say. Most females will bounce back fine after breeding. Once they're done laying, the appetite will pick back up and they'll put the weight on with no issues. Once in awhile, you'll have a female who never recovers from breeding and won't eat no matter what. Luckily that doesn't happen too often. Does it look like she's still developing eggs? It's possible that she might lay a clutch closer together and didn't want to eat because of that.

 

[Neon Aurora]

She does look like she's developing more eggs. The thing is, she laid each of her four clutches about 5 weeks apart each, so I feel like it would be weird if she all of a sudden laid one so close to the previous one. Could that sort of thing happen? She's been doing awesome up to this point. All fertile eggs (even though Hatchrite killed the first three clutches), eating well, no problems at all. This is her first season.