Jon,
I emailed you my number if you wanted to discuss the eggbound female.
The smaller tub is where they hang out when they want to be on the aspen that they're used to.
Interestingly enough, most of them choose to return to it every day, for hours even days.
Most of my females just chill for the first few days after their prelay shed, much of the time on the aspen.
However, I do things a little differently, I think.
The "labor room" is a constant 80 - 82 degrees and they have no additional heat. This might be why mine take a couple more days than Gregg's, to lay.
I like the idea that the their ambient temperature is comparable to the temps that eggs would incubate at comfortably.
It seems logical that a female searches out such temps to lay her eggs, and though a gradient would normally be important, unless the enclosure is extremely large it is difficult to provide everything.
I think there is less stress involved when they are kept at these more moderate temps during the few days of egg laying, though I'm sure there are others who disagree

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