Congratulations, with better nesting, you can commonly see them lay the night they shed, or within a few days.



What yours are telling you, is what your now doing, is better, but not there yet.



They NEED to be in complete darkness, no lite what so ever. Which is why we use deep substrate. One foot deep is good. With a piece of glass about 4 inches down. They then lay under the glass and you can watch or take pictures without disturbing them much.



Also, to much plant material. Westerns nest is sandy dirt, with very little plant matter. Plant matter would be avoided in nature. They do not WANT to put their eggs there.



Your task is to offer them something they want to nest in. That is, go out of their way to nest there. And its easy.



Please understand, your doing great and will progress a little at a time. Thank you so much. and congrats

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