My friend has a female panther that is about 1 year old now. Although I didn't see first hand, he told me that she was bred and showed gravid colors about 4 weeks ago. He explained how she looked, and it matches exactly what a gravid female would look like. Her cage was converted into an egg laying cage with about 2 feet of soil.



About a weeks ago, she stopped eating for 2 days. but resumed right after that. I was over there last week and she did not look gravid at all. Her colors looked very normal. Her belly is still very fat and she's eating consistently. Her bin was checked for eggs but there was nothing. When she is placed anywhere near a male she will gape and hiss.



In my past experience, after a successful breeding, within a week the female will show gravid colors, and about 4 - 5 weeks later she will lay her eggs.



How is it that this female is showing normal colors again. I showed a pic of what a gravid female looks like to him, and he swears she turned that color for 2 weeks, then started to change back to normal.



He's stressing now because he's read a whole lot about egg bound females. At this point, I don't know what to think. She seems very healthy and plump, and continues to eat both silks and crickets.



Next month she will be 1 year old. She is under a powersun bulb. supersoil for the substrate.



Anyone have any ideas?



thanks



Vinnie.

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