All females are different.........I have found with all of my females and all of their different clutches that they are all different when they will lay. I have had females that would only lay at night. So you may want to try leaving the female in the laying bin with a red heat light on it overnight. I do 24 hour intervals for laying(usually doesnt take more than a couple hours though when you get used to them, and get used to when they are ready). Start early in the day, say mid morning. Put them in the lay box with a clamp light making it pretty warm where the mound is to burrow in. At night if there is still no laying, change the bulb with a red bulb or a ceramic heat emitter for nightime warmth. The following morning if there is still no laying, they go back in the regular enclosure for 24 hours........then the process will repeat itself. You will notice when the female is ready........scratching/digging around, and not feeding are the key signs. Usually you can feel the lumps, sometimes not. Its also good to monitor weight before/during/after egg laying just to know how your female is doing. After she lays, make sure to clean her, soak her, then feed her after letting her calm down for a bit after covering the eggs. Any questions feel free to email me. Chris Allen

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