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gravid?

pixie343 Sep 29, 2007 06:05 PM

Ok, I think Pumpkin my year old female veiled is gravid.

I put her in with my male about a week and a half ago to two weeks but she started to display her non receptive colors (black with yellow and blue dots, it was actually kind of cool) I have a place for her to lay eggs if she needs to and I put her in a different container a few times just in cast she doesnt like it.

Ever sense i first got my male (about 3months ago) and she saw him, she has been showing her reseptive colors (light green with blue and yellow dots) all the time now and she never showed that before. I thought it was a little weired when I put her that she decided she didnt want him after all.

She has been basking alot though from what have noticed. I don't think she is really getting fatter and I have tried to feel if she has any eggs but cant. I should be able to feel them if they are there right? How long does it take for eggs to develope? They have not bred yet so they wouldnt be fertile. DO you guys have any suggestions on what to do.
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Meg

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Carlton Oct 02, 2007 11:48 AM

Weigh her regularly. That is the most reliable way to know if she has developing eggs. Gravid females often spend more time basking. It's safer to assume she's gravid (they don't need to mate for the female to start developing a clutch). She'll need to lay the eggs fertile or not.

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