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i posted about this before, but my female is really scaring me, after she laid the eggs. she is kinda thin, and ive noticed that she likes to remain hidden during the day. she doesnt seem lethargic, she just wants to be left alone. is their anything i can do. im so scared. i didnt realize what laying eggs did to a mother. its crazy...she has eaten, its just like she doesnt want to bothered.anything i can do?? here are my comparison pics, before she laid and after, night and day difference in her body. unbeleivable!!

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Guy LoPresti
2.2 collared lizards (Lizzy,Stevie 2,Ike,Adrien)
1.1 firebelly toads
1 baby emperor scorpion (ceasar "caligula" )
( if you know what caligula means you'll get it)
4 dogs (groucho charles bugs Gracie)

here it is

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Guy LoPresti
2.2 collared lizards (Lizzy,Stevie 2,Ike,Adrien)
1.1 firebelly toads
1 baby emperor scorpion (ceasar "caligula" )
( if you know what caligula means you'll get it)
4 dogs (groucho charles bugs Gracie)

I would just leave her be but make sure she has fresh food and water. Between Bonnie and Thelma they both reacted differently after they laid their clutch of eggs.

Thelma simply laid her eggs where she was sitting that particular day even though there were three prime lay spots. After laying her clutch she had some water and ate a few crickets then continued getting a suntan.

Bonnie was different, she took a full day to lay her clutch and around the water dish. Then she took her time to very carefully bury her eggs by moving 3/4's of the habitats sand around the eggs, including the one egg she laid in the water dish itself. Then she had some water and a cricket or two but always kept watching her mound of sand.

It's a new experience for you and it was for myself though the lizards know what to do as it is instinct that is thousands of years old. So just watch her, don't fret, keep her watered and fed with dusted crickets and she should rebound.

Remember she just passed something that is 10 times the size of the orfice it came out of. Anyone would be a little stressed and uncomfortable after that.

yeah i know what you mean. i dont like to think of it in human terms, but my mom has told me that labor is one of the hardest things ever. i guess thats true for any mother. she ate alot today, but she being very anti social and staying in her cave. she seems healthy, but maybe a little moody.
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Guy LoPresti
2.2 collared lizards (Lizzy,Stevie 2,Ike,Adrien)
1.1 firebelly toads
1 baby emperor scorpion (ceasar "caligula" )
( if you know what caligula means you'll get it)
4 dogs (groucho charles bugs Gracie)