I have a 4year old female who i think mated with my 3 year old male about 30 days ago. ~The female is larger then the male but i am not 100% sure she is gravid, i cant really see any eggs when i lift her up. She is about to shen as she is going white do you think she is gravid and this is her pre lay shed? How often do corns normally shed i though it was every 2-3 months when adult? her last shed was about 5-6 weeks ago just before she mated. What do people think i should do?
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corn advice needed
rynwilliams
Mar 21, 2004 03:48 PM
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draybar
Mar 21, 2004 07:01 PM
>>I have a 4year old female who i think mated with my 3 year old male about 30 days ago. ~The female is larger then the male but i am not 100% sure she is gravid, i cant really see any eggs when i lift her up. She is about to shen as she is going white do you think she is gravid and this is her pre lay shed? How often do corns normally shed i though it was every 2-3 months when adult? her last shed was about 5-6 weeks ago just before she mated. What do people think i should do?
If I was you i would set up a box with slightly moistened sphagnum moss in it. If she is gravid she will probably lay within maybe 6 to 12 days after shedding. Somewhere in there.
My female laid 9 days after shedding which made it day 36 after mating.
About two weeks before she laid she seemed larger and then right after her shed I was begining to wonder if she truly was gravid. I provided her a laying box and she laid 16 eggs.
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