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Hi all. I'm having some problems with what I believe to be an eggbound female. Shes amost three years old, and shes never mated. A little over a week ago I noticed her behavior changed. Instead of staying in her tree, she stayed at the bottem of her cage trying to dig. Two days of this happening, I put a three gallon bucket filled almost to the top with moist sand in her cage. Right away she began to dig a tunnel. The next day she stayed away from the bucket so I took it out and went through it, no eggs. I put the bucket back in, she started digging again. But after a small tunnel was built, she just kinda layed in the sand. Shes been sleeping alot more and appears to be pretty weak. She will not eat, I but her bowl full of crickets right in front of her and she just sits there. So today I bought a big kitchen style trashcan. I filled it with about 8 inches of moist sand, put in a couple of small branches, then put her in there. Shes been in there for about 3 hours and havenbt moved, still refusing food. I'm not sure at this point what I should do after this, does anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks for reading all of this...
-Dave

Hi there,

In the trashcan, did you leave any crix? If so, remove them immediately. To help her, you could start a hole for her. Do it somewhat deep, not a whole tunnel for her. This should make her lay.

Anthony