I have seen many well experienced people suggest watering their veields every single day,
using a misting system, humidifier, etc.
I'm keeping the deremensis and th emeller's now, as well as the veields. I do not have a
misting system on the veiled. The montane species used to drink every spraying. Now, they
drink with the monring misting, but not again - the mister goes off 6 times a day. 8:00 AM it
goes on in a series of one minute sprays - to get them stimulated ot drink. then, it sprays for
3-4 minutes so they can drink. The other mistings are for 1 minute at a time, and keep th
ehumidity up very high. they do not need to drink much at all if the proper humidity levels are
maintained - just once a day, and not too heavily, either.
I spray my veiled every other day or so. He'll just sit there sometimes, if he's already warmed
up. He will rarely drink, even if I spray in his mouth. I USED to put water in his dripper
every day, but he'd ignore it most of the time. Now, I just do it every other day to keep his
stupid ficus watered! He wont drink but once or twice a week, despite me offering it to
him.
Now, it is possible to get carried away. they are so toought and resilent that it's easy to
forget to water them. To make sure, I spray him lightly every other day or so, heavily once a
week, and sometimes with really warm water at night, to help with shedding. He has
problems shedding, but it's not related to hydration, it's injury related. This guy has managed
to burn himself very badly in the past, and when he was small, squeezed through some tight
branches, ripping off some dorasl spines. The skin in these areas doesn't shed very well, and
I always end up tweezing them out while he sleeps.
That's how my females were, 2 clutches a year, 20-30 eggs each, HUGE eggs, HUGE
babies, etc. After a few weeks of swelling, suckers were the size of leopard gecko eggs -
and they were NOT over watered!
I hatch them out huge, grow them slow, and have never had one of my hatchlings come down
with MBD.
Luna laying so many clutches is simply not right - there is something causing her body to
develop so many eggs. She should not have to ingest so much artificial supplementation - it's
not right. I have a few guesses:
She's developing eggs because he's lacking a fretilized clutch. Maybe, infertile females
develop eggs so often so they don't miss an oppurtunity to mate? I doubt this, because most
unmated females do not go through this.
Could be that too much food is causing her to develop so many eggs so often.
Could be so much water is causing he rto develop so many clutches.
Think about natural selection (even if you are a creationist, you can believe that natural
selection happens, so it's ok): They come from an area that could be lush and humid, rainy
and full of bugs one year, or dry, no rain, and have very few insects the next. If they live in
such a climate, they are adapted to it. It's not just THEM as individuals, either.
If there's very little food, and conditions are not optimal, how would you reproduce? Put out
a few babies that have a better individual shot at survival. They hatch out bigger and stronger,
and have a better chance at dealing with harsh condition. Plus, the female doesn't wear
herself out too much, she's already dealing with harsh times. Better stay alive and live to
reproduce again than put all your eggs in one basket.
If there's food and water in abundance, then what? Fat reserves could be put to good use,
and the female could lay a huge clutch of eggs. They will be smaller, and not as strong
individually. Since the times are good, and food is plentiful, they all have a better shot.
Laying so many eggs takes it's toll on the females, but it's OK - she's got 50 or more babies
coming. Femlaes that put all their eggs in one basket during times of plenty have obviously
been pretty successful, otherwise we wouldn't see that ability.
Now, during the course of incubation, weather changes, so th esize of the babies is of less
consequence than their numbers. I think the biggest factor is the female herself. Females that
lay a ton of eggs on good years and very few on bad ones have been successful.
I try to keep them in the middle, but with lots of plants. I think it's the protein that triggers the
big clutch sizes. With plants, they stay healthy, but not fat, and they don't lay big clutches.
Huge clutch females come out of the laying box skinny. Small clutch females look fine.
If I were you, I'd cut back on her food and water after she recovers.
I am very involved in wildlife habitat design (part of my garden design business), native and invasive species, as well as raising wild silk moths (Saturniidae) for 6 years. So I am always saying to clients and audiences "Take your cues from nature. Think of how this plant/animal/insect exists in the wild." so I am with you on the natural selection thing! 
But I will say that since she is my first, never bred and finding very few (actually, I don't knwo if I have found ANY) who have not bred their girl at some point, I have had trouble getting experienced info.
