I have a 6" female tangerine tornado. I can't tell if there are eggs in her or not. She's been housed with the patternless male for about 4-5 months. She has the dark "Y" shape on her belly and what looked like eggs in her this morning (fairly large). She was doing some hardcore digging around this morning which alerted me to look at her belly. She's also been antisocial and staying in her triceratops skull constantly for the past week to week and a half. The male has been staying away from her on the opposite end of their tank. I put a damp vermiculite nesting box in there just in case. She burrowed under it for about 15 minutes and then popped out the other side. I tried to pick her up to candle her belly but she wouldn't have me getting my hand close to her. I'm kind of torn here as to what to believe here. Can anyone (nicely) help me out? Please no hate, I can't post on other sites because of it. Thanks!
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Can't tell if she is gravid
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You did the right thing by placing an egg laying box in the enclosure. If possible, take the male out completely to minimize her stress. If she has already left the egg box you might want to go through it carefully to see if she has already laid some eggs. She would also be visibly thinner after doing so. It's pretty easy to tell if a female has eggs in her as their bellies are pretty translucent. You'd hopefully see an egg on either side of her belly and they are about the size of a jordan almond when ready to be laid.
