You said…”She gapes alot and I mean alot.”…when you are near her?
You said…”I usually feed her crickets and worms bananas or any type of fruit.”…I would recommend that you feed the insects batter diet…greens such as collards, dandelions, kale, mustard greens and veggies such as sweet potato, squash, zucchini, sweet red pepper, carrots and a very small bit of fruit such as apples, pears, berries.
You said…”the free range for me seems like a better idea because for the better air I open the windows to let all the air in and out”…how do you provide UVB when she’s in the free range? How can she bask there?
Regarding producing eggs….as the female approaches sexual maturity it thought that she will already be starting to develop the follicles that will become the eggs and she will begin to get her receptive colours. However, we want to try to keep the number of follicles fairly low so the egg number will be low and she hopefully won’t develop follicular stasis or egg binding. It’s very important that her husbandry is bang on and that we don’t overfeed her and keep her basking temperature at 80F because the overfeeding along with high temperatures seems to increase the number of follicles and thus eggs that she will produce….and increases the risk dramatically that she will develop folicular stasis and/or egg binding. It also increases the chances of her developing MBD, prolapsing, becoming obese, etc. and shortens her life. I would cut her pack as
@MissSkittles suggested until you get to 3 to 5 insects 2 or 3 times a week.
shes recently also started "wiggling" like moving after she eats and opening her mouth. Its very concerning
