Egg bound?

newbieCham

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Hello! My veiled, Shooey, is about 8-9 months and is currently laying her first set of eggs (infertile) We have found about 10 of them throughout her enclosure.
We have a lay bin, pics below, but I have only found one egg on top of the sand. We are using the quicksand playsand, dampened enough to form a tunnel. I’m not sure if this is normal behavior or is she possibly egg bound??

Her enclosure is typically around 76 degrees and humidity stays around 50ish.
She is eating normal and drinking. She eats approximately 5-10 crickets a day.
Her enclosure is a little over 4 feet high, with 2 foot legs and it’s 2.5 feet wide.
 

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The female should dig a hole...may even dig several but should settle on one...and dig it until she's happy with it.
When she is happy with it she should turn around butt down ...often in e evening...and lay all of her eggs, fill the hole in and tamp it down and return to the branches, thinner, hungry and thirsty.

If she's dropping eggs all over the place it's not usually a good sign.

How big are the crickets you feed her?
How warm is the basking area? Temperature near the lay bin?
 
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