Eggs!

[Freedom1]

My female veiled just laid her(unfertilized) eggs and there are 31 total! While this is still a large clutch it's very exciting because her clutches used to be around 40-60 eggs! Lowering her basking temp to 80F and feeding her less has really paid off! I do have one question though... I notice that her joints are a little discolored (dark) and I think that they are bruises from using her arms too much while laying? I don't have any recent pictures of her yet but I was just wondering if it's common for females to get bruises on their joints after laying? It's just discoloration, no swelling.

 

[kinyonga]

Glad she laid them for you and that the number is decreasing. It will be better for her to lay smaller clutches!

 

[Freedom1]

What about the bruising though? This is her fourth batch since I've had her and she's never bruised her joints before. Is this just from overworking her arms while laying?

 

[kinyonga]

Please post a photo of the bruises and a photo of all of her.

 

[Freedom1]

Sorry about the last photo... my phone decided to put a black line at the bottom of it. As you can see her joints look discolored to me. The tan bit on her head is some stubborn play sand still left