Covington8950
New Member
hi, hope not to alarm anyone as i don't think this requires veterinary care based on all my readings, but my young female veiled is going through a shed and her first egg laying since i've had her. i should fill out the form and submit this through the health forum, but it's late. i'll do that first thing tomorrow. anyway, my young adult female (previously though to be juvenile, but apparently old enough to lay eggs!) is trying to lay her first clutch since i've owned her. she's also completing her first full shed. she started shedding on her belly only on thursday and was done by saturday, but when i came home this morning, the rest of her body was shedding. i would have been relieved, seeing as how only a belly shed wouldn't be a full shed, except she was sitting, literally sitting, in her "pot". i knew she was of questionable age so i gave her a large pot in the back of her 18x18x36 cage filled with reptile sand to lay eggs in just in case. well i came home from work and she was very dark, "sitting" with her rear in the pot of sand (no hole dug) and very tired looking. the sand had dried out a bit and wasn't capable of being tunneled into. so i wet it. but i'm afraid i've upset her, as this was previously untouched land and she might be aware that i know where she wants to lay now. so i'm dealing with multiple issues. did i disturb her laying area by adding water to the sand? is it too late to create a new laying area? i thought i would have more time to test out various levels of sand and peat moss mixed to find the perfect tunneling ratio. is shedding and laying eggs at the same time too stressful (not that i can control that)? is there anything i can do to provide comfort/extra supplements/a new egg laying area that i haven't touched????? please, i don't want to lose her or stress her any further, so any advice would help.
