Fairly certain she is gravid...

[pacificwynd]

just wanted to make sure these are the signs that she is ready to lay.

1) decresed appetite
usually eats 6-8 crickets and 1 butter or silk worm
only eating 1 or 2 crickets a day now for 2 days
2)change in color
she is showing a lot of orange/brown on body
blueish/turquoise spots down spine
blueish/turquoise stripe on head
has been showing these colors for almost 3 weeks now
3) very active
keeps coming out of her cage to wander around/sit by the window
been going on for past 4 days


i am very anxious waiting for her to lay. nervous about her becoming egg-bound

 

[Ryan123]

mine laid eggs last week thank God and mine did the same thing you are welcome to look at my threads except mine stopped eaeating all together

 

[pacificwynd]

so basically i should relax, lol.

 

[kinyonga]

Make sure you have a suitable place for her to dig in the cage...and when she starts digging, don't let her see you watching her or she will abandon the hole.

 

[pacificwynd]

i have towels up around her cage and a laying bin with a mix of sand and coco fiber husk stuff. she does not seem at all interested in it though.

 

[pacificwynd]

somwhat unrelated but i have a question. lately she's often darker colors on one side and light green and yellow on the other side? is this normal? what does it mean?

 

[Miss Lily]

Sounds like she is basking - they lean their bodies away from the heat source and flatten their ribs to increase their surface area. This is more noticible in direct sunlight - the side nearest the sun will darken considerably to absorb the heat whilst the other side away from the sun remains lighter and more normal in colour.