ballpython343
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my female abanja has been pregnat for 5 weeks now and she still hasnt layed i provided her a laying box with 3 inches of vermclisite plz help!
Female Abanja wont lay
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Thompson
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It should be deeper. 12" + is how deep the laying bin should be. So try a deeper laying bin with washed play sand mixed with organic soil and put her in it and giver her total privacy. Might want to cover it up with a towel or something and make a small peep hole so you can occasionally look to see how she's doing. You have to make sure she cannot see you though or she may abandon the hole and become eggbound.
ballpython343
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can u post pictures of the garvage can method i was considering doing that :/
Thompson
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ballpython343
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do you think if i put her in a garbage bin it would work i have hear stories b4 about this. this is also my first time breeding ambanjas sorry for misstypes lol.
ballpython343
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so i would just have to get a 12 inch pot and put it in the cage with some wet play sand? thanks so much for the help!!!
Vermiculite is what is used to incubate the eggs in. I would not even think of using it for her to dig in. Did she try to dig in it at all?
If you put an opaque container at least 12" deep x 12" x 8" filled almost full of moist (not wet) washed playsand in her cage and leave it there hopefully she will dig in it and lay her eggs if you have not left it too long. At the first mating they can lay earlier than the normal 30 days depending on when during the cycle you mated her.
You can use a trash can method too....but then how will you know when she's ready to lay the eggs? Are you just going to leave her in there? Moving her back and forth is not good.
If/when she is digging do not let her see you watching her or she may abandon the hole. If it happens often enough, it can lead to eggbinding.
I don't use a trash can. I use a 65 liter rubbermaid bin. I cut away most of the lid and screen over it. I fill the bin at least 12" deep with moist washed playsand and add a branch. I put the chameleon in when she has been digging in the container in her cage to show me that she's ready. I put the lid on and lay a UVB light over the screen. I can water her and feed her while she's in there if I have to...but I don't leave any uneaten insects in there in case they chew on her or the eggs. She should dig the hole until she's satisfied with it, turn around butt down and lay the eggs (often in the evening), fill the hole in, tamp it down and return to the branch...at which point she should be put back into her cage, fed and watered well. You can then dig up the eggs too.
If you put an opaque container at least 12" deep x 12" x 8" filled almost full of moist (not wet) washed playsand in her cage and leave it there hopefully she will dig in it and lay her eggs if you have not left it too long. At the first mating they can lay earlier than the normal 30 days depending on when during the cycle you mated her.
You can use a trash can method too....but then how will you know when she's ready to lay the eggs? Are you just going to leave her in there? Moving her back and forth is not good.
If/when she is digging do not let her see you watching her or she may abandon the hole. If it happens often enough, it can lead to eggbinding.
I don't use a trash can. I use a 65 liter rubbermaid bin. I cut away most of the lid and screen over it. I fill the bin at least 12" deep with moist washed playsand and add a branch. I put the chameleon in when she has been digging in the container in her cage to show me that she's ready. I put the lid on and lay a UVB light over the screen. I can water her and feed her while she's in there if I have to...but I don't leave any uneaten insects in there in case they chew on her or the eggs. She should dig the hole until she's satisfied with it, turn around butt down and lay the eggs (often in the evening), fill the hole in, tamp it down and return to the branch...at which point she should be put back into her cage, fed and watered well. You can then dig up the eggs too.
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