Female Panther keeps digging and sitting in holes.

armyrec1

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Hey guys,
just wondering if any of you have dealt with this before? Our female Panther laid a clutch of eggs back in April, (apx24) the day after she laid she was digging another hole but didnt actually lay anything.
Two days ago she laid another clutch (29) Yesterday she starts digging again, at one point it looked like she had died, her head was sticking out the hole and her eyes was closed, After hours I gave in and took her out in a fit of panic that she had died. She was alive though, Just really weak, we gave her calcium and some time in the shower. Her color came back and she was weakly walking around her cage again.
Ive come home today to find her in yet another hole, the same as yesterday, head poking out and her eyes closed. We don't know what to do other than leave her to it. She looks to thin to be carrying more eggs.

She hasn't eaten for three days, we haven't seen drink...she did get calcium after we syringed it into her mouth yesterday.

Would you guys leave her in the hole and hope for the best? Has anyone else had a female behave in this way?
 
She may still have eggs. Put the laying bin back in her cage and don't disturb her. she knows what she's doing.
 
Thank you so much, we haven't took the bin out the cage :) we leave it in at all times tbh.

When would you worry? like would you think its normal for her eyes to be closed? I think thats what scared me the most, when we know she is going to lay then we cover her over and leave her. So we had never actually seen her laying. With not expecting her to be back in so soon she was not covered over, her eyes being closed made us think she had died.

Thank you so much for a fast response.
 
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