gravid female

[vydalbabi]

hi everyone my 5 month panther female has gotten huge in the last month she has gone from 38grams on Juns 5th to 68 grams today. we are pretty sure she is gravid with her first clutch! we put a laying bin in her cage a month ago because she was putting on some weight and we wanted to make sure she had access but she has shown no interest in it and has continued to grow. just yesterday she turned a bright pinkishwith dark brown. she used to be a much more pale bland tan color and didnt show much distinction in colors like no bars or lines but now you can see distinctive colored spots along where they usually have their white line. anyway the point is i think she is gravid. so we went ahead and used the trash can method to try to get her to lay. we dug a test hole and she seems to have went and covered it and is now fast asleep in a corner on the sand. she still looks fat so i am just wondering if i should leave her in the trash can overnight so she can finish up in the morning or if i should wake her and put her back in her cage and then put her back in the trash can tomorrow? i dnt want to disturb her sleep but idk if its okay to just leave her in the trash bin overnight? will this be stressful to wake up in? THANKS

 

[pssh]

Just leave her in there until she is done. Try to give her a branch to hold onto though so she doesnt have to sit in the sand.

 

[vydalbabi]

thanks i left her all last night and today but she doesnt seem to be doing any more digging and she is still fat. do i just leave her in there? is it possible i am wrong and she is not gravid or she is but is not ready to lay yet? how can i tell? is it going to stress her out leaving her in there if she is not ready to lay or not gravid?