Gravid Furcifer Lateralis - Possible Egg Bound

[nite138]

I'm concerned that my Lat is egg bound. She is either 7 or 8 weeks gravid, however she is refusing to lay. I understand that this can be a significant problem with WC, however I would like to explore/try any ideas one might have to get her to lay.

Her enclosure has a couple of inches of top soil. I've tried a laybox (outside of her enclosure) with a topsoil/sand mix as well, but she hasn't shown much interest.

Thank you

 

[kinyonga]

Has she dug at all?
Two inches of soil is not deep enough.
I've never had a lateralis female but I know they are picky and often just drop the eggs.

 

[nite138]

Kinyonga,

The laybox had more like 5+ inches (maybe even too deep), just her everyday enclosure was fairly shallow

 

[nite138]

Today I came home and noticed how much thinner the female was and here is what I found......

 

[kinyonga]

Very nice!
Feed and water her well for a few days!

 

[Miss Lily]

Did she use the lay bin or did she scatter them from a branch?

 

[Andee]

Do you know if they are fertile? I can give you some feeder names to look into that have shown some great success with baby lateralis. The problem with raising the babies is getting them to eat after their yolk is used up.