Gravid Nosy Be

[alexbrock]

My Nosy Be seems to be gravid but I am not exactly certain. She mated successfully 3 weeks ago but her colors are not always the gravid orange and black. Anyone have any ideas? I attached some pics.

-Thanks

 

[Psi]

Definitely looks like it, and she looks like she still has a lot of yellow/orange in those pics(or is it the camera?).

 

[alexbrock]

The only thing that confuses me is that she's not always so plump.

 

[alexbrock]

...and those are her current and actual colors.

 

[Psi]

The only thing that confuses me is that she's not always so plump.

My female just laid 12 hours ago, or I would take pictures of what she looks like.
She'll probably still have her coloration tomorrow, but she's skinny now

 

[alexbrock]

I know it takes about a month for the females to lay eggs, was that your experience?

 

[KammerflageKreations]

A first time female can lay as early as 20 days after successful copulation and as late as 40 (uncommon). If you gently feel her abdomen and feel something like "jellybeans", she is probably ready to lay. Many of my females will "wander" more and may spend more time on the cage floor when they are ready to lay. Do you have a laying container for her?

 

[alexbrock]

Hey!

Since its only been 2 weeks I just thought about collecting things to make a container for her to lay her babies.

PS

Thank you for the amazing Panther at the Anaheim show this last week. Do you have any pics of Pika-Amy? I am very excited. Thank you.

 

[KammerflageKreations]

Hi - thanks, it was a fun weekend, we got to meet a lot of nice people. Our server crashed today, but if you send an e-mail, we'd be glad to send you some pics of "Pika-amy"...as soon as our IT guy fixes our server.

As for your female, if it was 2 weeks since she mated, you have a little time, but not too much to get ready! Good luck!

 

[alexbrock]

Thanks so much for everything!!! And we will shoot you an email.

 

[Psi]

Many of my females will "wander" more and may spend more time on the cage floor when they are ready to lay.

Echoing this. Mine loves the bottom of the cage when she's close to laying.