gravid veiled

[hendo]

hi guys sorry to but in her but i have an 11 month old veiled female.and im scared cos she hasnt laid any eggs yet.ill put a pic on to see wot u think .

 

[carol5208]

are you 100% sure she has eggs? Or are you just thinking by now she should have laid a clutch of eggs? If she is with eggs, do you have the proper laying bin in place for her to lay???

 

[hendo]

im not sure if she has eggs.im just thinking she should of had eggs by now.i have a plant pot with soil and sand in it about 18 inches deep and 12 inches wide

 

[carol5208]

Try and post a few more pics of her. Just because she is 11 months does not mean she has to have laid eggs. If you don't feed her too much and keep her temps lower it is said to prevent egg production. Unless she looks over plump(and sometimes you can see the outline of the eggs), they will usually lose their appetite or stop eating altogether, will start roaming their cages and going toward the bottom. Is she doing any of that?. Has her coloring changed? Is the soil/sand moist enough for her to tunnel and hold without caving in?

 

[hendo]

well shes normally a lime colour. but sice shes shedding shes a little darker and shes got more dark spot markings. and today shes been at the bottom of her plant about 4 inches above the soil

 

[kinyonga]

How long have you had her?

She's not showing the goldy yellowy brownish splotches that a sexually mature veiled female normally shows....so are you sure she's that old?

Some veiled females can lay eggs as young as 5 months of age but some of them never lay eggs. It depends somewhat on their husbandry.

 

[hendo]

ive hader since march.and the shop i got her from said she was hatched in august