help my panther laying only 1 egg without digging

[rOnz]

so today i found 1 egg on the top of the soil and without any sign she's digging ,but she's still looks fat and bright colour , i try to touch her stomach and i still can feel there's some egg inside , is there any chance for her to laying another egg ? i really afraid she will get egg bound ..

btw she's mated at 26 december , so its around 20 days now , so i didnt know is it really the time to lay ?

 

[Olimpia]

That typically means that they reeeeaally need to get those eggs out.

Is she alert, active, moving around? If that's the case I would see if there is a problem with her laying bin. At this point, personally, I would call this an emergency and would take something like a large bucket or a trashcan, fill it with 12" of moist soil or sand, dig a tunnel for her, and leave her in there abandoned. She may spend a few minutes trying to get out but if she really needs to lay this should give her no option but to lay. There must be something off about her laying bin now that she won't use it.

Just in case, remember that a laying bin must contain about 12" of sand or soil, moist enough to hold a tunnel without collapsing, and must be at least another 8-12" wide. And you can't watch her while she lays, so I recommend setting up a webcam if you have one.

If she is not alert and active it may be just at the point where she needs medical intervention and I would go to a vet. They should give her a shot of calcium and a shot of oxytocin (oxytocin begins contractions of the uterus and calcium is essential in all muscle movements), and this will make her have the eggs within hours.

 

[rOnz]

yes she's still active and moving around ,

i put a large bucket of soil mixed with water like on the youtube video by chamalot chameleon , lets see until tomorrow if she still not digging i will take her to a vet , btw do you think the egg she lay just now is vertile ?

 

[Olimpia]

Ok, hopefully she lays. But there must be something amiss if she's just dropping the eggs vs. laying them. The most common reason for doing this is that they can no longer hold in the eggs, but they want to because they don't have where to lay or don't feel comfortable.

It very well could be fertile, I would definitely keep it to see.

 

[rOnz]

UPDATE ! she laying 1 more egg but this time no at the soil anymore , but on the bottom of the cage ( ..

i'll be monitoring her today ..

 

[rOnz]

just found another 1 but its already crack and i can see the yellow (yolk ?) drying in the bottom of her cage ..

 

[rOnz]

another update ,

she didnt use the bucket of soil i provide but instead i put a small container at the bottom at the cage and she's diggin on it but its not deep enough because i just prevent if the egg's fallin ,

so what should i do ? do i have to put her into the soil bucket ?

 

[mcleodschams]

Yes put her in a big tub with the soil sand mix or whatever you use but she needs privacy and room to dig about a foot deep.

 

[Dez]

if she is being really stubborn you can take the bucket of soil out of the cage and put her in it. Put a screen or some sort of cover iver the bin so she can not get out and has no choice but to use the dirt in the bin.

I do this with my really stubborn females

 

[Dez]

I got a stubborn girl now. Here is what I have her in

 

[rOnz]

I got a stubborn girl now. Here is what I have her in

THANKSSSSSS !!! i will do this tomorrow thank you very much for sharing !

 

[rOnz]

Thanks for everyone who's helping me
today my girl is laying another 12 eggs but 1 is deform and 2 other eggs looks yellowish .. do i have to separate the yellowish eggs ? or its ok to keep them together ..

 

[Dez]

Thanks for everyone who's helping me
today my girl is laying another 12 eggs but 1 is deform and 2 other eggs looks yellowish .. do i have to separate the yellowish eggs ? or its ok to keep them together ..

you don't need to separate the eggs.. the bad ones will go bad and healthy fertile ones will stay good. You can take out the ones that mold

 

[kinyonga]

Did she lay them in a hole and fill it in after?

 

[rOnz]

Yes shes digging not to deep hole and then cover it up again with soil