how long until receptive female lays

[AmandaS]

wait you can do that??

Sometimes, yes. Just feed her less.

 

[plant_birb]

I've seen the odd one go back to tamp the soils down more after the eggs are laid....but only once Asa rule.

Interesting, it's been twice now and I'll see if it continues. My worry would be that she has more (!) to lay and may be trying to dig again. She just isn't digging down so I find it hard to believe it's that. I'll keep an eye out!

 

[kinyonga]

wait you can do that??

Yup...with veileds I can stop the reproduction completely and turn it back on later if I want to breed her. I started doing it in the early 90's. The females almost always live longer than 7 years if shut down.

With panthers I never pushed it to the point where it stopped...just to get smaller clutches.

 

[kinyonga]

Interesting, it's been twice now and I'll see if it continues. My worry would be that she has more (!) to lay and may be trying to dig again. She just isn't digging down so I find it hard to believe it's that. I'll keep an eye out!

With some of them it can be an indication that they haven't laid all the eggs...but in those cases it's really digging they are doing.