Is my panther gravid?

[Thetruthisoutthere]

Hi all,

Got this female one week ago and we think she gravid, although we don't know much about her age. She has slowed her eating since we got her (from 10 crickets a day to about 5).

I think we have prepared sufficiently except we are a little confused about a few items.

1) are we just being paranoid?
2) at what point do you put them in a laying bin? She does have a deep planter in her cage with access
3) what point do you hang a privacy sheet?
4) do you mist and feed regularly while she is in the bin?
5) do you set up a dropper while she is in the bin?
6) do you mist her so water hits her to wash the mud off afterwards?

Also, this is our little lovely panther "Scully"

 

[Randall-the-Chameleon]

I don't know to much about this and can't tell if she is gravid or not but my advice is to get a laying bin in the cage just in case because even if she is not currently gravid she will need it sometime in the future. Also if you do catch her in the laying I think it is best to delay feeding/hand misting and give her as much privacy as possible. I see nothing wrong with a mist bath to help get dirt off. Hope this helps.

 

[Thetruthisoutthere]

A better picture. I should mentioned that we haven't handled her yet so it's a bit of a precarious situation.

 

[bobcochran]

She appears to be quite gravid! Make sure she access to the laying bin, otherwise treat her normally. She's not going to eat much if at all until after she deposits the eggs.

 

[Thetruthisoutthere]

Thank you for the input, it does provide some relief.

As a follow-up question, I think we are starting week two of her being gravid. Is there a point where we should escalate the situation if she isn't using her bin and place her in a deep trash bin or something?