Munchkin layed her eggs!!

[ChrisnLisa]

Munchkin is our one year old veiled. This is her first clutch and she layed today...day 21 after breeding. I heard her digging at about 2:00 pm today and peeked at her and she was in the very bottomn of her laying tub. When I came home at about 10:00pm she was asleep in her tree and the hole was covered up. I dug up her eggs and found 17...does that sound like a small number to those of you with experience? She still looks kind of fat, I felt her abdomen and can't tell if there are still more in there. Also I know you are supposed to put a hole in the lid, how big though. Like a hole with a safety pin or a hole with a pencil. Any ideas on all of this is much appreciated.

 

[ChrisnLisa]

So its 9:00am and shes cack in the box. I covered her cage up again. No one had any ideas on this???? Has anyone ever had a female lay some eggs, cover the hole, and go back the next day to lay more?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

I think this happens occasionally.
Give her privacy again and hope for the best.
She should be okay.
After depositing all the eggs, she should be really skinny.

-Brad

 

[SSimsswiSS]

So its 9:00am and shes cack in the box. I covered her cage up again. No one had any ideas on this???? Has anyone ever had a female lay some eggs, cover the hole, and go back the next day to lay more?

If she has more eggs to lay, more likely to dig a new hole. Was she disturded during the laying process? 17 sounds like a healthy number of eggs to lay. I just had a two year old lay 28 on the first of June. But really only 25 looked viable.