MutantHybrid
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Greetings all,
I just wanted to express my thanks to everyone that added information to this forum as that has saved me a lot of trouble with my female veiled. She began exhibiting mating coloration a month or so ago after her last shed, she reached about 12-13 inches in length, and I knew from this forum that I would need something for her to lay eggs in.
At first, I placed a tupperware container full of sand in her cage after she began rummaging around the bottom of her cage (looking for a place to dig), but she ignored it after an initial look. I thought the color of the sand was not to her liking and placed a mixture of sphagnum peat and sand in an 8 inch plastic pot instead. She looked more interested in that, however; seemed a bit unsure. I realized that she was looking for cover as well as soil. So I draped some of her pothos vines and leaves over the pot and she almost immediately went over to dig around in the pot a bit, then left it alone overnight. The next day, after coming home from work, she was in the pot again moving soil around and pulling at the pothos leaves and exhibiting very dark (dont bug me) coloration. An hour later, she just up and left the pot. I became curious about the contents of the pot and removed it. Upon digging a bit, I discovered a very obvious tunnel of looser soil and easily dug down to the bottom of the pot to find.... 36 eggs that she had layed while I was at work. Too bad they are not fertile.
Once again, thanks for all the tips. Hopefully my experiences will help other new veiled keepers as well. Female veileds look for plant cover as well as good, firm, moist soil. They will use the egg laying box or pot within a day or two of their exhibiting rummaging and digging behavior in the bottom of their cage. I kept the room temperature at about 80 by day. Humidity between 50-60 in her cage.
After laying she just sat on a high perch and hardly moved. I babied her a bit by dripping water over her head and she drank immediately several times for the next couble of days. I also placed some veggies and fruit and a few superworms in a feeding cup and held it a few inches from her so she could eat without having to hunt for her food for a few days. She looked tired. She is doing much better now.
I just wanted to express my thanks to everyone that added information to this forum as that has saved me a lot of trouble with my female veiled. She began exhibiting mating coloration a month or so ago after her last shed, she reached about 12-13 inches in length, and I knew from this forum that I would need something for her to lay eggs in.
At first, I placed a tupperware container full of sand in her cage after she began rummaging around the bottom of her cage (looking for a place to dig), but she ignored it after an initial look. I thought the color of the sand was not to her liking and placed a mixture of sphagnum peat and sand in an 8 inch plastic pot instead. She looked more interested in that, however; seemed a bit unsure. I realized that she was looking for cover as well as soil. So I draped some of her pothos vines and leaves over the pot and she almost immediately went over to dig around in the pot a bit, then left it alone overnight. The next day, after coming home from work, she was in the pot again moving soil around and pulling at the pothos leaves and exhibiting very dark (dont bug me) coloration. An hour later, she just up and left the pot. I became curious about the contents of the pot and removed it. Upon digging a bit, I discovered a very obvious tunnel of looser soil and easily dug down to the bottom of the pot to find.... 36 eggs that she had layed while I was at work. Too bad they are not fertile.
Once again, thanks for all the tips. Hopefully my experiences will help other new veiled keepers as well. Female veileds look for plant cover as well as good, firm, moist soil. They will use the egg laying box or pot within a day or two of their exhibiting rummaging and digging behavior in the bottom of their cage. I kept the room temperature at about 80 by day. Humidity between 50-60 in her cage.
After laying she just sat on a high perch and hardly moved. I babied her a bit by dripping water over her head and she drank immediately several times for the next couble of days. I also placed some veggies and fruit and a few superworms in a feeding cup and held it a few inches from her so she could eat without having to hunt for her food for a few days. She looked tired. She is doing much better now.
Is she eating well? 
