Not sure what to do anymore

MollyGreen

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So my female veiled, whom was apparently pregnant, which means shes going on her second month, is acting strangely. She is eating well and moving well. She doesnt seem to have any bulges. Her age is 6-8 months. All day she goes to the bottom of the cage and i think searches around for a place to digg. I dont see any other reason as to why she would spend most of her day down there. She almost escaped today. I had cleaned her cage 2 weeks ago and in order to do so, i took everything out and bleached it. This meant that i rearranged her cage somewhat. I'm just not sure anymore what she is, or if she sees 3 types of digging chambers unsatisfactory. I kinda ran out of options. Because this is her 2nd month of behavior like this i am a little worried. When i went to put her back in her cage i noticed she had a strong grip, also. I just want help before the situation gets bad. Could it be the cage is too dry? How moist should her egg laying chamber be(%humidity)? Could she just be stressed or unhappy? She wasnt mated or anything and i have read some books that say that females almost always (not everytime) die eggbound if they arent mated at the time of their first signs of sexual maturity. The whole situation has sorta become hopeless I have just figured that she deems it unsuitable and i've tried everything everyone has told me. Theres a sheet around the bottom of the cage. The egg laying chamber is a 1ftx1ft 1.5 ft tall bucket that is suppose to be used for feeding horses.I have the 50-20-30 mixture of potting soil, peat moss, and play sand. I have a basking light next to it that is aimed at a light so the chamber itself is heated but in shade. I mist it every other day. Its location is under her favorite basking spot and there are 5-6 different bushes/branches going into it.

If anyone has any more ideas, ill be more than willing to try them.
 
well... she crawls on the floor all day, shes blue and orange in coloration, when i put her in a trashcan she dug a 5 inch hole and then never looked at it again. (i watched her on webcam for the entire weekend) Also, when i moved her back to her cage after...2 weeks i would say, i searched for eggs for a couple hours just in case
 
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A couple of things that make me think she is not gravid-one she is eating. They almost always stop eating before they lay eggs. Two-she is not lumpy or bumpy or large in the middle, and three, she is orange and blue (receptive coloration) and not gravid coloration (dark to black). Are your upper temps too high? Sometimes they will move to the bottom when it is too warm.
 
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