Receptive Veiled

[AMGChams]

My female veiled is a little over a year old and showing signs of being receptive. My question is how long after showing signs of being receptive and NOT being mated do they lay unfertile eggs? I do have a laying bin in there for her and she has been going down but there is no signs of her actually digging. Thanks in advance.

 

[jastate09]

I don't think there's a set time and sometimes they never lay eggs.

 

[Melina]

Yeah i don't believe there's a set time where infertile eggs are concerned. My female laid eggs when she was just over 1 year old. If she has been showing interest in her laying bin i'd leave it in there in case she begins to dig. Make sure the sand/soil stays moist enough for a tunnel to stay up in case she decides to go for it.

 

[AMGChams]

Thank you

Thank you both for the replys. I am just really concerned for her and do not want her to be come egg bound. I will leave the bin in full time then.

 

[kinyonga]

Do you have an appropriate place in her cage for her to dig so she can show you if she does have to lay eggs?

 

[AMGChams]

Yes I have at the bottom of the cage at the base of one of the plants an egg laying bin that is aprox 12" long x 6" wide x 12" deep. Please advise if this is sufficant.

 

[kinyonga]

Size sounds fine. What is it full of? Is it opaque?

 

[AMGChams]

From reading these boards I have seen that some like play sand and others prefer the organic soil so I made a mixture of both and keep it moist enough that it she is able to tunnel. It is opaque. I have seen her a few times walking around in it but I think I need to place some kind of visiual barrier up so she doesn't see me because each time she scurries back up her plant.