dnallivah
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So my little miss is just over 6 months old and this past week was stupidly stressful. I knew she had eggs, I had prepped two different laying bins (one in the cage, one outside) as well as made sure the pot for the tree was accessible since I had seen her climbing down that way.
She refused the bins in her cage, I placed her in the covered one and she gave me her patent screw you look.
After going without food for awhile and the signs of dehydration I got in touch with Sang and hassled him for about a week while trying to urge Venus to lay.
In the end I had to take her to the vet where she got a dose of calcium and oxytocin. Once we were home and she was back in her cage she started dropping eggs. She was just crawling around her branches and dropping them wherever she went. Since she was ignoring the laying bins, I put her in her covered one and left her in for about 4-5 hours like the vet told me to. I predug a hole for her, popped her in and she crawled out and just laid some eggs on top of the dirt. That day laid 18 I believe.
6 days later, she's still crawling around her branches, stopping and popping out an egg or two. Up to 31 now. I find them in the pots, stuck on leaves and branches, under and over my paper towels.
She still hasn't eaten anything yet, but is drinking normally again and looking SO much better. It's a good thing I doubt I'd ever breed her, because heaven knows she apparently has no maternal instincts.
She refused the bins in her cage, I placed her in the covered one and she gave me her patent screw you look.
After going without food for awhile and the signs of dehydration I got in touch with Sang and hassled him for about a week while trying to urge Venus to lay.
In the end I had to take her to the vet where she got a dose of calcium and oxytocin. Once we were home and she was back in her cage she started dropping eggs. She was just crawling around her branches and dropping them wherever she went. Since she was ignoring the laying bins, I put her in her covered one and left her in for about 4-5 hours like the vet told me to. I predug a hole for her, popped her in and she crawled out and just laid some eggs on top of the dirt. That day laid 18 I believe.
6 days later, she's still crawling around her branches, stopping and popping out an egg or two. Up to 31 now. I find them in the pots, stuck on leaves and branches, under and over my paper towels.
She still hasn't eaten anything yet, but is drinking normally again and looking SO much better. It's a good thing I doubt I'd ever breed her, because heaven knows she apparently has no maternal instincts.
