This is an egg right? Should I be worried

[azrael]

I have an unmated female and as I mentioned in a previous post, I thought she was gravid. She has been dull in color since about the 19th but otherwise normal including basking and eating (last meal was 2 days ago as we feed her every other day or so) and her stool has been normal. It recently got colder in our house so today I put on her ceramic heat emitter and a higher watt basking lamp.

Today, I noticed she was lower in her cage than normal and peeked in her laying bin and saw this on top of the dirt. It's an egg right (pinkie finger for size)? I squished it and some yellow fluid came out. I haven't seen her digging yet. Her energy is normal and I checked her weight on the 22nd and she was 114 grams but today she is 108.

When should I worry? When is a vet visit necessary?

 

[brownie64]

Yes that is an egg, and there should be a lot more. Did you check and see if there was any berried. If not I would consider a vet trip real soon because she could become egg bound if she isn't already. Mine had theirs all at the same time. If she does become egg bound she will go down hill fast.