I have ended up making a laybox that has reptile soil and natural sand from their native habitat. Though she seems to not really care for it I was wondering if I should put it in her enclosure. Thing with that though is that I would need to take her basking platforms out in order to put the box in her enclosure.You can make a laybox for her like Jurovaty said , they often lay eggs more freely if they find what they instinctively consider a safe place. If you already have a vet appt. you can ask for xrays to see if there are more shelled eggs. You can't always feel them so don't go by that. Hopefully everything will turn out O.K !
This is the box I have it's just a big big boy @AHBDYou can make a laybox for her like Jurovaty said , they often lay eggs more freely if they find what they instinctively consider a safe place. If you already have a vet appt. you can ask for xrays to see if there are more shelled eggs. You can't always feel them so don't go by that. Hopefully everything will turn out O.K !
I placed her inside it and in her enclosure then I left and 20 mins later I came home to her out of the box and glass surfing.That's a nice box and she can bask on top of it. Keep the soil moist. I think it's fine to wait until Saturday since she's not lethargic or seemingly in distress.
She is currently basking under her lights is there a specific brand of soil sand or substrate best used for a laybox? I have had trouble finding proper substrate since I use a zen habitat mat made for my Zen Habitat enclosure. I heard playsand then top soil and then coconut fiber so many different opinions and it's not as simple as getting sand at Home Depot and it being ready immediately.That all sounds normal, keep putting her back in the box at least 1-2 X a day. It sounds like she might be ready to lay now. You can even put her in early afternoon and put something heavy over the opening so she can't get out. Just check on her late in the day.
What you have in it now is fine, just keep it moist and pretty deep.She is currently basking under her lights is there a specific brand of soil sand or substrate best used for a laybox? I have had trouble finding proper substrate since I use a zen habitat mat made for my Zen Habitat enclosure. I heard playsand then top soil and then coconut fiber so many different opinions and it's not as simple as getting sand at Home Depot and it being ready immediately.
I'm hoping she has her clutch and I can move on and DEFINITELY be prepared for anything else happening in the future. She went through her digging phase and made the digbox obsolete so I didn't pay much mind to any of it then she had eggs a year or 2 later lol
The reptisoil is moist but not that moist I ended up putting her in it and left for 20 mins and she was covered head to tail in dark soil.If the sand is dry moisten it till it will clump if squeezed. You don't want it wet though. My female Ruby wouldn't lay in the sand until she could dig a small tunnel.
Be careful with top soil also, you mentioned repisoil that is good. Every single top or garden soil i could find here had either cow or chicken manure in it.
Oddest question but she seems to open her vent at times like she is trying to poop but not actually pooping and it'll close then happen later on is this due to her eggs?What you have in it now is fine, just keep it moist and pretty deep.
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