Help Please! Gravid dragon basking. Won’t dig. Sunken fat pads. Keeps making lower movements.

[Toadleagend]

She has been basking all day. She won’t dig. She keeps making sharp movements near her butt and pelvis. I can’t tell if she is adjusting or not. She won’t eat today. Her fat pads have been looking sunken since she started running. I thought it was from shedding. But, today her tail fat pads don’t look so great either. I’m very confused.

She just pooped an egg came out too.
I syringed 6 ml of reptaboost in her mouth. Which should be all she needs for the day. At least if she wasn’t gravid. I gave her a bath earlier. She drank water in it. She only stayed in there for 3 minutes though. Now I’m just letting her rest I. The basking like she wants. Im hoping to bring her to the vet tomorrow.

 

[Toadleagend]

Well there's no way to determine what condition that Cole and her eggs are in but you still have to be patient while the vet decides what he will do.

Ok, thank you very much! A little while after I got home from the vet. She started digging at the hole I made for her. Is there a limit to the horn worms I can give her? Since she needs a lot of hydration?

 

[AHBD]

That's great that she's digging again ! Just offer 1-2 while she's resting but don't disturb her while she's digging .

 

[Toadleagend]

That's great that she's digging again ! Just offer 1-2 while she's resting but don't disturb her while she's digging .

Ok, thank you! I already gave her more than 1-2 because I was not sure what to give her. Unless you mean each time she’s resting. I gave her 6 in total. Since her fat pads were down and she needed extra hydration from being gravid too. And when I looked them up it seems like they are basically water. I won’t give her more. I will only give her food while she’s resting. I was doing that anyway.

 

[AHBD]

O.K that's fine , they must be the little ones. You're taking good care of her ! The large ones are a big shot of hydration.

 

[Toadleagend]

O.K that's fine , they must be the little ones. You're taking good care of her ! The large ones are a big shot of hydration.
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Yes, there not that big. Thank you! She ate8 crickets today. I gave 5 with vitamins and calcium. I haven’t done any reptaboost today. I haven’t decided weather I wanted to or not. I was going to wait to decide when she finished digging for the day.

 

[Toadleagend]

Yes, they’re not that big. Thank you! She ate8 crickets today. I gave 5 with vitamins and calcium. I haven’t done any reptaboost today. I haven’t decided whether I wanted to or not. I was going to wait to decide when she finished digging for the day.

She ended up eating some greens I handed her with mango. 4 of them. I put some repta boost on 3 of them. Instead of handing it to her. She also ate more crickets.

 

[AHBD]

That's good, it will give her energy.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

That's great news she ate some today. It
will help with hydration & nutrition for her.
Did she do a lot of digging today?

Tracie

 

[Toadleagend]

Hello,

That's great news she ate some today. It
will help with hydration & nutrition for her.
Did she do a lot of digging today?

Tracie

She did do a lot of digging yesterday. She would only dig in the hole in her laybox. So, she would dig. Then bask. Then dig some more. Until 6. Today, I’m not to sure what is happening. She pooped on the basking and an egg came out. But, it looked like she needed to go to the bathroom more. She kept pushing for like 40 minutes. And finally another egg came out. No poop this time. Is she laying on the basking?

 

[Toadleagend]

She did do a lot of digging yesterday. She would only dig in the hole in her laybox. So, she would dig. Then bask. Then dig some more. Until 6. Today, I’m not to sure what is happening. She pooped on the basking and an egg came out. But, it looked like she needed to go to the bathroom more. She kept pushing for like 40 minutes. And finally another egg came out. No poop this time. Is she laying on the basking?

She’s still wiggling. Her butt is very stretched/out. Nothing more has come out though.

 

[Toadleagend]

She’s still wiggling. Her butt is very stretched/out. Nothing more has come out though.

6 more came out. I’m not sure if she is done. Or if this counted as laying.

 

[Toadleagend]

6 more came out. I’m not sure if she is done. Or if this counted as laying.

She laid 10 so far today. I thought she was finished. I hadn’t seen her do anything in a while. And she was looking around. so I gave her horned worms. She ate them. She didn’t want mango and a green. Immediately after I tried that. She did a wiggle again. So, I left her alone.

 

[Toadleagend]

2 of the eggs were kinda attached. Like I believe you could pull them apart. And they are their own separate eggs. But, they were definitely attached. It happened twice. Is that ok? She laid 15 today so far. She did most of them in about 3 hours. Then, after that they kinda have been coming out every half and hour or so. She ate 3 greens on her own with mango. And I’ve given her 5 crickets after the eggs. I’m not sure if she is full or not. She is being a bit iffy with the food. Refusing what I hand her most of the time. I’m not sure if that’s normal. A lot of the times I handed her things, there were more eggs she needed to get out and I didn’t realize though. But, I thought she was supposed to be really hungry after the eggs were out.

 

[Toadleagend]

2 of the eggs were kinda attached. Like I believe you could pull them apart. And they are their own separate eggs. But, they were definitely attached. It happened twice. Is that ok? She laid 15 today so far. She did most of them in about 3 hours. Then, after that they kinda have been coming out every half and hour or so. She ate 3 greens on her own with mango. And I’ve given her 5 crickets after the eggs. I’m not sure if she is full or not. She is being a bit iffy with the food. Refusing what I hand her most of the time. I’m not sure if that’s normal. A lot of the times I handed her things, there were more eggs she needed to get out and I didn’t realize though. But, I thought she was supposed to be really hungry after the eggs were out.

She laid one more. So, she is up to 16 for the day. I think she had another in there. Because earlier she wiggled and one almost came out. But, it just didn’t happen. So, I’m hoping she does it tomorrow. She started eating her crickets more willingly. I gave her give or take 9 crickets today. With vitamins and calcium. I could only hand her greens like once. But, she grabbed greens with mango many times in her own. Maybe she ate 10. But, I’m not really sure. She had at least one with repta boost on it. She also had 6 hornworms today. I’m not sure if I can take the sand out. Since she never technically went in her laybox to lay eggs. Would it be ok to take out?

 

[AHBD]

She might have had to poo because you fed her so much while she was digging + trying to lay. It's odd that she dug so much but then laid them out in the open but it's probably because she had so many hornworms and other food. BTW, don't feed so much fruit, the sugar is not good for them. Other than that I guess she did what she had to do and will continue, no need to worry. No more food today, it's late and she needs to either finish laying or get some rest.