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Paranoia setting in!

MegF.

MegF.

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I checked on Maya this evening as I'm waiting for her pre-lay shed. I have also been misting the inside of the egg box to keep the bed a beast and the moss damp for some humidity as suggested by Kathy. She has usually been completely buried in the substrate of the egg box, but this evening she was coiled up on top of the moss. When I went in there to spray, she started drinking like crazy. She sucked the water off the sides, her coils, the moss, everything. Could she really not know where the opening is in the box? I made it approximately twice her diameter at one end, and I thought she could make her way in and out. I'm wondering if she's just drinking tons due to imminent shed. My Green tree python acts like she hasn't had a drop of water in years when she's going to shed and will drink and drink like this. Do you think that's what's going on, or do you think she really can't find the water? I've enlarged the hole slightly just in case and took her out of the box, offered her the water bowl (she refused more) and she crawled back into the hole. I figure she could poke around and find her way out if she wanted to at any time before. My husband is pretty much patting my arm and telling me to chill, but this is my first time breeding her and I worry about her. She has not been very conventional thus far: not eating thru most of the breeding period and things like that.
 
MegF. said:
My husband is pretty much patting my arm and telling me to chill, but this is my first time breeding her and I worry about her. She has not been very conventional thus far: not eating thru most of the breeding period and things like that.
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It may be the husband in me, but I'd agree with yours! :)

I have a female bloodred that's past 14 days from her prelay shed, and I have found her in her box, out of her box, on top off her box, taking the top of her box, redecorating her box (and cage). I decided I wasn't going to mess with things too much since she's the one that supposedly knows what she's doing, so have only turned the heat up a bit to 81/82ish and packed in some more moss for her as well. I think late today was her final round of making sure everything's just right, and expect to find eggs in the morning. I'll let you know what happens I suppose.

One thing I remember Serp responding to one of my posts so long ago when I first started this craziness was "they don't read the book". How true a statement that is! I've also got one or two females that will eat one or two meals post breeding, and then go off food until they lay the eggs. Their appetite is tremendous after laying eggs though!

Hope this helps somewhat!
D80
 
It does help, thanks! I went into chat and got some feedback from Cheryl, Misty and Joe and a few others. They all feel that she could have definitely found her way out if she wanted to, and that she was probably just taking advantage of the fact that I was spraying and she was out there to drink. I haven't checked this morning, but I'm expecting a shed skin. We'll see. My biggest worry is egg binding. I'd hate to lose her to something like that! I'll just attempt to remain calm.....breath....somebody get me a shot of something!
 
Well I was greeted this morning with another clutch of eggs. I wasn't too worried (16 days past pre-lay shed), but it was frustratingly in the back of my mind! Mother Nature seems to take care of her own!

D80
 
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