Well my largest female(pushing 14") redfoot has been acting a bit strange for about 3 weeks now. She stopped eating at one point, sitting in the corner very subdued at times, I started bathing her fearing for illness. She kept pushing all the time as though she was constipated, After baths she would only eat fruit and this one likes her greens and grass.
She started dragging one of her back legs around without bending her knee.
So about a wk ago I made my mind up she must be gravid. In the last wk I've caught her digging twice and getting restless. I put the incubator on 3 days ago just incase. Lone behold she dropped 5 eggs today, but she broke one. So got 4.
What I really wanted to pick your guys brains about was this. I've only had this female about 3 months.
All 4 eggs are very different sizes, one is huge. 2 look very calcified.
Is it possible she has been holding on to some for a while and dropped 2 clutches?
Is 5 eggs enough for 2 clutches?
Why would some calcify and not others?
Is different size and shaped eggs normal within the same clutch?
Anyway they are in incubator now in vermiculite @ 29.5c. What humidity should I be aiming for?
Thanks
She started dragging one of her back legs around without bending her knee.
So about a wk ago I made my mind up she must be gravid. In the last wk I've caught her digging twice and getting restless. I put the incubator on 3 days ago just incase. Lone behold she dropped 5 eggs today, but she broke one. So got 4.
What I really wanted to pick your guys brains about was this. I've only had this female about 3 months.
All 4 eggs are very different sizes, one is huge. 2 look very calcified.
Is it possible she has been holding on to some for a while and dropped 2 clutches?
Is 5 eggs enough for 2 clutches?
Why would some calcify and not others?
Is different size and shaped eggs normal within the same clutch?
Anyway they are in incubator now in vermiculite @ 29.5c. What humidity should I be aiming for?
Thanks