Egg laying

[Ezcham]

i need help my female panther is trying to lay eggs i put a planter with sand in her enclosure but she is trying to dig her tunnel in her substrate the substrate is about 5 inches deep but not suitable for tunnel digging should i remove her from her encloser in put her in her laying bin in a bigger tote or should i just let her find the laying bin on her own

 

[Mrjamwin]

Your lay bin needs to be between 6-8 inches deep and made with a combination of playsand and soil(no fertilizer) I would not try to move her and see about putting the lay bin in there without disturbing as much as possible. I hope this helps.

 

[Ezcham]

I already have the laying bin in her enclosure with her im just worried that she hasn't ate for a week and i dont want her to over work herself

 

[kinyonga]

What is the substrate that she's trying to dig in? Are you stopping her from diggin? Watching her when she is digging?

 

[Ezcham]

Coco fiber sand mulch spagunm moss mixture it could work its just not really deep enough its about 5 inches

 

[kinyonga]

I added to my post...did you see that?

 

[kinyonga]

Is there a way for her to get into the bin?

 

[Ezcham]

So far she dug one test tunnel then left and the second one she was digging for 20 minutes and then left it

 

[Ezcham]

Is there a way for her to get into the bin?

Yes she can climb in and out

 

[Ezcham]

Yes she can climb in and out

 

[Ezcham]

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[kinyonga]

What is in the lay bin?
Does she see you watching her when she's digging?
When she was digging you didn't move her out of the hole, did you?

 

[kinyonga]

What does post #11 mean?

That lay bin doesn't look very big across.

 

[Ezcham]

Sorry i tried to post a video of her digging so u could see i have a camera setup to watch her i did not disturb her in anyway in her laying bin is sand and coco fiber blend

 

[kinyonga]

Is the substrate in the lay bin moist enough to hold a tunnel?
Is it washed playsand?

 

[Ezcham]

Is the substrate in the lay bin moist enough to hold a tunnel?
Is it washed playsand?

Its zoo med excavator sand and zoo med coco fiber n yes its moist enough to hold a tunnel

 

[kinyonga]

This stuff?
https://zoomed.com/excavator-clay-burrowing-substrate/

 

[Ezcham]

This stuff?
https://zoomed.com/excavator-clay-burrowing-substrate/

Yes

 

[Ezcham]

Yes

Yes butt its doesn't get hard cuz it gets misted thru out the day

 

[kinyonga]

It's clay... not sand. You need washed play sand.
This one is the best...
https://www.kpmindustries.com/KingHomeImprovementProducts/product/king-play-sand/
You need to get this solved ASAP.