Finally got my first panther female

jamest0o0

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Got my 4 month female and have her all settled in. I'll post a picture of her cage. I have about 14-15 inches of soil mix I made with plants, a couple rocks, cork bark, and leaf litter. Also have isopods and springtails.

So my understanding is they have similar care as the males with a place to lay obviously. Same feedings every day with an emphasis on the calcium? I'm wondering, how do you guys do maintenance when they start digging. I know you're supposed to stay out of sight, but considering my female will be in a room with my other males, I'll still have to go in there at some point.

Any other differences with the females I should be made aware of? I planned to have the basking spot a little lower.

Breed her around a year, correct? How early do they begin to lay before that? Once they do lay, feed a lot of dusted foods I assume. Perhaps liquid calcium?
 
Here's her set up
 

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Theres no branches atm, shes small enough to walk on the plants without issue and i keep her outside most of the day on a ficus anyway. But yes im definitely putting branches in tomorrow, the ones i had, had to be thrown out and i gotta go out and cut some more down at my cousin's. I also have yet to hook the uvb(been outside), but I'll be doing that once I keep her inside more.
 
Btw I winged it with the substrate. Went with about a 1 part eco earth: 2 parts sand: 1 part garden soil/worm casting/mushroom compost mix because the topsoil I bought was garbage imo and figured I'd make my own. Hopefully the plants and CuC do alright, it is perfect texture for digging holes.
 
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