Is this Ambilobe lady gravid?

[BocaJan]

I'm pretty sure she mated with Liberace on the 10th, but this is my first mating of panthers. Can anyone tell?

 

[froggielog]

She looks pretty plump, I would say yes.
She is very pretty btw!

 

[BocaJan]

Thank you, yes she is pretty. She is fat, but I don't feel the eggs like I do in my veileds, Maybe another week I will see lumps.

 

[mcleodschams]

Yes gravid and almost ready to dig see the bump above her back leg there that's an egg my girls show that egg possitioning just before they stop eating some don't stop eating at all but I would say 1-2weeks tops til the lay day just my opinion. Time is a guess could be sooner or later .when did she mate or did she also have you been weighing her. I weigh my whole gang once a week.

 

[mcleodschams]

My panthers do go a lot darker when gravid but thats only two pics is she showing dark barring? Here is one of mine gravid about a week before she laid 20 eggs

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

Yeah I'd say she looks gravid. I just had my first gravid panther experience as well! I never could feel the eggs, and I felt for them just a few days before she laid. And she didn't get really dark, she stayed kind of the color of yours. She looked quite round, and yours does to. Mine didn't drop off in appetite at all. She ate the day before she laid just like normal.

 

[BocaJan]

She goes dark and light, then dark again and light. She is dark more often. I caught her for a moment when she was light.

 

[BocaJan]

Yeah I'd say she looks gravid. I just had my first gravid panther experience as well! I never could feel the eggs, and I felt for them just a few days before she laid. And she didn't get really dark, she stayed kind of the color of yours. She looked quite round, and yours does to. Mine didn't drop off in appetite at all. She ate the day before she laid just like normal.

Seems like panthers are different then veileds. It is interesting to see how the ladies like to do things differently.

 

[Lathelia]

That sounds like my girl right now. She gets dark and then light. I also cannot feel the eggs. Im curious if your will lay eggs...

 

[mcleodschams]

Be prepared I'm pretty sure she looks close to laying

 

[JohnnyD]

I feel like Panthers are trickier to tell than veileds. They don't always show gravid colors, and I've had them lay eggs a few times without looking plump at all. That does however appear to be an egg above her back leg.

 

[Benton1576]

It seems that when you feel for eggs in Panthers, you have to press a little harder than veileds as theres less of them. The bump behind the back leg is a dead give away as that is most definately an egg!

Good luck, remember to give her a lot of space and cover the cage as soon as you see her starting to dig, this will stop her getting disturbed and leaving the tunnel becoming eggbound.