So my veiled successfully laid her first clutch two days ago (yay!) the clutch was a total of 36 plump eggs. She dug right to the bottom of the bucket, layed her eggs, crawled back out and covered the dirt over them and made the surface unbelievably flat! I covered her cage with sheets and she never saw me check up on her. After removing the laying bin I immediately fed her 6 crickets poweder coated with pure calcium and she ate those 6 up no problem. I threw three more in the cage and she is completely ignoring them. She is getting thin, but not in a severe way, just a teeny bit bony. Anyone have any advice?
Veiled girl only ate one time after laying?
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RyU
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Do you have a dripper going with her? I find that chams are more in need of water than food after they lay. How much water has she had? Also, are you sure she's done laying? You can palpate her abdomen (softly) to see if there are any eggs left inside her, you may want to put a laying bin back just in case. IF she is eating and drinking I think you can just give her time to recover. HTH
I felt her belly (as much as I could without getting bitten) and it seems pretty flat and hollow
. I put her in the shower the next day after laying, and she's drinking although not very thirstily. Her eyes are bulgy and healthy. She did just eat one more cricket, so she might just need more time to recover like you said.
