What kind of colors are these?

[opheliaeatsbugs]

Still learning her color language and this is a new color/pattern... tell me what she is sayin' - anything in particular?

 

[kinyonga]

She's saying she's sexually mature and receptive.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

Thank you - that's what I was thinking. So pretty
Since she won't have a mate... when will she (or has she already) started working on her next clutch?

 

[kinyonga]

Next clutch?? Did she lay eggs already?

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

She laid in may

 

[kinyonga]

Now I remember. Sometimes my mind just freezes like a computer! She's likely already working on the next batch then.
They usually lay 3 or 4 times a year for infertile eggs.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

Ok, thanks!

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

@kinyonga Ophelia laid a week ago, she hasn't pooped yet (that I have seen). I put her in a humidity shower (mostly humidity from a warm shower, some light spray).

These are colors/patterns I haven't seen on her before ... did I stress her out?

 

[Nursemaia]

Those look like not receptive colors

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

Those look like not receptive colors

Normal to show a week after laying?

 

[kinyonga]

Has she been eating? What substrate did you have in the egglaying container where she dug?
It usually takes a few weeks to take on receptive colors in my experience.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

She pooped this afternoon, so that is a relief. She has been eating. I noticed today, that the temp gauge was at 78-79°, so maybe her metabolism slowed down too much because the temps are too low. I have corrected that issue.

She has a small trash can filled with 2/3 organic dirt and 1/3 sand.

She laid on 9/9... 29 eggs.

So it's to be expected that she would show non-receptive colors for a couple more weeks?

 

[kinyonga]

If the temperature dropped that could be why she wasn't pooping...slows her metabolism.

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

If the temperature dropped that could be why she wasn't pooping...slows her metabolism.

Thank goodness for simple fixes! Thanks for your input... always appreciated

 

[kinyonga]

You're welcome. Hope she behaves herself now!

 

[opheliaeatsbugs]

You're welcome. Hope she behaves herself now!

She better haha
She's such a good girl

 

[kinyonga]

And pretty too!