Sav Eating Her Own Eggs?

[varanus_mad]

Originally Posted by AjaMichelle

Thanks for posting what Crocdoc said!



So if you feel like Egg #2 doesn't look totally digested, do you think it was laid in her water bowl?



I only know that she's been digging a lot lately and spending more time in and around her burrow, behavior I have never really seen before.
I know it's so important! I did my best to provide what I thought was a proper nesting site. Now I need to figure out what's wrong with it.



She has two basking spots that cover her SVL. One is 140*F and the other is 150*F. This wasn't intentional, it just worked out this way. Her ambient humidity is 70 to 80% throughout most of the enclosure and 60% near the basking spot. She has 12 inches of a soil/sand substrate throughout. Her enclosure is 5 feet long, 2 feet deep, and 3 feet tall.

Last I checked, the substrate near the basking spot is 85*F and it's 80*F throughout the rest of the enclosure.

I've been meaning to verify the soil temps but she's been in her burrow so I haven't been able to.

Soil temp soil depth soil type...

Erm hope that helps...

soil temps id try and keep them with a range of 80 - 90 at different depths...

id also dig up the entire enclosure there very good at hiding eggs...

[AjaMichelle]

Originally Posted by varanus_mad

Soil temp soil depth soil type...

Erm hope that helps...

soil temps id try and keep them with a range of 80 - 90 at different depths...

id also dig up the entire enclosure there very good at hiding eggs...

What about soil temps and soil depth? I need to change them?

I know I need more substrate and am moving her into a larger enclosure in the next week or two. She'll have 2 feet of substrate.

I already went through and did my best to find eggs. I didn't recover any.

[varanus_mad]

Originally Posted by AjaMichelle

What about soil temps and soil depth? I need to change them?

I know I need more substrate and am moving her into a larger enclosure in the next week or two. She'll have 2 feet of substrate.

I already went through and did my best to find eggs. I didn't recover any.

basically yes... dunno what sort of soil your using at the moment possibly increase the ratio of sand to soil... that may do it...

id also be tempted to wack a big box in there full of some soil thats totally different to what your using at the minute.