Sometimes their behavior wont change at all. My female that just layed a clutch did it without any warning. Was eating normal had only gained about 20 - 30 grams, had displayed no digging behaviors. I checked on her one morning and she was fine then 4 hours later i came home for lunch and she had laid. All kinds of fun there. She had no signs of the eggs having dropped inside her up to that point either.
brian
cryptic dragons
You're right, but you had the laybox in her tank. Correct ? I'm sure if you didn't, she would show the signs that she needed a place to lay. Also, 30 grams IS kind of a lot to gain in a few weeks. That's roughly a 10% (more or less) bodyweight increase. And it would have gotten more had she held those eggs a bit longer.
As they progress and the eggs get bigger, they take up the room she needs to hold more food. This is why they stop eating. This person I wrote to had no laybox at hand, so I was curious if his had showed those symptoms.
I'm sure your girl would show those signs if she did not already have a comfortable place to lay in. She would hold her eggs, until she stopped eating, and begin digging around the tank, looking for a place. That's when I put mine in a separate lay box.
This wait is not unhealthy, as dragons have a good window of time from when they are first able to lay, and before they must lay the eggs. Your girl felt the time come, and immediately just went in. That's awesome and easier for you, but mine seem to like to lay in a different place from where they normally run around. I put them in and they lay within a couple hours, sometimes a couple minutes. I've never had any problems, but "There's more than one way to skin a cat."
Oh... sorry, That expression sounds so much worse when you read it ...
Joe @ DRAGON DEPOT
