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Old 11-28-2009, 09:13 AM   #6
bitsy
Feeling a series of evenly-spaced, same-sized lumps in her lower third, would indicate to me that she's probably gravid. Pop a laying box in with her, just in case (same as a humid hide). She might just be ovulating (unfertilised ova can sometimes feel like eggs) but it's an odd time of year for that.

I've found that the indicators are different in each female. Some you can feel egg lumps by having your fingers on either side of their bodies. On some you can only feel the lumps through their belly underneath, and running your fingers down their sides you can feel nothing. Some look bloated or swollen, some show no visual change at all. On some you can't see or feel anything and the first confirmation you have is a refusal to eat followed by a shed - some of them eat right up to laying, so you can't even rely on that. One of mine gives every appearance of being gravid wth both bloating and lumps, but is only ever ovulating and has never produced an egg in her life.

They do love to confound!