Gravid Hermann weight gain

chin_lee

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How much weight gain per day should I be expecting from a gravid female?
My Hermann pair mated on Oct 11 and I have been weighing her as follows:
Oct 14 1156 grams
Oct 15 1192 grams
Oct 16 1208 grams
Oct 17 1224 grams

How long after mating ritual should I anticipate the egg laying?

She is getting soaks every other day and pooping out lots and passing urates so its not food retention. Based on the progressive weight gain, i believe she may be gravid.
 

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so my hermann female laid her eggs today. Her weight last night was 1248. Today after laying 5 eggs, her weight is 1114.
It took about 5.5 weeks when they mated on Oct 11th to lay her egss on Nov 20th
Looking forward to hatchlings.
 

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5 eggs weighing 19 19 20 20 21 grams each. About 25 grams unaccounted for. I dug up the dirt container 2x to ensure I didn't miss an egg. I expected 6 eggs since her clutch last year was 6 but only 1 fertile. End of day only 5 eggs with 25 grams unaccounted for. She was weighted after bath in which she defacated and passes urate. So not sure how to account for that 25 grams. Correction she weight 1238....not 1248
 

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How long after mating ritual should I anticipate the egg laying?
It doesn't matter when they mated, she would have lain those eggs anyway.
They can lay fertile eggs for years after mating once. :)
 

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5 eggs weighing 19 19 20 20 21 grams each. About 25 grams unaccounted for. I dug up the dirt container 2x to ensure I didn't miss an egg. I expected 6 eggs since her clutch last year was 6 but only 1 fertile. End of day only 5 eggs with 25 grams unaccounted for. She was weighted after bath in which she defacated and passes urate. So not sure how to account for that 25 grams. Correction she weight 1238....not 1248

Simply fluid.
 

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