Pregnant????

Its now 39 days since Angel got together with JD and i am starting to wonder if she is pregnant.

She is showing no signs of her pre natal shed (which they should do) before she lays.

She has also not put on that much weight. This is only her 2nd time, it might just take a bit longer?

Just have to see what she does in the next few weeks.

Any day now!!!

Angel is soon to lay her 1st clutch this year!

Its any day now. She has been in her nest box for 5 days. 

Fingers crossed!!

Hovabator

Set up the incubator the other day. 

This is a Hovabator, it is the simplest incubator available. Only cost about £20 so it was a bargin. 

Think i worked out how it operates. Had a test run so i could get the temperature right. It took a while but i managed to set it at 85-86. Which is a good temp for the eggs.

Date of egg laying??

I have been trying to work out the exact date that Angel will lay her eggs.

Last year she mated on 23rd of June and laid her eggs on the 1st of August, which is 40 days. So I am working on 40, so i am working out when it will happen this year.

She mated on 20th of March. Counting on 40 days brings me to 29th of April.

Which is in 7 days time!!

I will keep you posted on any developments.

Dry moss

After leaving the nest box in for 2 days i noticed that the moss was starting to dry out. I realized i had put it on top of the heat mat. 

oops. 

after soaking the moss in warm water i relocated the nest box to the opposite side of the tank. i cling filmed the top of the nest box to increase the humidity. 

After inspecting the nest box this morning i noticed Angel had been in it overnight. This is a good sign, she know where it is. 

Only 2 weeks to go, she should be starting to shed soon. 

2 weeks to go!!

Its now 2 weeks till Angel is ready to lay. She did not eat her food this week. 

Today i set up her laying box in the tank.

Got moss in the bottom for a nice comfy material.

Colour changing

Little Quicksilver is slowly starting to turn from a black and silver to light brown. As he has no red pigment it wont be a orange brown like his dad. 

3 weeks down

It has been 3 weeks since Angel and JD mated. So thats about half way there. I am looking for a suitable nest box for her. I will place it in when she starts to shed.