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| A gravid female will fill out in the posterior half of her
body. Even though she may continue to eat, her tail will decrease in diameter as she uses
up her fat stores for egg production. Several weeks prior to oviposition, the female will
often shed.  As
oviposition nears, the female will often become restless and dig around her cage.
Eventually she will retreat to her nest box. She should be kept separate from other Gilas
during this time to prevent stress and the eating of any eggs by cage-mates.
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 Gila Monsters lay
from 2-13 eggs, the number being somewhat proportional to the size
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| Click here to view egg
laying sequence. |
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Copyright © 1997 Mark T.
Seward, DDS. All rights reserved.
Revised: December 11, 2000 |
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