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Odd behavior from my female

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So for some back story info. My oldest female, bella, laid 22 eggs 14 days ago. At the 12 day mark she started displaying a very odd behavior periodically. She eats like a hog and passes well formed BMs daily. All her other behavior is normal for her, active, no stress marks, no dark beard. I soaked her and she was still displaying this behavior so I placed her in the lay bin to see if it was possibly some sign of being ready to lay. She did not dig the first time, second time she dug but did not attempt to lay. The 3rd time she did nothing (today). After about 3 hours of attempting I was able to catch the behavior on video. The link below is the behavior I am talking about. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

After viewing this video on my computer it would almost appear like mating (minus another dragon). She is a very alpha female but none the less this is strange. At the end of the video she head bobs a bit leading me more to believe this is some sign of breeding?

PS she moves around perfectly normal (I did not capture walking on the video)

Without further adu

The link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD4QCKbZd_w
 
My honest opinion, she looks like she is trying to lay again. I would try the lay box again and see if she calms down in there. Thats just my opinion though.
 
I have never seen that behavior, but I also think she's trying to get something out. Keep an eye on her...she should be in the nest box all day and only out at night. I would hate to think the way she's moving is because she has an egg stuck. She looks very healthy. Hope all goes well.
 
I left her in the lay bin since about 430 and she just finished laying 16 healthy looking eggs. Thanks all for the insight. Apparently it was just one of her signs for preparing to lay. Every girls different right lol.
 
I have a male that does that same thing. doesnt display it for longer than 3-4 min.Doesnt do it often. i put a female in the cage and he breeds and he doesnt do it no more. me and my girl have caught him twice this year doing that. Never though much of it.
 
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