What is the matter with Zilla?

So Zilla can be a bit clingly sometimes. Like if I have been gone all day for example. But last night and all today she has been EXTREMLY clingy. Which I don't mind, but what is worrying me is she keeps coming and laying underneath me. For example her and Achilles like to play on the steps and I will go sit with them while they are over there. Well today Zilla just kept coming underneath my legs and laying down. I took pictures so I will post them below. But is that normal? Should I be worried that something is wrong with her?

How old is she? Is she a Solomon? Could be some nesting behavior starting. With a friends pair the female gets clingy and likes to snuggle into tighter places as she is getting ready to nest. Despite all the information out there not all females get nasty as they go into nesting mode some actually get a little sweeter. Well until they actually have babies they are looking after.

Yes she is a Solomon island, and she is about a year and half. I know the past two months she has been backing herself into Achilles and makes a funny noise. And then he try's o climb on her back. But he won't be a year old until July. I would think it would be pretty early for them trying to breed. Which we DO NOT want to breed them so we seperate them when she does that. Lol

Solomon's can breed as young as 18 months. You will want to watch them close, also just because you don't let them mate doesn't mean she won't start laying eggs or begin trying to nest.

Oh wow I didn't know that. So should she have a nest box even if we aren't going to breed? I was told not too because then they would start breeding which is what we don't want so I never got one. But if she is going to lay eggs regardless she should have one right? Because won't she posibably become egg bound with out it?

Unfortunately a female can become egg bound with or without a nest box. It has more to do with the size of the egg, how it is positioned inside her, humidity and other factors. I would not provide her a nest box if you don't want them to breed but you may not be able to curb the nesting instincts as they surface and it is better not to try.

Once (and if) she gets really hormonal you will want to take a cardboard box (big enough for her to fit in) and really stuff it tight with chewing material, paper, chucks of wood, pine cones fold the top and bottom closed, no tape of course and put it in her cage with her. Then in one or two sides make a dime sized hole so she see's a place to start then let her go to town preparing that "nest".

If she ever does lay eggs you are better off either letting her sit them if the don't break or you can go on line and buy fake replacement eggs, they don't break and they don't start to stink! The idea behind this is she will sit them for the normal incubation time then realize they are not fertile and abandon them on her own ending the cycle. If she begins to lay and they break or you remove them and throw them away she will think a predator got them and keep laying clutch after clutch which can be dangerous to her and deplete her calcium reserves.

Wow thank you so much! You've been a great help! I will keep a close eye in her and see wht happens!