What's in my sal's belly? (P. Cinereus)

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Hi,

A few weeks ago I noticed that one of my P. cinereus seems to have developed something white-coloured under his/her skin on the abdomen. I was able to get a picture of the sal's belly last night and was wondering if anyone can offer any suggestions?

Thank you!
 

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Most likely eggs. Plethodontids are known for developing eggs but never laying them, so best of lucks, i hope yours do!!
 
Neat! I had hoped they were eggs!

Is there anything I can do to encourage laying?
 
Just provide excellent conditions and hope for the best.
There are a few threads about plethodontids which end up not laying the eggs. You might want to do a search for them and see if there´s something to learn from them. I can´t really help you...i only have two plethodontids and i´m not even sure of the sex...¬¬
 
For all the people who keep them, i don´t think it can be said that they are bred frequently. Still, for a plethodontid, they are the easy ones.
 
Over the last week in particular I noticed that the female was putting on a lot of weight in general. As of 2 days ago she has stopped emerging from her burrow at night to feed, and the male - who routinely spend days in the burrow with her in the past - is now spending his days in a different hiding spot. I'm hoping this means that the female has decided to lay the eggs, although I'm also a bit paranoid that something might have happened to her. I'm afraid to check in on her because her burrow is hard to access and I don't want to disturb her if she has laid the eggs. Is this the best course of action? Is this behaviour consistent with egg-laying behaviour?
 
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