Quote Originally Posted by monster View Post
Aestivation is not mandatory, some people try really hard to not let this happen because its always a gamble if they will come out of it in good conditions if at all. Is it a male or female that your getting? after they estivate they have 2 things on there mind, food and makeing babies. So if its a female she will come up egg bound more then likely and if you dont have a male to mate with her she may not drop her eggs, and if she doesnt absorb them it will more then likely die. I have been lucky with my females that they have absorb them but I will be honest and say everytime they come up I'm biting my nails worrying if they are going to or not, its very stressfull.

that does indeed sound stressful. atm i have 2 likely males, both 4-4.5 inches.
basically im trying to keep their temps and humidity high to avoid this and so far they have both been out in the open moving around. obviously this is early days so ill have to wait and see if i want to aestivate them if they keep trying to in the future. thanks for the info.