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Sylvie is acting lethargic since she laid her first egg. She laid another today. I dont know if thats the best word...lethargic to food I should say. She is interested..and she eats.. but if its something that she has to chew up, the puts it in her mouth and sometimes spits it out...she doesnt try to break it up (cuddlebone). She has lost interest in veggies for the most part. All this is unlike her. Shes basking a lot but that doesnt concern me as much. Is this normal?

Also, this is just an observation. There was a small (non violent) dominance battle in the tank the day she laid her first egg. Syvlie won, although she has NEVER been the dominant one.. and now, Raina wont go near her. She won't even go on the basking dock if shes up there. She is floating with her leg stretched on the ramp so shes attempted to...long distance bask. Its pretty hilarious. All of her legs are stretched in the water (and shes looking around for stray cuddlebone to chomp at the same time). Id take a pic but I dont think she will stay like that if I walk up to her

I'm not sure what to make of it. I would probably want to keep them separate until she has laid all her eggs and have had time to recover.

I dont have another tank to separate them. There has been absolutely no aggression since that one claw fluttering/mounting thing. Raina backed off immediately and avoids her.

Do i need to feed Raina more pellets until shes done laying eggs since she is uninterested in greens and cuttlebone?

If she needs more UVB, do I keep it on all night and turn the heat light off?