My queen ant won't lay eggs?

[EerieEcho]

That is awesome to hear! I know carpenter ants lay very slowly, so maybe both will take time before they decide to lay their eggs. I may try moving the sugar paste closer to her and see what she does, but for now she is currently upside down in her test tube like a monkey. Speaking of, is it normal to give names to queens since they live a long time? I currently have mine named Queen Victoria, because famous queen and this girl was a victory for me lol.

Anyways, I will give it a go as mine too has ripped at the cotton. So maybe it's a food thing.

[AntsLuxembourg]

yes. Or perhaps if you have any protein mix or someone with fresh insects you could offer her some of that so she got enough proteins for her children. ;D

[EerieEcho]

I own three leopard geckos, insects are of no issue to obtain lol. But yes I have sugar-paste in there with her right now, even though carpenters don't normally eat but hey she needs her food and fat, and I think she will be ready after a couple weeks. Now the hard part is gonna be leaving her alone... Oh boy...

[AntsLuxembourg]

Well you should offer her at least some proteins tomorrow or in 48hrs.

[EerieEcho]

I will, today I am actually going to head to a local state park to see if I can find anything looking to be useful. The inner biologist in me is calling lol.

But yes, I'll get her a cricket soon enough, I just hope it helps her out.

[AntsLuxembourg]

[EerieEcho]

What I mean is, I am going to find a male for my queen if I can, its so late in the season, but I have to give it a try at least once. And if nothing happens after that, then at least I can say I tried everything.

[AntsLuxembourg]

I can see you already trying to find a male with a bug catching net.
if you can't find any you can still keep her as a normal pet ant.

[EerieEcho]

I mean yes, but I am still curious as to how I will be able to do that since I thought she would eventually needs workers to keep her going... Ah well, I love Victoria the way she is, and she is super well behaved!

[AntsLuxembourg]

I should give my queen also a name.
But yeah it may also just be that she lays eggs and eats them immediatly. :/
I also don't know why but I have to think about this right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk
Haha like ant queens basicly are like the woman in the video after they got some workers. XD