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Maybe this will be helpful to someone:
Last summer I had a run of eggs in the middle of the season that went bad and were probably not fertile. I was surprised since I'd had 2 previous seasons with the same females with a much higher hatching rate. My theory was that since I leave my males and females together from Jan-Oct, the males get tired of the females and the females continue to lay eggs but have used up their stored sperm. This year I am separating each of my 3 males successively for 3 days. So far it seems to be working. I've separated 2 of the 3 and have heard tail rattling when they were returned. I'm hoping for a more productive season this year (27 eggs in the incubator, lots of eggs in the geckos and 2 hatchlings).
Aliza
Last summer I had a run of eggs in the middle of the season that went bad and were probably not fertile. I was surprised since I'd had 2 previous seasons with the same females with a much higher hatching rate. My theory was that since I leave my males and females together from Jan-Oct, the males get tired of the females and the females continue to lay eggs but have used up their stored sperm. This year I am separating each of my 3 males successively for 3 days. So far it seems to be working. I've separated 2 of the 3 and have heard tail rattling when they were returned. I'm hoping for a more productive season this year (27 eggs in the incubator, lots of eggs in the geckos and 2 hatchlings).
Aliza
