can a non breeding female lay eggs

[Foxy]

I shore I read somewhere that, non breeding females don't always produce eggs if never in with a male.

Is this True?

My female is around 6 months old now, and I was wondering even though she will never be bred weather I still got to be awear of her getting gravid.

 

[sunshinegeckos]

Not always but some females can produce eggs but they would be infertile.

 

[katie_]

Not always but some females can produce eggs but they would be infertile.

Chickens do!

 

[sunshinegeckos]

If a female leo has never been with a male any eggs laid would be infertile

 

[Dimidiata]

Chickens do!

your point being... lol. Yes they do but chickens arnt leos. However yes, i have read up that leos can lay duds. My concern would be does this exhaust the female as it would if the eggs were fertile?

 

[sunshinegeckos]

You have to treat her like any gravid female. I dont think they will lay the same amount of clutches as bred geckos though so shouldnt be as taxing. The danger is if she is still young and not big enough to pass the eggs. Give her extra calcium and a warm hide to lay.

 

[RampantReptiles]

I have a female that has never been bred, the first gecko I ever bought, and she lays a few eggs every year. She will be 8 years old this year.