Egg laid in the middle of the cage

[justin-branam]

I had one of my females just lay an egg in the middle of the cage. I do have a moist hide in the cage with moss. She has a calcium dish and gets a pinky every few weeks, andeats mainly mealworms andcrickets. she is nice and fat as well.

Now, the egg was soft, and i am sure it isnt any good. I am just wondering why she would have done this. she did lay only one egg 2 weeks ago in the moist box, and that one is fertile and in the incubator, but i never saw a second egg. could this be it? Just want to make sure she is okay.

 

[acpart]

All the eggs my geckos laid outside the box were obviously infertile. I think they just know sometimes . . .

Aliza

 

[LadyGecko]

Sometimes-especially their first season-they will only lay one egg instead of the usual two per clutch

Sandy

 

[Stitch]

It's not odd for their first year to lay single eggs instead of two at a time. I too have also heard that they will sometimes lay infertile eggs away from the fertile eggs. I'd say nothing to worry about.

 

[justin-branam]

okay cool. sound like she just knew this one wasnt fertile. She has laid mutiples of 2 for the previous 2 batches, but this past one only had one egg in the moist hide. then she dropped this one in the cage.

another question. She hasnt been with a male since december of last year. Is it possible she just isnt fertile any more?

 

[Stitch]

From my understanding females can retain sperm for up to a year. So it wouldn't be surprising is she doesn't have any more viable sperm left in her. My females last 3/4 eggs came out unfertile and that was after 6 or 7 fertile clutches. She laid I think a total of 9 clutches in her first year, actually according to the breeder I got her from she wasn't even a year old yet when she started laying eggs.

 

[eyelids]

I've been reintroducing the male every two clutches as long as females are still ovulating. Since I've been doing this there's been a 100% hatch rate. Keep in mind I'm only on hatchlings nine and ten...