Egg Laying

[chipyluna]

Hi all

I hope I have posted this in the right place, I have only had my Leopard Gecko for about 3 weeks now and I was told by the pet shop that she was about 8 months old, she still has a little banding on her back that has faded a littler so I could quite believe that. So for the last couple of weeks she hadn't been eating very well and spent a lot of her time away from the hot hide and a lot in her moist hide, wasn't too sure why. Well until last night when I went to spray her moist hide and found two eggs, now I know that Females can lay eggs with out them being fertile, so I assume that is what these are, but is she not a bit too young to be laying eggs? I have had a look around the internet and not really got anything that might help. So is this normal for a youngster? I have also read that she could do this every few weeks, or does anyone know the times for something like this, I'm a novice to Leopard Geckos.

I removed the eggs from the moist hide after she circled them a couple of times and she finally gobbled down some hoppers and went back to her hot hide, I'm taking this to mean she is ok.

Thank you
Charlotte

 

[acpart]

Yes, they can lay eggs as young as 8 months. Most leopard geckos not with a male don't lay eggs, but some do. They lay every 2 weeks or so and can lay from 1 to 10 or more clutches. You may want to check with the pet store you got her from whether there's any chance she was with a male. If so, the eggs and subsequent clutches are probably fertile.

Aliza

 

[chipyluna]

Thanks for that I will find out

Charlotte

 

[melynnda]

I have been doing a lot of research lately ok the whole breeding and egg laying topic, and I found out female leopard geckos can store sperm for up to a year. So if she copulated with a male before you got her it could be fertile! Good luck!


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