Enigma female with disorder lays infertile eggs

[Sandra]

I know that virgin females can produce and lay infertile eggs occasionally, although they usually reabsorb them.

But my enigma female has laid three clutches already and doesn't seem to want to stop I didn't breed her because of her condition but everytime she seems to be gaining a little weight, bam!, she lays a pair of sluggy eggs and slims down again.

I wanted to ask if this happens to other enigma females with issues or it's just her. She's not the thinnest gecko I've seen but she isn't in the best shape either, I wonder if the slimness or poor nutrition can be the cause too... And probably there's nothing that can be done to prevent it, but if anyone wants to offer some tips they would be very welcome...

 

[acpart]

I have never had this happen with any of my leopard geckos, but my day geckos both laid some clutches when they were young, and my bearded dragon, 5 years old, laid 4 clutches, totalling 85 eggs this season!

Aliza

 

[Mel&Keith]

We had a hard time with quite a few females, various morph and none of them Enigmas. Our female Enigmas were actually better producers than most of our other proven females.

 

[godzillizard]

Maybe she's able to see or smell a male? I'd put her in her own room, far away from any males, and start supplementing her with a small dose of calcium glubionate and leave a dish of calcium with D3 in her cage. I hope she turns around for you

 

[Sandra]

She's with two males and a gravid female in the same room. In fact she started laying eggs shortly after the other female mated. But if that was the cause all my females would be doing the same... I guess she's just weird. I will try bringing her to another room and see what happens.

She's getting calcium with every meal, but she isn't eating much.

 

[godzillizard]

She's getting calcium with every meal, but she isn't eating much.

calcium will do no good without enough D3 in her also...they need the D3 to process the calcium. Good luck!

 

[Sandra]

She's also getting vitamins (D3 included), just not as often. I don't want to make thinks worse with a hypervitaminosis. Unfortunately, in my country I haven't seen anybody selling calcium with D3 altogether.