Leopard gecko breeding help

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So when I was 15 i traded my tegus for 1.3 leopard geckos i kept in a 40gal breeder not really knowing what they were as a kid they bred like rabbits as I kept them on multch with a hide and water dish and no nest box they bred and just dropped eggs right into the water dish or around it on moist multch. this got me into my love for reptiles today.

currently have 2 females in a 20 gallon long both are very big girls around 60grams one of them just looks plain over weight lol. I have placed 2 different males in there over the last 2 years on and off and only gotten 3 eggs which were laid and never harden just stood like soft jello sacs. since then the male just got super skinny and stopped eating so I quickly removed him from the enclosure into quarentine by him self and he refuses to eat only drinks. I sent out for a fecale and made a appointment to bring him to see the vet however he passed on fecales came back for negative nastys. My enclosure now is news paper with a nest box of what i use for all my geckos verminculite with cocofiber and a small bit of ground up moss. this mix incubates my cresties no problem. The day bulb keeps the hot side at approx 90 degrees. doesd anyone have any idea why they might not be producing for me? and maybe why my male gecko lost weight at such a rapid speed? I feed them dubia and meal worms produced by my self. the dubia and worms are fed oragnics.... any help would be appreciated.
 

acpart

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THere's no definitive answer. Some males or females may be infertile. The male that ended up dying may have already been sick and consequently had reduced fertility. I have had females lay a lot of clutches one year and then in the next year or 2 stop altogether. I had 1 female that laid only a few infertile eggs with a proven male (who continues to sire lots of babies for me) and the produced 3 fertile eggs when placed with a different male. Are they being properly supplemented with calcium, vitamin D3 and minerals?
Good luck,

ALiza
 

ReptileWorld

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Thanks for the info. I dont dust the dubia but the dubia are fed a high protine and high calcium diet and the worms are dusted plus they have a cal dish.
 

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