odd egg laying and egg

[Gecko_Jay09]

ok so the other day Ember finally laid her first clutch of eggs for the season (yay!) however i was at work so unfortunatly it was a gonner when i got to it..however this is not the problem..
as i said previously, she laid 1 egg which ok its her 3rd ever clutch it was expected and it was normal and healthy looking (other than being dented and shrivelled but you know what i mean). I wanted to be there for the next clutch and was gutted about losing the egg but these things happen.
what i didnt expect was to go back in my room the next day to find another egg!! yes an egg a day late...but i use the ter "egg" loosly because it was very sticky and very oddly shaped the only way i can describe it is being "water baloon like" :main_huh: now heres the question..what the heck happened with this second egg and why did she lay it a day after the other?

all food is dusted and calcium dish is readily available in the viv so i presumed it was not a calcium deficiency? or am i wrong?

please let me know thank you in advance!:main_thumbsup:
Jay

 

[turbogex]

It is what is commonly refered to as a slug. It is an infertile egg and is common for first time breeders.

 

[Gecko_Jay09]

haha! Thank you

 

[roger]

ok so the other day Ember finally laid her first clutch of eggs for the season (yay!) however i was at work so unfortunatly it was a gonner when i got to it..however this is not the problem..
as i said previously, she laid 1 egg which ok its her 3rd ever clutch it was expected and it was normal and healthy looking (other than being dented and shrivelled but you know what i mean). I wanted to be there for the next clutch and was gutted about losing the egg but these things happen.
what i didnt expect was to go back in my room the next day to find another egg!! yes an egg a day late...but i use the ter "egg" loosly because it was very sticky and very oddly shaped the only way i can describe it is being "water baloon like" :main_huh: now heres the question..what the heck happened with this second egg and why did she lay it a day after the other?

all food is dusted and calcium dish is readily available in the viv so i presumed it was not a calcium deficiency? or am i wrong?

please let me know thank you in advance!:main_thumbsup:
Jay

if your egg laying container is at the proper humidity an egg should be able to last for at least a day b4 being retrieved

 

[richardrojas]

It is what is commonly refered to as a slug. It is an infertile egg and is common for first time breeders.

Will all the clutches for a first timer breeder being slugs? My tremper albino which is 2 years old laid 2 clutches and all 4 egg were slugs. Also I have another first year breeder but all her clutches are doing well. I am still waiting to see some babies in the incubator but nothing yet. They have being incubating at 83º for 40 days and I increased the temperature to 90º 8 days ago so now it have been 48 days and the only difference is that the eggs are looking a little bit larger and soft also the embryos are looking bigger.

 

[Tony C]

Will all the clutches for a first timer breeder being slugs?

No, first time breeders are just a little more likely to lay bad eggs than older females.

 

[Gecko_Jay09]

if your egg laying container is at the proper humidity an egg should be able to last for at least a day b4 being retrieved

the containers are fine set up brill, but she decided that it would be much easier to lay the egg up high on a log :main_rolleyes: and that day was really warm so she basically cooked the egg up there! never mind! new viv soon which means better setup!:main_thumbsup:
Jay