ovulation?

[mainelygeckos]

ok searched this and found no answer in over 20 pages lol

At approximately what age do female leos first ovulate? If housed with a male will they ovulate sooner?

Reason I ask is I went to a pet store and they had 4 geckos in one cage. One was def male and two were def female. He claimed they were approx 5 1/2 months if they were 6 weeks when he recieved them according to where they got them from. I noticed on the belly of one some eggs. Now mind you they are larger then my juvies but not adult size so I would say sub adult. I was assuming (what happens when we assume?) that females ovulated approx 8 months? But if housed with a male wouldn't that bring them in sooner? They were no where near 50 grams for sure but I pointed out to him that I saw eggs int he belly of one. Could she be developing infertile eggs that young? Or could the male have bred her that young? Just didn't seem possible for their age that he claimed they were for them to be able to breed yet. Someone wanna clarify all this for me? My husband wanted to get me another gecko for our anniversary (which is today!) after losing Zari the other day. Isn't he sweet? I liked one female inparticular that had a lot of spots tho they were all normal. SHe appeared to have eggs in her. Is that possible if they are only 5 1/2 months old? :main_huh:

 

[Khrysty]

We had an "accident" at my house where a sub-adult (4.5 months) was accidentally bred. She ended up developing and laying two clutches of eggs. The first were infertile, but the second was/is fertile and we can already see the third developing in her. So, to answer your question, yeah, they can ovulate that early. (p.s. her weight is pretty steady and she's got a nice fat tail--such a relief for me!)

 

[mainelygeckos]

Thanks..If she is only ovulating I would really like to get her so any other imput would be helpful really. She's a really pretty highly speckled normal. I just don't want anything bad to happen to her if I get her without the imput of the experts.

 

[Khrysty]

Well, I mean, it's not really possible to tell whether she's been bred or not, if she's been with that male. If she has, it's possible she'll be laying this season. Or she may simply be ovulating. I would go ahead and get her. Her eggs will likely not be fertile even if she does lay. You would just have to take care to make sure she gets all of the nutrition she needs.

Possibly ask the person who has her now whether she's still eating regularly or not. That's a pretty good indicator of how she's going to be acting when/if you take her home.

 

[mainelygeckos]

Thanks for answering..hubby wants her too..she would not be used for breeding but as a pet..all my petstore babies will be for pets only..when i decide to breed they will be high end from great people on this sight I have met I just might get her lol she's real pretty

 

[mainelygeckos]

OK so I decided to get her and if there are eggs inside her theye are small as of yet so idk. She has already eaten for us, like 13 mealies in her first feeding lol I don't think she has ever had mealies so was surprised she took them in less then 24 hours. She is adorable and I will get pics up of her soon to show you but for now I will leave her be to get used to her environment. She loves her warm hide and I believe it is because she never had belly heat in the store as her first poo looked like partially undigested crix and sand. She appears happy now on her repti carpet too instead of that crappy yellow sand she was housed on. I am feeding her mealies in calcium and repti vite so she has plenty of vitamins just in case. She isn't as thin as you might think a pet store gecko would be but not as fat as I would like so will feed her all she wants to get her fattened up. I think I will photograph her after she sheds so that all her sand will come off her skin. God I hate sand. So ya she ate already and appears very healthy under the circumstances. My husband named her Maia..If I remember right there is someone on here named Maia?? Pronounced My-a.