Paroedura picta gravid without a male???

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Okay I have 1.2 pictus and all are still young so 1 male alone and the 2 females in the next tube.
I know for 100% that this is 1.2 and not 2.1
Today I took a look under my 9 gramms and 11 cm long female and found her gravid!!!
She never saw a male in the tiem she were ar my house. I have al l3 since 1 Month. If they were paired at the breeders wouldn´t I have seen eggs earlier?
She is way to young for this I wanted not to pair her for at least 6 month....

Here are pics(not the best but these are realy eggs....):
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Valley Reptiles

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Yep, those are definately eggs. I'm not sure if they start laying duds when they are ready to breed like some other geckos but that could be what she is doing.

If she was bred by whoever you bought her from a month ago you would have seen eggs already. Mine are laying about 3 clutches a month.
Do you know how old she is?
 

Valley Reptiles

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9 grams is probably at least 6 months, Pictus geckos arent that big as adults. At 2 months they're maybe 3 grams but grow fast. My adult breeder male is just under 17 grams and a female maybe a couple grams smaller than him laying eggs now.
I would say she is almost ready to breed.
 

Valley Reptiles

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Here is a picture to compare to yours. the bigger one is the 17 gram male, the striped one is a breeder female around 7 to 8 months old and on her 4th clutch.
 
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rcobourn

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She'll probably lay some dud eggs. Make sure she has access to extra calcium in a dish to replace the calcium she is losing. I would take this as a sign she is probably ready to breed; wait until the duds have been layed, let her have a few days to recover, then she is probably ready to be housed with the male.
 

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