As some of you may know I just adopted three geckos, but I am having an issue with one of them. They were a trio in a 20gal long, 2 females, 1 male. I seperated one of females because I noticed that she seemed very stressed. She wants nothing to do with any bugs I throw at her, and she seems very inactive. Owner told me one of them might be pregnant, and I am begining to think she is. I don't know signs of pregnancy, but I have caught her tending to her vent. She'll kinda tip her body over, and then she'll start licking her vent area. I also tried looking for eggs in her, but I'm not sure if what I'm looking at is an egg. Are there any "dead give aways?" I just want to know whats going on with her just because its been 7 days now, and still nothing. Please help!!
Pregnant Signs?
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Jenn
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I know when my girls are gravid they will start to get bigger, Mine stop eating and tend to dig alot but I would think the signs could be different for each leo.
How long have you had her? she could be stressed from the move to a new home, the male could be stressing her out as well.
How long have you had her? she could be stressed from the move to a new home, the male could be stressing her out as well.
She is seperated from the male. I got her in a 10 gal with all the nessacrey stuff too. I have had her for 7 days now about, and the other ones seem to be eating ok. Is there something I should do, or maybe I should take a pic for you guys? I'm not sure how great the pic will look though. Theres gotta be something to be 100% sure, I don't want it to be something else and then she starves to death. :main_huh: what do i do??
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you can try taking pics of her belly. are you seeing any white masses in her belly?
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http://www.leopardgeckobreeder.com/ovulation.html
This is a great picture of a leopard gecko that happens to be ovulating and gravid at the same time...the eggs are the two white elongated ovals on both sides of her abdomen, and the egg follicle (ovulation) is the pink circle in the middle.
When this pink circle appears, and the geckos breed, eggs usually appear. Sometimes they lay infertile eggs even without a male, but in either case make sure she has adequate calcium supplementation.
I'm assuming you don't want to incubate the eggs if they turn out to be fertile?
This is a great picture of a leopard gecko that happens to be ovulating and gravid at the same time...the eggs are the two white elongated ovals on both sides of her abdomen, and the egg follicle (ovulation) is the pink circle in the middle.
When this pink circle appears, and the geckos breed, eggs usually appear. Sometimes they lay infertile eggs even without a male, but in either case make sure she has adequate calcium supplementation.
I'm assuming you don't want to incubate the eggs if they turn out to be fertile?
I am going to try and incubate them the best that I can if she really is pregnant. I'm seeing a whitish blotch but its not on the sides like that. Ughhh, this is really weird because she seems fine but she just won't eat. She doesn't even show intrest. She has a decent personality as well, jumpy at first but once she gets the feel for it, she calms down. I also read that some of them when there in shed don't eat? She doesn't seem like shes shedding, but maybe I'm wrong again...I mean when should I start getting concerned about her not eating, and how long is condidered normal?
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This sounds like an early sign of a developing egg(s).
I wouldn't worry too much about it, she's either settling in, but it also sounds like she could be gravid...here's a pic of a gecko that's in early stages of being gravid
Either way, provide her with lots of calcium and a moist lay box for her to dig in. Good luck!
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