laying leo

Matt.B · 03-14-04, 05:39 PM

can leos lay one egg a day because I found one egg in my lay box and i looked at her belly and she still has a large white spot.
Matt

WingedWolf · 03-17-04, 05:53 PM

Sometimes there's a pause between the first and second egg in a clutch, sure.

Icefire · 03-17-04, 11:05 PM

the 1st lay is mostly 1 egg only
then it's 2 egg evey 2-4 weeks.
1st are sometime infertils so just wait before saying your incubator is the fault.

Matt.B · 03-17-04, 11:14 PM

um ok my leo layed two eggs both fertile and about two hours later same with my other gravid female I also know that first clutches are known to be infertal and I would never blame the bator.
Matt

Icefire · 03-17-04, 11:30 PM

was just in case you didn't know, but many fem. are known to lay
only 1 eggs each beginning of the breeding season like to "test"

Matt.B · 03-17-04, 11:37 PM

I have never heard of that I wasonly aware that there was a single egg clutch the first time and it has never happend after the first breeding season to mine. I bought a three year old proven breeder off of BigDan and she hasnt EVER had a single egg clutch.
Matt

Icefire · 03-18-04, 02:07 AM

hehe that's nature!

unpredictable

WingedWolf · 03-18-04, 10:53 PM

My female just laid 2 eggs, her first clutch. I'm hoping they're fertile.

damzookeeper · 03-21-04, 01:58 PM

I agree, I have never heard of a leo laying one egg at the beginning of the season unless it was her first time ever laying. I have had many female leos that were new breeders over the last 3 years and only had one lay a single egg in her first clutch. I guess I have been lucky as well because I have only lost a couple first clutch eggs to infertility. And most of the time it is one of the two eggs laid, not both.

Last year I sold 3 first time breeders to a couple people and these geckos had been with my males before they were sold and laid a single clutch for me and gave the new owners 6-10 more babies each. Not bad for first year breeders!