Ok, I have a question to all the breeders out there. Is common or possible for a 500g female to lay infertile eggs without ever being with a male or being cooled for any length of time? My girl went off feed this winter even though she hadn't been cooled or overfed.
I wasn't at all expecting this infertile egg thing with my bearded dragon (whom i thought was a male until she layed a month and a half ago) so I know what an egg looks like. Last night, I was doing routine checks and my one females (who is normally the most mild-mannered snake) was angry and sitting on urate and a very small slug egg. It was only slightly larger than the ones my beardie recently laid, which I thought was unusual. But then again she is only 500g.
However, looking back on the last few months, I did catch her doing things that gravid females do (laying with the body inverted, coiled around her water bowl inverted). I just passed it off as her doing some weird stuff because she has never been with a male or cooled.
So anyway, my question was basically if this is normal? Has anyone else had this happen? I haven't checked this morning to see if there were any more yet, I figured I'd leave her alone after disturbing her last night just incase there were more to come out.
This spring has just been crazy with my females!Any input would be appreciated! Thanks!