possibly gravid?

I picked up this lovely girl over the weekend in a trade, i THOUGHT she was being transported with other females but I don't really know her wear-abouts. She's 32 grams and kind of an ugly ducking when she's not fired, but she fires this gorgeous brick red with a yellowish dorsal and sides.

I got her as a possible girl for my boy Wilson, and she's in quarantine right now so there is NO way she's been introduced to a male since I've had her (for like 3 days lol). I just want to know if i should be providing her with a nesting box or something of that nature, the last thing I'd want to happen is for her to retain eggs and have a health problem related to that.

She's so calm and tolerates handling so well. After her quarentine is up Im planning on checking her calcium stores to see if she's ready to be introduced to Wilson but if she's not up to par I won't bother for a few more months.

She's gobbling down CGD like a piggy. I haven't seen her touch any dusted dubias or meal worms yet.

What do you guys think? Its her bigger belly that makes me even wonder, I'm just used to smaller geckos and usually male ones at that. Gravid or nay?

http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/q...nbook/CG01.jpg
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/q...nbook/CG02.jpg
http://i438.photobucket.com/albums/q...nbook/CG03.jpg

She is a fatty! I honestly couldn't tell you if she is gravid or not based on photos, especially not knowing if she always looks this way or not.

She does look pretty big though, so I'd say to just gently palpate her belly on both sides, right down at the end of her ribcage. If you feel a pair of big hard things, those are eggs. It is easiest to tell once the egg is calcified, but a developing pair of eggs/ or single egg can be difficult to make out with certainty.


To be on the safe side, offer a lay box. Whether she has been with a male or not doesn't mater. She could have virgin eggs in her! If she lays something, incubate just to be sure.

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Originally Posted by bad-one

She is a fatty! I honestly couldn't tell you if she is gravid or not based on photos, especially not knowing if she always looks this way or not.

She does look pretty big though, so I'd say to just gently palpate her belly on both sides, right down at the end of her ribcage. If you feel a pair of big hard things, those are eggs. It is easiest to tell once the egg is calcified, but a developing pair of eggs/ or single egg can be difficult to make out with certainty.


To be on the safe side, offer a lay box. Whether she has been with a male or not doesn't mater. She could have virgin eggs in her! If she lays something, incubate just to be sure.

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Thanks for the reply, i ill be getting a nest box together after work today :)

miss the 10 min edit limit lol.
I just palpated her, and don't feel anything but with my lack of experience I'm not surprised. I'll palpate her again in a few days. Maybe she's just a big girl? Her head seems much more developed than my males, her crests are larger too.

You should always offer a lay box for bigger girls, just in case. Since they sometimes lay duds and it's good to offer a nice place for them to lay.

You can't really tell from the pictures.. But if she's ready to lay in a couple of weeks you should feel some bumps on either side of her belly if you press gently and let her crawl through your fingers.

Some girls are just fat! I have a fatty too! I'd probably stay away from the meal worms, though.

I basically just echo'd what Brittany said! :P

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Originally Posted by Sarin

You should always offer a lay box for bigger girls, just in case. Since they sometimes lay duds and it's good to offer a nice place for them to lay.

You can't really tell from the pictures.. But if she's ready to lay in a couple of weeks you should feel some bumps on either side of her belly if you press gently and let her crawl through your fingers.

Some girls are just fat! I have a fatty too! I'd probably stay away from the meal worms, though.

I basically just echo'd what Brittany said! :P

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Haha thanks for the info. She'll stay with her CGD and the occasional dubia. I have the mealies mostly as a switch up for my leopard geckos so they aren't a staple or anything, She doesn't seem very interested in live prey regardless. My male goes NUTSO for mealworms so he gets them as a treat.