3rd round of eggs......within 2 months. When will it end?

adapa

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My male & female essentially co-habituate so there's no question of fertility. They visit each other's tank.

I was expecting a clutch of eggs this spring.
Cutie, my girl dropped a round of eggs on May 3.
Then she plumped out, Got bumps and I figured wow a second round of egg's-- ok I can deal with that.
She dropped them today May 31.

During the excavation of the lay box, I noticed ANOTHER round of eggs. These had been there for a while, their big, pink and look ready to hatch. I'm guessing these were laid before the first round, like around early April. The hatching box had been **out side** in San Diego CA.
I moved them- in retrospect, i realize i should have just let the big egg's be, but what's done is done.

Any idea on when i can expect Cutie to stop laying eggs? I'm almost out of room in my incubator!
 

AHBD

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They can lay more than 5 clutches in a season even from one time mating because the female can store sperm but if they are constantly breeding she really can't catch a break . Cutie might be better off away from the male so she won't be harassed. It sounds like you have an outdoor enclosure ?
 

adapa

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They can lay more than 5 clutches in a season even from one time mating because the female can store sperm but if they are constantly breeding she really can't catch a break . Cutie might be better off away from the male so she won't be harassed. It sounds like you have an outdoor enclosure ?
Just to be clear, she usually does the harassing. She's always finding a way into his tank. That's why I kind of gave up trying to keep them apart.
I know this sound silly to ask, but keeping them apart will limit the amount of eggs she produces?
I think what confused me is the amount of unfertile eggs female beardies produce.
 

AHBD

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They can still lay eggs if they don't mate but there is stress to both dragons when they constantly see each other. In the wild they could mate + go their separate ways, not so in captivity. The female has nutrients diverted from her own body to produce the huge amount of eggs, and fertile eggs are usually bigger. If a female is not bred, they might not lay eggs at all or they may less clutches.
 

adapa

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Thank you @AHBD
that makes sense
In my defense, I do try and keep them separated, but they both seek each other out. I hang a curtain between their tanks & find they've moved the curtain & are staring at each other. I just turned around and found them meeting at the top of their tanks. Cutie is on the right. Bud's a bit on the grumpy side today.
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