Urate or Egg??? Not sure! Please help

[Jasper's Mom]

How's she doing this morning? Did she get her eggs laid?

 

[redn3ckkittycat]

Sorry for the delayed update!!! I have been out of town for the day.

I left her in the digging box over night, and she only had two more. For a total of 28 eggs. She hasn't had anymore since I put her back in her tank @ 10am. Should I still be concerned? I haven't made her a salad, but will first thing in the morning (their lights will be off in 10-20 mins). Anything special I should look into getting her for food wise?

Thank you everyone for your help! I'm going to keep the digging box close. Plus, rearrange my room so neither of the girls can see the boy anymore.

Also, is there a reason why she laid, and my other female hasn't? I don't want either of them too, but my other female is older than the one who laid. But, she also doesn't seem to care about the male, where the one who laid is frantic about him (not always, but some). Thanks again guys.

 

[Ethelia]

Hi there,
Isnt it just so scarey?
My "gaurenteed male" laid 23 eggs with me and I was losing my mind with worry like you!

28 eggs sounds like a good clutch size. Id imagine she is done at least for now.
Dragons can double clutch even infertile eggs. Dex laid another little batch a week later, so I would keep an eye on her.

Foodwise you need to stock her back up right away. They do deplete a huge amount of their own resources to lay.
Lots of protien and lots of calcium.
I would even spoil her with a few waxworms to get her fat stores back up.
I would advise increasing her calcium supplimentation to once a day for a week.

I would also give her a lovely long bath. She may well be dehydrated after all that laying.
I think she deserves a pampering ^_^

In terms of "why" i dont think we have found an answer yet.
Every dragon is different. Some females will lay infertiles like clockwork and some will never lay a single clutch in their lives.
Alot of it is about hormones.
For some dragons the sight of a male can trigger infertile laying.
For others they seem to sense the seasons and then lay in the spring.
Some girls are just.... ahem.... hornier that others!

I must say that a member here called Tatty has "sympathetic laying" dragons. So that when one lays eggs the other will nearly always lay infertiles with her, so I would keep an eye on your other female just in case.
Its unlikely, but dragons LOVE to suprise us.

All the best, and congrats! You made it through!

Holly

 

[redn3ckkittycat]

Thanks for that info!!!
I am much happier now that it is over lol. I'm going to keep some peet moss close just incase. Today she ate about 10 or 15 big crickets. She has only eaten a few bites of her salad, but last night she was crunching on her beardie bites (the premade food stuff in little balls). I keep those in there all the time for them so they can snack lol. She seems to be doing really well, just kinda basking. I sprayed her with her water bottle, should I still give her a bath? I usually do that on tuesday or thursdays.


Thanks again guys for being so understanding!!!