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labomb
01-30-06, 05:51 AM
last summer I had posted concerning two clutches one of my female had laid 3-4 months after being with a male. All 4 eggs hatched beautiful healthy cresteds. well she still has not been with a male in all these months but last night laid two more nice looking eggs. so what are the odds these will be fertile?
It has been nearly a year since I seperated her and her male partner, they weren't even suppose to have been together at that time, but my male had managed to somehow shimmy and squeeze over a divider in their shared aquarium. They are in completely seperate aquariums ever since that incidence because my female was too young and suffered from calcium deficiency after laying the 2nd clutch. I did not ever intend to breed her after that experience.
I did read on a website once that lizards can lay fertile eggs up to one year after being with a male. Anyone ever hear of this or experience it?

Jeebus
02-04-06, 06:30 PM
The females can retain the sperm of a male for 9 months to a year as far as I knew.

Leolord
02-09-06, 10:47 PM
To me it sounds like they are infertile because that is quite a while for a female to do that so I wouldn't bother but if you just want to be safe you could try to incubate them.

--Matt--:devil:

clint545
02-09-06, 10:55 PM
I have one female that lays a couple eggs a year, though she's never been with a male. Sometimes it's the female kinda giving her system a "dry run" to make sure everythings working.
The eggs from my female mentioned above are always infertile, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't give incubating them a try. What have you got to lose?:)
I find too, that females usually don't bother with burying the infertile ones anyway. Where your eggs buried?
Regardless if they are fertile or not, be sure to keep an eye on her health, and calcuim supply. Good luck!