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Excessive egg laying

rcarichter

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I have a 10 year old beardie with a problem. She is kept only as a pet, as she was hatched with missing toes. I breed my other dragons, so I am very familiar with their husbandry. About 4 years ago, she started laying clutches of 30-40 eggs, 2 clutches per year, about 3 months apart. Of course she is supplied with extra calcium and supplements during this time. This year, in the past 11 weeks, she has produced 3 clutches, totalling 123 eggs. I'm obviously worried for her health, and feel she may be too old to go through spaying. Anyone have any ideas other than surgery? All help is appreciated!

Thanks!
Christine Richter
 
Unfortunatley, there is no natural way to stop this. Some beardies hit it at a much earlier age. Maybe she is just catching up after all of these years :)
 
I have been told in the past that you can stop to production of multiple infertile clutches by breeding once and that will shut off the cycle. Granted she will cycle at least 1 fertile clutch but fertile clutches are not as hard on a female as infertile clutches are. Since you do not want to breed her when she does lay just freeze the eggs.
 
Thanks for the info guys! I guess I'll give serious thought to introducing her to one of our males. Appreciate the responses.
Christine
 
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