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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

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First Clutch-1 egg?

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Hi- My PA Buttercup laid her first clutch last night/this morning and I dug into the peat moss and to my surprise there was only one egg.
I looked in the rest of the viv and there wan't another egg to be found.
She still looks gravid to me and is acting normally-looks fine etc.
Should i worry??
I was wondering if this is common with a first clutch?
I have always found 2 eggs with all of my Leos in the past-even with their first time.
Thanks
Sandy
 
its pretty common for a first time female to lay one egg, check if there is another egg in her, if there is she'll most likely lay it within th next few days, i'd only worry is weeks went by and she was losing weight rapidly

good luck
 
Thanks Dan- I do think that she has another egg in her-I bet she lays it tonight-she is still a bit restless and has been going back tio the lay box.
She has good weight on her and a nice fat tail.
I am just so used to seeing Leo eggs in pairs.
BTW-she did an excellent job of burying that egg in the peat moss- I dug and dug and fnally found it-LOL!! :hehe:
I guess that I must like to worry-LOL!!
Sandy
 
I have one female that does a good job of burying her eggs. She kicks all the substrate out, manages to pull about 75% of it back inside the hide, then pats it down neatly over the eggs. The only way I even know eggs are in there is because I hear the BLUP! sound of eggs hitting plastic. Hehe. That and the digging wakes me up every time.

I find that pretty neat because some females make some very obvious nests. Like no one's going to notice the mound of substrate that wasn't there the day before. I mean, who are they trying to kid? Those eggs wouldn't have much of a chance in the wild.
 
i had one female all of a sudden chose not to lay in her lay box just once. She was in a 45 gal tank, and I knew she had laid. I was up until 1 am sifting through the entire substrate and dismantling the cage!!! i found nothing until i finally woke up the next morning and there was a perfect egg sitting in the middle of nowhere unburied!!! I swear she did it just to say, "were you looking for this?"
 
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