advice needed

[Tiera Allen]

(Leopard gecko) Okay so I had to separate my girls and boy because I don't have anything to make an incubator... but what's got me puzzled is that my girl Isis who was nursed back to health hasn't been placed with a male for over three months and just laid an egg.. and might I add its her first since I've had her last year... is it possible that they can lay eggs just to lay? I don't see it being possible that she held onto sperm that long and created a infertile egg... please help.

 

[acpart]

It's possible she's laying fertile eggs because she's stored sperm. It's also possible that she just laid infertile eggs. THere are some gecko females that do lay eggs without benefit from a male (both my female day geckos who I got as juvies and who have never been with a male laid eggs first year or so), though it isn't as common.

ALiza

 

[Josh2]

As Aliza said she could be laying fertile or infertile. It'll just depend on how recently she was exposed to a male for breeding.