[nephrurus1]

I have a female Nephrurus levis ssp pilbarensis that is now 12 months old. When I first got her she was 7 months old, and she was kept with a male of a similar age. In December (2010) I noticed she was gravid. I separated the pair and the female has been kept by herself since then.
The female laid here first clutch of eggs in January this year, and since this time has been laying 2 healthy viable eggs every 21-25 days. She has just produced her 5th clutch.
I’m aware that Nephrurus have an ability to store sperm and that females can continue to produce multiple clutches once separated. My concern is for the female. She is a great animal, and keeping her in good condition has been a fairly simple task. She is a great feeder (will feed out of tweezers), and since going into this cycle of egg production she has been fed 4or5 med-large crickets every second day with insects being regularly dusted with calcium or calcium+vitamin prior to feeding. She still looks well, and her tail is full and plump.
With the knowledge that these geckos can produce multiple clutches from the one mating, I was expecting that she might produce 2-3 clutches and then stop. However, 5 clutches later, I’m starting to wonder when she will stop.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
I’m guessing that there is nothing I can really do, but wait until she stops laying. I considered lowering temp in her terrarium, but I am mindful of keeping body condition up and not running into issues with her becoming egg bound.
Any suggestions or advice?

[chilli]

nine clutches from a wheeleri after separation from a male, and 3 clutches from a pilbarensis with 115 days between separation and the first clutch

[oli]

yea, sometimes they will just lay themselves to death. you may want to try cooling the temps and a reduction in feeding a little after that.

[nephrurus1]

Thanks for your comments Chilli and Oli.

[joris]

indeed try to cool her a litle bit...