Gravid female hatchling!?!?!?

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Rum66runner

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Hi i'm still a noob but two nights ago when i took one of my leo's out (i feed them outside the cage to make sure they are getting their fair share of crickets) she had a bright white spot on her belly just one... it was about the size of a small pen head laid sideways. I checked her again earlier today and couldn't find the spot? She's still pretty small and i know this can really hurt her health if she is prego. About a week after getting her we noticed a bite mark on her tail and thought our blazing bliz had done it as we got her about a month or so after we got our blazing and introduced her into the tank (75gallon) and thought our blazing was a male because of it but she is clearly a female. Anyways i'm starting to rant but is this an egg? (it wasn't on the outside of her skin) Is it possible a young male hatchling could have mated with her befor we got her (there were about 12 or so Leos in the same tank). We've had her for almost 2 months now and this is the first time i've noticed it. We do have a male leo now but hasn't even seen these two yet as he is about 2 years old and we don't want him to try and mate with our two females yet(he makes them look like new borns).
 
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lindsaydo

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"Infertile eggs
Leopard gecko eggs can be infertile. It is not uncommon for a young female to lay infertile eggs. Female geckos can develop eggs without mating. If the eggs are not fertile, they will develop fungus within a couple weeks and are probably bad eggs."
Leopard Gecko Breeding Sexing Mating Eggs | Leopard Gecko Guide
It is not impossible for a leopard gecko to lay eggs without being with a male.
It could just be fat, but put in a lay box just in case.
In the event of bullying, I would separate the two leopard gecko's, to minimise stress.
 
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acpart

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If you saw a small white spot that disappeared, it's probably urates before it hit the tile.

Aliza
 
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John_Woodward

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woops sorry i didnt clarify, i meant impossible based off the fact that the description had this animal listed as a hatchling, so obviously in that case it would indeed be impossible.
 
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