How can I STOP a female from laying more eggs???

[Saskia]

Hello to all!!

I have a 9 year old leopard gecko (female) and this year, out of a little mistake she mated with a male (it was NOT intentional).... anyways, she has laid 14 eggs so far and apparently 2 more will come any day now (I can see them in her tummy), almost all the eggs (except for ONE) are apparently fertile, and the first 3 have hatched already.... the rest are looking good in the incubator... anyways, since I am not a comercial breeder and I highly doubt I would sell any of my babies (too big a risk of they ending up in bad hands) I am planing on keeping them ALL, the thing is, I would really like her to stop laying now.... two main reasons: I know that laying that many eggs will weaken her, even as I feed her everyday, provide lots of calcium (she eats a LOT of calcium right from her dish) and vitamins, I believe her life shortens with every pair of eggs, and also because it will take a lot of time and money to take propper care of so many geckos, (including the ones I have now, and the ones to come.....) does ANYONE knows what could I do in order to make her not lay anymore?????


I want to make it clear that I WILL take care of all the babies that hatch, I know they are MY responsability, I just wish she wouldnt lay anymore... :roll:

Any advice out of experience or even theories will be highly appreciated!!

 

[V&J leopard geckos]

how long has she been laying for this season

 

[Saskia]

how long has she been laying for this season

First lay: February 16th
Second: March 1st
Third: March 15th (one good egg, one infertile - was very very small, about half a normal egg and got grey in a few days after laying... it's "brother" hatched perfectly-)
Fourth: March 29th
Fifth: April 8th
Sixth: April 24th
Seventh: May 6th

Every 2 weeks almost exactly... :roll:

 

[psychmylife]

The only thing you can do is make sure there aren't any more accidents and keep your eyes open for potential good new owners. She can store that sperm for a long time and just keep fertilizing. Abstinence is the only birth control I know of for leos.

 

[Saskia]

The "accident" was that I used to house her with her son (last season's hatch), I never thaught such a young leo could mate!! He was less than 8 months old!!! I separated inmediately and now He is alone in a tank.... there is no chance this could happen again.... I just didn't knew he was already sexually mature, he was quite small (both in size and age).... his name was johny, but after this I changed it to "Randy" .... there was another female in that enclosure, good luck he didn't got the other one pregnant as well.....

 

[psychmylife]

I think he earned that name!

 

[Allee Toler]

Forgot to add in the PM. That female you PM'd me photos of x randy would make normals/snows het Albino. If she's a snow then you can get super snow's too.

With all those eggs being laid she should be done soon.

 

[thehotchik1000]

If you see infertiles soon hopefully you could also try too cool her down. I would do that a wk or so after the eggs to try and put her in a brumation. I've has success getting girls to stop by doing this. When I bring them out of it I make sure they are in a vacation tub Alone.

 

[Saskia]

I think he earned that name!

Yeap!! The name siuts him perfectly!! :coverlaugh:

 

[Saskia]

That's a good idea! Thanks... I believe she has 2 more eggs almost to come now (she laid the last pair 11 days ago...) so, I am going to wait for this ones to come out and remove her under tank heater inmediately after that.... it is mostly because I don't want her to consume herself too much from all this eggs!.... one friend called me yesterday, she had bought a gecko a few weeks ago from a trader and he died (just a hatchling and never ate, probably parasites, bacteria, or gastro, that trader has a bad reputation, she should have told me and I would have warned her not to buy from him.... anyway....) and she had spent a lot of money in a huge tank, caves, UTH, vitamins, etc etc etc (that would have been one spoiled gecko) so I am thinking about giving her one, she is very sad because of hers and I truly believe she could be a good owner, without intentions to breed them, and she already has everything a leo would need..... probably one of mine will end up being hers, that way I can stay in touch with it

 

[bwoodfield]

If she has a huge tank then maybe she would be interested in a pair....

I know if I was anywhere in the area I would try and help you out, as it is Winnipeg is a long way from Caracas.

 

[Saskia]

Could be... only I would have to be careful not to give her 2 males.... perhaps could give her one first and one after a couple of months when I can be sure of the sex.... althoug I believe most my hatchlings will be females because of incubation temps...