samantha12
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So I woke up this morning to find 2 eggs (flimsy, unfertile looking ones) inside the hot hide with my redstripe female (who I did NOT breed) kicking at them. I thought originally that they belonged to my diablo blanco (who DID breed). I was disappointed, because they look like duds because they're all flimsy and yellow and layed outside the laybox, but it's her first breeding season and I know that's normal. Additionally, they were pretty small compared to pictures I've seen of eggs. Anyway, I looked at my DB and she's still fat. I looked in her stomach, and it appears that plump eggs are still in there. I looked at my redstripe again and she looks thinner than normal (she's always been thin, which is why I chose not to breed her). I knew she'd been ovulating, so I looked at her stomach and only see one ovulation when she had two before and the skin around her stomach is loose looking. Will she keep laying infertile ones or is this usually a one time thing? Could smelling the male had been in the tank have triggered the production of eggs?
I'm concerned she'll continue laying... she's really too small IMO, especially for being 4 years old. Only like 35-40 grams (27grams when I weighed her today, strengthening my belief she layed), despite my attempts to fatten her up, including putting her in her own tank for months with no success.
Just for clarification; the redstripe has NEVER been housed with a male, even for a brief period. I swapped her and the breeding male for like a month and swapped them back like two weeks ago after the breeding happened.
I'm concerned she'll continue laying... she's really too small IMO, especially for being 4 years old. Only like 35-40 grams (27grams when I weighed her today, strengthening my belief she layed), despite my attempts to fatten her up, including putting her in her own tank for months with no success.
Just for clarification; the redstripe has NEVER been housed with a male, even for a brief period. I swapped her and the breeding male for like a month and swapped them back like two weeks ago after the breeding happened.