This week I discovered that one of the female leopard geckos I purchased last weekend at a reptile expo is gravid. I noticed she was strangely plump but only 40 grams. Then I noticed that there was a white egg-shaped object in her abdomen. I am a little concerned because she is not yet full grown.
I hadn’t expected this, but also hadn’t looked so carefully at the expo when I bought her. I should have asked how the vendor housed the geckos etc to make sure she had not been introduced to a male.
Never having had a pregnant gecko, I went to the Gecko Fourms to ask some questions. I learned that sometimes when a female ovulates for the first time, she can produce and egg even if she has not mated. She can either lay the infertile egg or resorb it.
I turned her humid hide into a lay box by adding some damp coconut fiber to be ready of she lays an egg (or eggs). Not sure what I will do if it is fertile. Guess I will have to make an incubator and see what happens. To be continued…