>>As I was returning my adult female alterna to her cage today, she crawled over my hand and I could feel eggs inside her. I have decided not to breed my pair this year, partly because she had problems passing the last two eggs last year (and maybe a year off to grow some more would be helpful), and because I am still working on finding homes for last years offspring. In the experience of the group here, will she re-absorb the eggs or lay them? Is she likely to have a harder time laying infertile eggs than fertile ones?

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>>Also, if she does end up looking like she will lay eggs, should I go ahead and give her a nest box? It seems like she would be more likely to settle down and lay them if I did, rather than holding them longer.





Give her a lay box and, yes fertile eggs are passed easier than infertile in my past experience....



I've seen infertile eggs from a year prior get laid the following year prior to the fertile....

I've also seen infertile eggs stay in a female for numerous years while she still produces fertile eggs via her clear oviduct.....
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