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my 18 month old female just laid 19 eggs. she has been alone until the past week when she had another female put in her cage. is this normal, safe?
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1.2 Bearded Dragons (Dezirae, Artimis & Papi)
0.2 Dogs (Timex & Brady)
1.0 Sulcata (Speedy)
1.0 Guinea Pig

2.2 Horses (Joey, Lady, Cherokee & Crystal)
2.0 Beta Fish

Females can, and will lay infertile eggs from time to time. Infertile means they are not fertile cause a male was not present to fertilize them. If NO male was present just toss them away.. NOW are you 100% positive that the dragon you added to the cage was in fact female??

Housing females together can be done. Some females can be territorial just like the males, so watch for one female dominating the other. If that's the case then they must be housed alone. It's always best to keep dragons alone. Males will fight each other, and constantly breed females if kept together, so I always suggest to house males alone always, and just introduce to females for the purpose of breeding only. I have been lucky keeping my females housed together though. Just got to make sure they are compatable (some just aren't)

Before putting new dragons into an existing dragons cage you should really quarantine for a period a time, and get their fecal checked for parasites. In this quarantine period you want to make sure they are not going to introduce parasites, and disease to each other
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Thanks for your help. I have had both females since 6 weeks of age. They are both about 18 months now. Both have clean fecals. I just put them together about 1 1/2 weeks ago and have watched them very closely. For the first couple days i only put them together when I could be home to watch them. I did have cheris check them both as far as sexing them goes. (trust me...I started doubting myself too). They have been very good with each other, both have been eating well (except when the female who laid eggs refused even supers for a couple of days.) I am keeping a close eye on her but am concerned with what i need to do for her after what she has gone through. She did eat a pretty good breakfast this a.m. (she laid last night) She is a good weight and seems to be happy right now (she glows yellow when "all is right" Any advice would be great.

Marilee
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1.2 Bearded Dragons (Dezirae, Artimis & Papi)
0.2 Dogs (Timex & Brady)
1.0 Sulcata (Speedy)
1.0 Guinea Pig

2.2 Horses (Joey, Lady, Cherokee & Crystal)
2.0 Beta Fish

Well it sounds like you did everything right so far. As far as getting the female back on track just make sure she is staying well hydrated, and is eating good calcium duster foods. Laying does take a lot out of them, but just keeping them nice and hydrated, and getting some calcium back into their systems goes a long way in helping them recover faster.

If you have any doubts about the sexing of the dragon put the eggs in the incubator anyway. That's if you plan to keep the babies. worse that will happen is you'll have moldy infertile eggs in a few days.
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