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My female laid 27 eggs on Feb 11, exactly one month ago today. My wife and I noticed her digging this morning and when I picked her up I felt the tell tale lumps of more eggs. I know they can lay more than once a year but within a month?! I put the moist sand pit back in her tank and she dove right into it and started digging. No eggs yet, maybe a false alarm but it seems too quick after her other clutch to be laying again.

A month is about right for when to expect additional clutches after the first. Once they lay the first clutch, expect additional clutches every 3-5 weeks. Depending on the age of your female, if the eggs are fertile, how big and healthy she is and if this is the first time she was bred (if she was in fact bred), she can have anywhere between 2-7 clutches, though 2-4 is more common.
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PHLdyPayne

She dug a pretty good hole tonight but then went to her branch and went to sleep. She is acting different, much like last time before she laid the eggs. She seems anxious and cant seem to get comfortable on her stick. I felt the lumps in her belly but they seem small so I think it will be a couple of more days. Do the clutch sizes decrease or can they maintain the same number of eggs laid? I cant handle 20-25 eggs every 3-5 weeks!

I am pretty sure they stay simialar in how many they lay. Maybe a few more or less either way i am sure it's close. Congrats and good luck!

Females will dig many holes before they actually due lay there eggs. If she seems nervous or stressed, she may not be happy with her nesting site. Check to make sure the egg laying medium is deep enough, warm and moist enough without being too hot or too wet. If she is still eating, then she probably isn't ready to lay eggs. Typically a few days before they are ready to lay eggs, females will stop eating completely. Just make sure she is well hydrated. If she doesn't lay in a week, take her to a vet. The last thing you want is for her to get egg bound. If she seems to be trying to lay eggs but straining and nothing happens, take her to a vet right away. A overly large egg or just a stuck egg in the oviduct can rupture inside of her and risk killing her.

Clutch size may taper off a bit after several clutches but it isn't guaranteed. Bearded dragon's won't stop laying eggs or have smaller clutches for the convenience of their owner. The potential number of babies a dragon can have in one season is something you should have discovered when researching breeding your dragon. If she came to you gravid, then all you can really do is either spend the money to make sure you have enough cages for anywhere between 40-100 eggs and hatchlings, or freeze the clutches you don't wish to hatch, then dispose of them. Freezing the eggs will kill the eggs quickly and painlessly. This is best to do as soon as they are laid. The eggs should be frozen for a few hours to ensure they are good and dead. We don't want baby dragons hatching in landfills only to suffer a painful death of starvation or by birds.
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PHLdyPayne

She just laid 19 big white "jellybeans". I bought another incubator just a few hours ago so now all the eggs have room to stretch. Grand total so far is 27 in incubator #1 laid 2-11-07 and 19 in incubator #2 laid 3-14-07.

Great!! My female layed 26 last night!! My other female is due in about 1 week.