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My wife and I have had our bearded dragon we commonly refer to as, "Bob," for 2 1/2-3 years now. Today I was cleaning out his cage and using my sand sifter thing. Well I noticed he had moved one of his wood pieces down to the sand. So I lifted it and began going to town with my sifter. I then noticed some unusual looking urates. I thought "Huh. Those look an awful lot like dried out eggs." Turns out my hunch was right. That is exactly what they were...so it turns out "Bob" is a "Bobbi". When we bought him from a very reputable dealer, we bought him as a male. Its not that we feel ripped off, but just surprised.

Which brings me to my question. Is it normal for a virgin female to lay eggs? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

LOL Go, Bobbi!

I wondered that too. The answer is yes, they can. Blew my mind!

So many people are amazed by this. But think about this every month a human female has her period where she expels an unfertilized egg. Human females produce a new egg every month in the hope that it will be fertilized. Dragons do the same just mire eggs and only a few times a year.

Overall your post disappoints me. It says you're not paying enough attention to your dragon. She laid the eggs there in despiration because a suitable site could not be found. Some dragons will retain the eggs rather than lay them and this can be fatal.

In general as the eggs are developing the female should look larger (I weigh mine regularly) she will also eat significantly more than usual if allowed. Then when she is ready to lay them she will stop eating and start digging, looking for a suitable place to lay them. At this time you need to provide that place. Females carrying infertile eggs are at higher risk of egg binding that ones with fertile eggs. Also after laying the eggs the female can be extremely dehydrated and luckily that didn't cause a problem either.

If you post a picture of your setup I or other could make suggestions for a nest box for next time.

Its very normal for female dragons to lay infertile eggs.

It is also very normal for even experienced breeders to mis-sex juvenile or younger dragons. Bearded dragon sex can't be easily determined till they are several months old, maybe as old as 6 months. The sexual signs are just not developed at hatching or even after being a few months old. Unless there is some new technique available at best breeders can give only an educated guess on what sex bearded dragon babies are.
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