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A friend of mine has a 18 months old female and she´s not doing well...
It´s been two months since she stopped eating (only a few supers).
Her terrarium are in excellent conditions.
We live in Buenos Aires, Argentine. It´s spring and our breeding season is just beginning.
She laid one egg for the first time 12 days ago... the other egg is visible but she doesn´t seem to be digging anymore. She´s quite lethargic and has some black thing in her belly...
I´m posting some pictures of her belly and some poop..
I really appreciate any input!!!
Thanks in advance...

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4.7.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 AFT
0.2.0 Homonota Darwinii (Talus & Gracilis)
0.0.1 hemidactylus turcicus
0.0.1 Tarentola Mauritanica (Pickles)
0.1.0 Cham Caliptratus (Clotilde)
1.0.0 Golden Retriever (Cafu)
1.0.0 Black cat (Felipe)
0.0.x Tenebrio Molitor
0.0.x Zoophoba Mario
0.0.x Lobster Roaches
0.0.3 A. Campestratus
0.0.1 G. Rosea

The answer is an easy one, it has been 12 days you said since it laid one of her two eggs? She's now lethargic and acting sick. Simply put she's egg bound. For one reason or another she couldn't or wouldn't lay the other egg. Not uncommon, but a dangerous situation ANY BREEDER should be aware of and be watching for. (Even non breeders honestly, if you've got females that like making infertile eggs.)

There is a hormone that can help induce her to lay (ironically, the same they give humans to induce labor.) Get her to a vet, no matter how long the drive, she can die from being egg bound and if left long enough can even require surgery.

So, in short, this is on just about every care sheet, watching for females to be egg bound, it usually on there even when watching for parasites aren't. Go get her a hormone shot and hope that is all it takes.
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Based on those pics, I'm not so convinced she is eggbound. I do definately agree that she is in need of a vet, quickly. That poop is not normal, and being sick may very well be why she is not laying. I have no personal experience with eggbound leos leos, but in any case, she needs a vet.
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1.0 Tremper Albino from Petsmart (Cloud)
0.1 Hi-Yellow Leopard gecko from Petco (Beatrice)
0.1 Stripe female (rehabilitated rescue)(Pepper)
0.1 Jungle het RW hatched by me! (Jungle Bunny)
0.1 SHCT Leopard Gecko from Petco (Brite)
0.1 Tangy Mutt Leopard Gecko from Petco (Rainbow)
0.1 RW Stripe hatched by me! (unnamed yet)
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I agree... thank you very much, both of you for your quick responses!!
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4.7.0 Leopard Geckos
0.1.0 AFT
0.2.0 Homonota Darwinii (Talus & Gracilis)
0.0.1 hemidactylus turcicus
0.0.1 Tarentola Mauritanica (Pickles)
0.1.0 Cham Caliptratus (Clotilde)
1.0.0 Golden Retriever (Cafu)
1.0.0 Black cat (Felipe)
0.0.x Tenebrio Molitor
0.0.x Zoophoba Mario
0.0.x Lobster Roaches
0.0.3 A. Campestratus
0.0.1 G. Rosea