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Hello, I got a group of dragons and the best female in the group which is only around 200 grams is full of eggs. I would of not even tried to bred her for another year atleast but she is gravid and of course I can not do anything about that. Is there anything I can do to make it easier on her??? Is this going to stop her growth or cause major health problems? Is there a good chance she might not even survive?

THANKS !

Whats the age of the beardie? Also a big thing to note is that female beardies can lay infertile eggs.

be shure she get a lot of calcium and also make a good laying egg place.

she dont grow when she is making eggs and have eggs but after laying the eggs she will start grow normaly further

Was she 200 grams before developing eggs or is that her weight with eggs?

Only thing you can do is feed her a diet heavy on insects and dust them with calcium with D3, have greens available all day, maybe feed multiple small meals several times a day so she has as much nutrients as she can ingest. Make sure her temps are ideal and she is housed alone to reduce stress. Prepare an egg laying chamber for her when she starts showing signs of digging and wanting to lay eggs.

It would also be a good idea to make sure you have the number of a reputable vet experienced with reptiles and bearded dragons just in case she has trouble laying eggs or becomes eggbond.

After she's done laying eggs, give her a bath to help rehydrate her and continue feeding her heavily.. most often if dragons produce one clutch of eggs they will produce another within a few weeks so you want her to gain as much weight as possible between clutches.
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PHLdyPayne

I had a 9 month old lay at that weight in the past. If possible I'd give her constant access to live food. Mine continued to grow and gain weight even with laying 4 clutches totaling 73 eggs. She ended the season at almost 500 grams. I decided to mate her so that she'd lay fertile eggs which have a lower impaction risk. I had no problems.