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I recently got a Bahama Anole, and I found an egg in her cage. I asked several people about it. They said she needs to have a male to fertilize the egg. There is no male in the cage. The same person said that female anoles may lay eggs without a male. Does the male have to fertilize the egg? Since there is no male is the egg good, and what should I do with the eggs?

If there is no male inside the cage, I'm sure that she had already mated with a male in the petstore before you brought her home. It takes about 2 weeks to lay the first egg after mating. I never incubated my eggs before, so I don't know much about incubating them.

Tim

I don't know if they can retain sperm for long... but if so, then she could've been fertilized long ago and laid a fertile egg.

Then again, many lizards lay unfertilized eggs periodically. The female prepares just like a human female and if no egg is fertilized it's still laid, again, just like a human.

Either way, treat the egg as if it's fertile. Mark the top and make sure the top stays up no matter what. You can move it somewhere (check online to see what temps) to incubate it and make sure the air humidity is kept at 90-100%.

I've killed many anole eggs as a child accidentally by not keeping the tops up
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