a month or two ago one of my female spiny leaf tails laid a pair of infertile eggs. i removed the first one to examine it, since im somewhat new to pietschmanni. however, the second one fell on a leaf, where it sat for a day. surprisingly, the next day it had disappeared. im wondering if one of the females by chance consumed the second one, seeing as it was soft and infertile and probably a good quick source for calcium. or, perhaps, would the male consume the infertile egg? any ideas anyone? its just kinda bothering me since im really hoping for fertile eggs, and i would hate to find out that my females have been laying viable eggs just to have someone else make a quick meal out of them. if this could be the case, anyone have any suggestions on how to fix the problem???
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infertile egg consumption??
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I doubt that your geckos would consume a fertile egg, and I would think it unusual if they ate a unfertile egg but I guess it's possible. I think this is a good question to ask Neil Meister, if uroplatus do consume their own eggs he'd be the one to know. Also I don't think the breeding season for pietschmanni has started yet so I don't think you have to worry about having any eggs you might have had eaten. Mine haven't laid any yet and neither have Neil's so I think that possible their breeding season is later. The only solution I can think of to your problem is to check your cage every day for eggs and hopefully get to them before your geckos do.
Matt
