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My female snow/leucistic cross just laid about thirty infertile, incomplete eggs. Here's some background. She had been placed with one of my GG's for a few days then placed back in the cage she shares with one of my yellow males that seems more interested in food than breeding. Two weeks ago, the yellow male began digging constantly and they both virtually stopped eating (1-2 crix a day). Today, I found about thirty, tiny eggs in the lay box. The vast majority were pink or orange and soft(slugs). One looked completely shelled, but was dimpled (looked like a mini golf ball). Two looked overly calcified with a hard bubbly shell. Candling showed no veins (obviously). She is 1.5-2 years old, fat and healthy, vitamin supplemented, and this is her second clutch (the first turned out just like this). What is going on here? What am I doing wrong? I have an incubator that I'm just itching to use, so any opinions are welcome.
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Mollyskali

"Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt. Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench. Care about people's approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity." - Lau-tzu - Tao Te Ching

There are lots of things that could be wrong here.

One is are you sure your "male" that was digging constantly is a male and not a female? After you found the eggs, which dragon looked thin, somewhat weak, and dehydrated? That is the dragon that laid the eggs.

Another possibility is just because your female was with a male for several days doesn't mean much. Males often times, especially first time breeders, don't successfully mate for quite a while. Sometimes they are successful, but a lot of times they just bite the female and hang on. Takes them a bit to figure out what to do.

brandon
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Dragons by Nature