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I have an adult male and female WD. My female has been laying eggs like clockwork every month since January up until July, about 10-12 per month. She has not laid eggs now since July. Is this normal? Do they not lay eggs every month once they start? Will she lay eggs again after a few months? I keep her flowerpot of dirt in the cage, just in case she needs it to lay her eggs. Any info on this topic would be appreciated.

It isn't good that she was laying eggs that often. Egg laying is very hard on the dragons body, especially her calcium resources.It is good that she stopped, you may have to separate her from the male for awhile to give her a break. Females can die if they try to produce eggs in an already weakened state. My female didn't eat for a month before laying each clutch of eggs, thank goodness she only laid about every 6 months.
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I hope you don't think I'm stupid, but I don't understand the reproductive systems of lizards. Why did she stop producing eggs? They are both housed in a beautiful 8'l X 6'H X 3'D, cage,and so have lots of room. I don't really have any place to put her to separate them, but I could get something if that's what needs to be done. Out of all the eggs she laid, I got one baby from them. I don't even know where the egg was laid, but one day after work, I looked in their cage, and there was a little baby waterdragon hanging on the side wall of the cage. I never did find the eggshell. I clean their cage at least once a week, pretty thoroughly, but have no idea where the little baby incubated and hatched. I guess I have pretty good heat and humidity in the cage for that egg to have hatched all by itself. It was pretty cool to find him in there. I named him Boo-Boo, as it was a miracle he was born.

Her body needs time to recover, she can't lay eggs all year round.
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I understand that it's hard on her body. But...what makes them lay eggs, what tells their body to produce eggs, for example, for 7 months, and then not for the next several, and then start again?

my female started laying in late dec and kept going strong til mid july and i cant even feel eggs in her at all right now.
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CHONG188

What area do you live in? Mine lay from April to August here in Maryland. I don't think they are either cued on daylight duration or slight changes in temperature. Maybe even barometeric pressure.

I live in Atlanta, with lots of heat and humidity. But it's still quite warm here in August, and the last eggs she laid were in July. I'm just trying to figure out what causes them to produce or not produce eggs.

Well, its definitely seasonal, but how are they cued to it, is a mystery to me. My best guess is differences in daylight or temperatures.