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My two cresteds bred about a month ago. Today, my female laid one egg. This is her first egg ever, as she's a little over a year now. Just wondering if its normal for her to lay one egg for her first clutch. I am very excited about this, and have the temps about 75 and its got high humidity right now, in some moss. It looks perfect. Here's a pic of the mother when she was just a baby. She is bright yellow and has some dalmation spots to her. The male is almost black, he's so dark.

What is the mother's weight? If she only laid one egg then she may be too small even though she is the right age. Also she may not be getting enough calcium. You should not breed her again until you are sure she is eating right and getting the calcium she needs. Also if she is under 35 grams she should not be bred until she is heavier. Hope this helps and congrats on the first egg!!

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2.3.2 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and two un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

Not sure how much she weighs now, as I don't have a gram scale. Any suggestions on good ideas for one? I know she's the same size as my large male crested. I supplemented her food with calcium and vitamin powder every meal and she eats like a pig. I tried to feel for eggs, but couldn't even feel them right before the first one came out. She has a lot of adipose tissue and is really fat. This egg looks infertile, even after the fact that she had mated, but it is her first one. I know she will produce more. Her tail is really thick, thicker than my other crested's, so she must have a lot of fat on her.

You should DEFINITELY invest in a gram scale. I would weigh her out before breeding again. And remember she is NOT a leo or fat tail gecko, her tail is not a sign of whether or not she is eating. The fact that she looks robust is good, but get a gram scale they are cheap. Ebay is where I got mine. $10 bucks
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2.3.2 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and two un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

Yeah, she's not a fat tail gecko, but her tail is pretty plump all over, so she's gotta have something in there, lol. I'll be checking out gram scales soon enough, so I'll be weighing her soon. I'm hoping that soon she'll lay some viable eggs, as they definitely were mating.

STOP BREEDING HER UNTIL YOU WEIGH HER!! I understand that you want eggs and fast, I was the same way. If she only laid one egg, and it was a BAD egg at that, then SHE IS NOT READY TO BREED. Something is WRONG. Healthy adult cresteds lay 2 eggs, and RARELY are they infertile. The egg is most likely under calcified, meaning she is either not eating right, she is too young, too light, or all of the above. If you let her mate before you know her size/age/weight/eating habits are correct, and she lays bad eggs, then you are just stressing her out by mating her because it is for no reason. Under calcified eggs are yellow and grow mold easily, if that is what the egg looked like, yellow instead of bright white, then it was under calcified, again I stronlgly suggest holding off breeding until you get her weight. Just my $0.02, this is not an attack, just think of your animal before your excitement of eggs. And what will you do with the babies??
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2.3.4 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and four un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

I weighed her. She is 83.5 grams. She is also a year old. She eats like a pig maybe 5 times a week and every cricket or mealworm gets dusted with the calcium powder that I have. I plan on selling the babies. I am ready for them and am not unprepared like many herpers are for babies. I already have a small setup with everything for the babies once they are here.

I was also told by a female who keeps and breeds crested geckos of her own that her female, who was as heavy as mine, laid about 4 infertile clutches before she got healthy ones. She says the first year of breeding was the worst turnout of eggs. Now she gets a fertile clutch every month from the same female.

83.5 grams at 1 year?? Are you sure?? That seems like an awfully HUGE yearling. My biggest and oldest female, which many other keepers consider BIG is 2yrs and 54 grams. Here is a picture of a fat crested, yours must be morbidly obese!! I dont mean that as an insult at all I would love to see it! Fat cresteds are so cute!!

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2.3.6 crested geckos (Speckles, Sandy, Squirt, Sunshine, Soldier and six un-named babies)
0.0.1 Striped Cal. Kingsnake (Snuggles)
1.1.0 Green Iguanas (Sisco,Speedy)
0.1.0 Rose Hair Tanrantula (Sweets)
RIP Star and Sal

She's actually quite long as well, lol. That is a fat crested gecko. Not sure why she is so large, but she does happen to have a large bone structure as well. I brought her up as a baby and have noticed that most of the others that I happen to see in pet stores are much smaller than her, albeit older than her. She doesn't appear morbidly obese to me, but does have a lot of fat on her, no rolls though

Actually, I'm starting to wonder if this scale is right or not :/ it has been acting pretty oddly these past few days. Apparently, my leopard geckos is at least twice the weight she should be, lol. SO I am sure I will be bringing this scale back to the store to get another one. Its a cheap digital one, so I think the numbers might be messed up. Either that, or I will have to bring the crested female in to the vets to be weighed. She is quite large, but I now suspect that over 80 grams might be an overstatement.