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In the Rhacodactylus book by de Vosjoli et al, it says something to the effect that female cresties will stop laying eggs as soon as they are isolated from males. Since they retain sperm, I assume this means the female will not ovulate unless a male is in the vicinity. Is this right? My female just laid her second clutch and I'm trying to give her a break by removing the male. I'm wondering if this will work immediately or if she might lay a few more clutches without mating again.

you may expect to look for 1 or 2 more clutches.

i removed one of my smaller-end females from my male, she laid 2 cltuches while with him, and was about due for another when i separated, but i never saw her laying anything. thenagain, she could have fooled me by waiting to lay till after i went to sleep. i've dug thru the dirt all around the cage just in case, but havent found a thing yet. thenagain, i've heard of someone who had a female that continuously laid ferts after he separated his gex, and he couldnt get her to stop laying until he dropped her temps into the mid-upper 50's.

I've had my male separated from my females for six months now and both females are still laying fertile eggs. I took the male out to give them a well deserved rest - I'm just hoping after the next clutch they stop..lol.