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he im giving my female a bath and realised that the she has circles on her tummy bottom, but like yesterday they wernt there, she was with a male 2 weeks ago(but he died rip harry) sp could this mean she has eggs,

thanks or what does it mean

thanks

They're stress marks usually caused by stress, illness, pissy mood, too cold, etc. Why did your male die?

Sean
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Heart Mountain Herps

rip harry

if it was parasites that killed your male have you had your female tested? it is quite likely she has the same parasites your male did, even if she is not symptomatic yet. Parasites are much easier to eliminate before the condition gets severe...if you havent already had a fecal done on your female i would do so immediately. Also, did you thourgholy steralize your cage, and furnishings and completely change the bedding in your beardies tank after your male died? If not that needs to be done as well or you may end up losing another dragon
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0.1 Bearded dragon
0.1 mexican kingsnake
1.0.2 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0 BTS
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats

i bleached everything took her to the vet has the last check up on thursday to make sure there all gone, as for now all she has in her cahe is a rock and a food dish, the rock is also a hide, and for substrate some easy to clean and cheap newspaper, im lookking to ghet her another male, bc she looks lonely what does everyone think

i wana get into breeding bds balls, and ackies so im gunna get another male bd start breeding a nother ball and 2 ackies,

the only proble i think is , the female may be able to out eat any male, i mean 2 bowls a of veggies( dasie leaft lettuse, carrot straberries, celler(every little)

thanks for you concern

If the parasite problem has been taken care of them the circles on her stomach were probably just because she was cold or in an irritable mood.

Good luck with breeding!!

~Mim
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0.1 Bearded dragon
0.1 mexican kingsnake
1.0.2 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0 BTS
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats

The dark circles or bars on a bearded dragons stomach appear for several reasons. One is stress the other may be just cold or just not in a good mode. If she is eating well and healthy otherwise, I wouldn't worry about the marks on her stomach, unless they look really weird, like mold or dirt.

In the list of greens you say you give her, I would eliminate the leaf lettace as that doesn't have much nutritional content, instead use dandilion greens, collard greens, mustard and turnup greens, as well as endive and escaroli, mixed with other vegetables. www.beautifuldragons.com has a great nutitional chart to use to better balance your dragons diet.

again, I wouldn't rush into getting a new male, or if you do get a new male, keep him separate from your female for several months to ensure he's completely healthy and stress free (and parasite free for that matter), th en after three clean fecals, you can introduce your female to your male to breed, then separate once the deed is done. Your female will do better without him pestering her all the time to mate and having one or the other stressing the other out or eating all the food. the fact you indicate your female may outeat a male, could be why your other male didn't fair very well, she may be eating all the food and keeping him from getting enough to sustain himself.
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