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Today I come home after 5 days of holiday, look in the tristis enclosure, and hear some noise coming from one og the egg-laying boxes. I open it gently, finding my little male, with an eggs chewing like there was no tomorrow(he ate a whole clutch 2 month ago too, littler bugger!). I get him out of there to see if there should be any more eggs, and I find 8 more eggs. This it all good, here is the questionable thing.
The female who must have laid the eggs, is only about 2 years old, not very big, I would guess about 50cm and quite slim, and all 8 eggs are quite small, not like the clutches from my older female. eggs are about 0.5-0.7 inches long. They look bumped up, but not totally ruined, what do you all think?

What do you guys make of this, could they be fertile?
is she old enough?

I have no idea how long the eggs have laid in the box, didn´t exatly expect them, and female showed no signs(that I could interpret) prior to laying.
They could be up to 7-8days old. but still pretty humid in the box.

cheers,
Rasmus

Those eggs appear infertile. But please do not blame the female, its your fault.(its always are fault)

You must not have researched much, as tristis can breed at 7 months of age and at a very small size. That some think, a lizard has to be this or that is very odd to be. We all know, and have all understood that reptiles have a range of adult sizes, depending on prevailing conditions.

Normally monitors can produce at 1/2 their normal adult size. That is, a species that reaches 6 feet can produce at three, etc.

Understand, that is a simple forumula and there are extreme examples. For instance, we had ackies that normally get 2 feet, produce successfully at 11 total inches. Consider, ackies can get three feet in total lenght.

V.tristis in nature can and do reach a meter or more. and can and do reproduce from about 14 to 16 inches total lenght.

Your task is to not predict what animals do, but to support what they do. That is, if you choose to do so. FR

To me, those eggs look potentially fertile. Of course, I have to base that off of the picture. I would prefer to feel them. Infertile eggs, in my experience, often times have a waxy feel to them. That is not always the case, but frequently is the case for me. Other times the shell seems incredibly thin: flimsy and too soft. Such an egg might be fertile but I have never had one of those go full term.

You had a male and female together so I would give the eggs the benefit of the doubt and incubate them. Of course, they could be fertile and still die off. You have nothing to lose by incubating them and seeing what happens.
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and all the food they ate.
Monitors, monitors everywhere,
their parents loved to mate.