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My 2.5 year old female has been laying eggs for about a month now, and each set i find is already flattened, like they had nothing on the inside of them to start with. It's really odd. Her health is good, and she has sufficent calcium pouches in her throat, and good weight.
I was watching her lay yesterday, and when she moved away from the dig site i moved in to grab the eggs, thinking that i could get them into the incubator before they caved in? Nope. They looked flat and yellow already, like she laid them that way... I'm not sure why this would happen. Last year was her first year laying, and as i figured they were all infertile. BUT they looked normal when she laid them. I thought she stopped laying in october, and i just put my male in with her (he's 3 years old) probably in late october...but i only leave him in with her for about a week so i dont stress her out. I know that for a good clutch i should just keep them together, but i dont want to stress her out too much. Any suggestions would be appreciated...
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"Brains for dinner, brains for lunch. Brains for breakfast, brains for brunch. Brains for every single meal; why can't we have some GUTS?"-Misfits

1.0 ball python- Azazel
0.1 creamsicle corn- Pandora
0.1 motley ghost stripe corn- Raven
0.4 leos- Boji, Sanjae, fae and Kodama
0.1 beardie- Indie
1.1 crested gecko- Jubeh and Inari
0.1 leucistic texas ratsnake-Ojo
1.0 whites tree frog- Sifaka
0.1 Transe pecos ratsnake- Cleo
0.1 Senegal chameleon- Ambaji
1.0 Ruthven's X Thaeri king- Kemushi
0.1 pacific parrolet- Mishka
1.1 cats- Cairo and Oberon
0.0.4 crab people
1.0 Husband (hes my favorite, but i dont let the 'kids' know that. )

the eggs looked normal. The clutches that i found must have been older....i must have overlooked them....these guys look healthy, but a but harder shelled than normal....i'll cut back on her calcium and hope for the best...
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"Brains for dinner, brains for lunch. Brains for breakfast, brains for brunch. Brains for every single meal; why can't we have some GUTS?"-Misfits

1.0 ball python- Azazel
0.1 creamsicle corn- Pandora
0.1 motley ghost stripe corn- Raven
0.4 leos- Boji, Sanjae, fae and Kodama
0.1 beardie- Indie
1.1 crested gecko- Jubeh and Inari
0.1 leucistic texas ratsnake-Ojo
1.0 whites tree frog- Sifaka
0.1 Transe pecos ratsnake- Cleo
0.1 Senegal chameleon- Ambaji
1.0 Ruthven's X Thaeri king- Kemushi
0.1 pacific parrolet- Mishka
1.1 cats- Cairo and Oberon
0.0.4 crab people
1.0 Husband (hes my favorite, but i dont let the 'kids' know that. )

You said in your original post that she's been laying for a month now - they usually lay 1-2 eggs every 4 weeks or so, so if you're finding dessicated eggs it sounds like they're older and have dried up before you got to them.

I write down the date I find every single clutch, and after the first couple of clutches you can make a pretty good guess when they next lot will be laid and then be ready to check any nest sites around then or when you see her starting to dig.

I tend to put my male in with the female until she lays her first clutch, then seperate them for the rest of the breeding season, and focus on keeping her well fed and happy. When she stops laying I keep them seperate and give her a break over winter, so she's not being bred all year round.