How long can a leopard gekco be egg bound??

Question

Ok I think my leopard gekco has been egg bound for 1 year? I know i sound crazy!! I saw the male breed with her, but he jumped off when he saw me. Can they be egg bound for 1 year? Can I help her remove them? Other then the vet?

Is it really eggbound if it still eats and is active and really happy??

Answer 1

The answer to all four of your questions is "no."  If the animal was eggboung, it would sicken and die as the eggs began to decompose within her body.

It sounds as though you are saying he attempted to mate her a year ago, and you are wondering if she's eggboung from that encounter.

My next question is - why are you keeping a male and female together when you have not done your homework/research, and aren't prepared for the eventuality of eggs?  If you are keeping a male and female Leo together - you WILL end up with eggs!

The time to know what to do about it is BEFORE an egg appears in the cage!  You will have to have the incubator, laying substrate, incubating substrate, thermometers (and know the temp. and humidity you need to achieve), individual contains for the young.  Homes for up to 20 babies from a single mating (removing the male once he has bred her will not stop this... the female can carry sperm in her body for the entire laying season).

The babies are voracious and stronger/larger siblings will eat smaller/weaker hatchlings.  You can only safely house 2-3 babies together, and those must be well fed and closely monitored.

I hope you're presently gut loading the insects you are feeding to your Leo's.  This is vitally important, but especially for the young.

It's very easy to SEE eggs within the female's body, if she has them.  The belly skin is semi-transparent/thin, and the eggs are very large, compared to the size of the reptile.  She will only have 1-2 at a time.

Egg laying is very depleting on a female Leo.  Never breed an animal which isn't of optimum age, length, and body weight.  She should be extremely healthy, and have excellent/abundant fat reserves in her tail.

If you are not prepared for eggs/young; I strongly recommend that you separate your geckos, and do some research before you put them together again.  I'm pasting some sites below, to help get you started on all you need to learn.  Please note my disclaimer.

I hope this has been of help.

Answer 2

If egg bound she would be very sick.  

http://www.drgecko.com/index.html