Question: Laying Unfertilised Eggs?

[Spartacus]

I thought an axolotl only laid eggs when she had fertilised them with some spermatophore?

I had a female separated from the rest, and she kept laying single eggs. I'd see two, a few days later one more, then another. None grew or even started to develop. Do they do this when they want to breed?
She was acting quite clucky in axolotl terms, and has accidentally bred twice in the first month that I got her, hence, she is separated. She seems keen to breed a lot.

Then out of the blue, she laid about twenty eggs, all of which didn't develop at all either. There was one spermatophore that got over the tank divider, and she probably found it, but that doesn't explain why no eggs developed from it. Also why it was only twenty in number.

Does anyone know about this? I'm especially curious about the lone eggs she kept laying.

 

[auntiejude]

Some mature females will 'leak' a few unfertilised eggs - it's just a case of there not being enough room inside her. In time she will reabsorb the eggs. If she had taken a spermatophore the eggs would have been fertilised.

You may have to keep her separated for a long time - axies don't really need a reason to breed, and although their breeding 'season' is supposed to be winter you may get eggs at any time.

 

[Spartacus]

Thanks! It's good to know. Does them leaking eggs indicate they are at a good time to breed or anything? Not withstanding for this one, of course, cause she needs a very long break.