help needed bearded dragon my be haveing baby

karen3536 · #1 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:00 PM

hello all
ok can some one please help me i think my b/d is pregnant she got very fat and i think i can see the eggs i can feel some think in side her but i did not no she was breeding ive not seen them doing it lol she just today started to digging in the same corner can any one help out please cos i dont no what to do thanks

starlightuk2001 · #2 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by karen3536

hello all
ok can some one please help me i think my b/d is pregnant she got very fat and i think i can see the eggs i can feel some think in side her but i did not no she was breeding ive not seen them doing it lol she just today started to digging in the same corner can any one help out please cos i dont no what to do thanks

Hi

Sounds like she will lay in the next 7 days

You need to put her something like a cat litter tray in her viv filled with peat or vimiculite

Also you need a incubator if you are planning on keeping the eggs??

Now she has started to dig you may have noticed her not really eating - this is normal but after she lays you will need to feed her well and give her plenty of calcium to build her back up - she will also want a good drink (well mine always does ) i normally bath her the day after she lays her eggs

when she lays again keep up the calcium as she may lay a double clutch and lay again in 4 weeks time which again is normal (well it is with my beardie) so needs really looking after cos this really takes it out of them

Any other advice or if i missed something please ask

rachel

Hardwicki · #3 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:06 PM

Best bets hunny post this in the lizard help section. You will get much more response there.

FireDragon · #4 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:11 PM

Ok if she is digging she looking for somewhere to lay, she will dig test sites everywere. what i do is get a large plastic container such as a tote bin or some thing and fill it with sterilised soil or peat and sand mix, make sure it is moist enough to hold together when she digs a burrow but not too wet.

She sould lay her eggs usually in afternoon. but when she does u need to dig them up and put them in some tubs with a layer of damp vermiculite in u can get this at garden centers.. U then need to make an incubator eggs should be invubated around 82 - 84 degrees but can be done in a warm room providing the temp doesnt drop at night. this will take longer. eggs take between 60 asnd 72 days to hatch but u must keep the vermiculite moist throughout this period by spraying them with a mist of water to stop them dryng out and to create humidity.

Next u have to feed your dragon up now give her plenty of foods that have been gut loaded and make sure she getting enough if kept with other dragons..

anything else give me a call il be happy to speak with u.

Tony
07837 025333

markandwend · #5 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hardwicki

Best bets hunny post this in the snake help section. You will get much more response there.

Why? When its a BEARDED DRAGON!

Hardwicki · #6 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by markandwend

Why? When its a BEARDED DRAGON!

You know i meant reptile section...damn

I just checked it says lizard section i dont know what you mean!!

FireDragon · #7 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:15 PM

Hmm advice from ppl who keep snakes for a beardie... thats a novel; way to look at it

dobson · #8 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 12:22 PM

My female has laid 4 clutches of eggs in the last god knows how many months. I put them into the empty crix/locust pots half filled with damp vermiuclar also taped over the holes so there were just a few very small air holes to keep humididy. When laying i bought a big bag of play sand and dumped a pile in a corner which she laid in. i then poked little groves in verm and carefully put the eggs in.

the first batch i hatched i put in the middle of the viv with a rock on them as this will be around the right temp and should be the most constant temperature within the viv. this worked fhe batch hatched great. After this batch a friend bought a hovobator ( incubator) that he only had two eggs in so i stuck them in there. I found lots of people telling me to build or buy an incubator but the egg in the Viv approach worked just as well.

I would recomend a few days after moving the egss to carefully shien a bright torch throught the egg shell in a dark room to see if the eggs are fertile, which you can see by red veins etc in the egg. Some eggs will be lost and these normally ooze or do not have ay signs of veins. dont feel bad it just happens and these look green on the inside in my experience.

It may be likely that she will lay more batches, and think about what you can do with them, i had to go and buy another 3ft viv and fittings for the babies ( Which are damm cute) - as a guide shops will take them at 6 weeks plus at around £15 if you grow on to 12 weeks around £25.

i hope this helps and PM me with any questions you may have . good luck - simon

kian2002 · #9 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 01:53 PM

hi my boyfriend made his own incubator out of a plastic tub a fish tank heater a tub to put eggs in the same thing happened to me so he had to do something quick if you want to know more give me a call after 6 and he will help you it only cost about £20 and it is doing the job fine 07912092515 becky

goldenboy · #10 (**permalink**) 15-05-2008, 07:00 PM

just leave her to lay them and then just get them out every one do's it differant best way is hands on all will give advise but no advise will be best mix and match all the advise and sort them out that way i breed all the time so best way is hands on and get a book best advise i will give GET A BOOK and it will tell u how to make a incubator

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