I'm intrigued as there are many different articles and different opinions regarding this. My girl has finally laid a clutch of eggs and I'll remove them as soon as she has finished covering them. How long do people like to wait before going in to take them out? Out of curiosity ?
Carolinelucy93
Immediately.
The longer they stay in the more the eggs "settle".
Freshly laid you are less likely to disturb them, as they start to form capillaries you can kill an egg if you cause too much upheaval to it.
It is not a particularly good idea however to incubate/hatch them unless you are specifically breeding high end morphs and have the equipment, time and space to look after the hatchlings.
Bearded dragons are hugely over-bred and the market is flooded, they are costly to raise, require multiple feeds every day and daily cleaning. You also cannot keep them all in the same viv as they will bite each others toes/tails off. Anything that moves is potential food.
If those eggs are fertile you will likely find that she will also produce more clutches almost immediately following the first clutch being laid, with about 6 weeks (in some cases sooner) before wanting to lay again. Its not uncommon for 5 clutches or so, with 15 to 20 eggs in each.
The most effective way to kill the eggs is to freeze them, once shes covered the site the beardie wont care about the eggs anymore.
The longer they stay in the more the eggs "settle".
Freshly laid you are less likely to disturb them, as they start to form capillaries you can kill an egg if you cause too much upheaval to it.
It is not a particularly good idea however to incubate/hatch them unless you are specifically breeding high end morphs and have the equipment, time and space to look after the hatchlings.
Bearded dragons are hugely over-bred and the market is flooded, they are costly to raise, require multiple feeds every day and daily cleaning. You also cannot keep them all in the same viv as they will bite each others toes/tails off. Anything that moves is potential food.
If those eggs are fertile you will likely find that she will also produce more clutches almost immediately following the first clutch being laid, with about 6 weeks (in some cases sooner) before wanting to lay again. Its not uncommon for 5 clutches or so, with 15 to 20 eggs in each.
The most effective way to kill the eggs is to freeze them, once shes covered the site the beardie wont care about the eggs anymore.
It was more an interest regarding the female herself. Different articles say about letting her finish covering them and then others say don't due to it causing distress after you remove them. I was more curious about people's opinions and experiences on that side of it.
My opinion like yours is sticking with imediate removal, my girl does not seem bothered by the disappearance and I would rather take them out sooner than risk her ingesting them or breaking them.
I've already taken them out and put them in the freezer. I don't intend to hatch, there are enough reptiles in captivity as it is.
My opinion like yours is sticking with imediate removal, my girl does not seem bothered by the disappearance and I would rather take them out sooner than risk her ingesting them or breaking them.
I've already taken them out and put them in the freezer. I don't intend to hatch, there are enough reptiles in captivity as it is.
Most females generally don't care once they have laid the eggs so taking them straight away wouldn't have harmed her. I used to wait until they had been covered before moving them that way they normally have finished laying. As far as I am aware they do not eat the eggs.
As Azastral has said don't be surprised if she lays more clutches as they can store sperm.
Allthough sad to have to do it is the responsible thing to do especially where beardies are concerned there are just too many of them.
As Azastral has said don't be surprised if she lays more clutches as they can store sperm.
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