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King Air
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 Zebra Tailed Lizard

My daughter caught a zebra tailed lizard a couple of weeks ago. I fed her last night and now there are three eggs lying in the cage. How do I care for them? Should they be buried? Are they fertilized, no male in cage. How long is the gestation period? Any information would help. Thanks.



07/21/10  12:18pm

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 Zebra Tailed Lizard

heres what you do, you need to make a humidity chamber for the eggs. you need to go online and try to find out the temps that are needed to keep the eggs alive, some lizard species are different temps than others. After you know what temp to try and keep them at you can take a small Tupperware with a lid. You can put a number of kinds of substrates in it depending on what you read about the lizard. heres a few pics of examples.

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Like i said you will need to read up about the lizard and what conditions the eggs would be in in the wild be for you can be sure of what temp to keep the eggs at. You can also go online to many sites to find out the best way to send heat to the eggs without cooking them alive. They can be Fertilized she could have mated right be for your daughter caught her. You can find out the gestation period on the website you find the information about what temps to keep them at. Do not put anything on top of them that could harm them, most reptile eggs are soft shelled and must be handled with extreme care. I hope i helped at least a little sorry i couldnt explain things a little better never personally hatched wild lizard eggs before. Wish you the best of luck



07/24/10  05:05am


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