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#1967671
BeardyLover818
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Ok well i have an 8 month old bearded dragon right now an shes a female. i am planing on buying a male with bright red or like sort of a lightning yellow color(i dont know what the moarf is called) and breeding them. them selling the babies. i guess my bigest conserne would be incubating the eggs. since this would be my first time breeding should i buy and incubator or just make one? if you think i should buy one please tell me the website or give me the URL of the place ...
if you have any other additional advice please feel free and tell me : [)
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03/13/09 12:38am
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#1967692
Dragon Lover
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Message To: BeardyLover818 In reference to Message Id: 1967671
New at breeding
Hey,
My first advise would be to read "Breeding Beardies 101" down below a few threads by Heartmountain.
Make sure you don’t breed your girl until she is at least 18 months old and no less than 350 grams. If you breed her before then, she will take the calcium that is intended for her bones and place it into the eggs.
As far as the incubator, I would just go to a feed store and pick up a little giant incubator. Used to incubate chicken eggs. They are cheap and work great. That’s what I use. It’s never failed me.
Edel
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03/13/09 01:54am
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#1968538
Just chris
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Message To: Dragon Lover In reference to Message Id: 1967692
New at breeding
quick question??? how much was the little giant?? I got the huvabator and it was check but only good for one cluch and I might need more space.
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03/14/09 06:52pm
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#1968545
Dragon Lover
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Message To: Just chris In reference to Message Id: 1968538
New at breeding
The Little Giant should run you about $40 to $45 dollars.
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03/14/09 07:03pm
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#1969914
Just chris
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Message To: Dragon Lover In reference to Message Id: 1968545
New at breeding
Oh ok thanks
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03/17/09 07:31am
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#1976546
BeardyLover818
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Message To: Just chris In reference to Message Id: 1969914
New at breeding
ok awsome i dont know how onld she was when i got her i just know the date and figured that she was a month or older. she is a small one though and i have been trying to get her to pack on some pounds and its kinda showing but not tooo mach. shes about a foot and a half long but is just not fat like the others and eats around 30 to 35 crickets a week but i have bee spreading them out so i am not there every day since it is far. if you have any ideas other that meal worms and wax worms and super worms haha please tell me. also she has so "sand in her poop or at least thats what it looks like but has NO sand in the tank and i dont know how she could have gotten it since her is on repti carpet.... please help me with these couple questions: [) thanks!!!
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03/29/09 01:01pm
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#1976622
Just chris
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Message To: BeardyLover818 In reference to Message Id: 1976546
New at breeding
Well all I can say is to pack on the pounds would be to first weigh her and see what she is. If she is 18" and about 350 grams she is not under weight and should be fine but if she is less than that I would suggest using Phoenix Worms but clean them and dust with your calc. and vit. as usual. That is what I use for my baby and he is in great shape. Also keep a constant bowl of fresh veggies in with her. Handling her more might also spur on her appetite so maybe spend a little more one on one with her as exercise for her. Hope this helps, Chris.
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03/29/09 03:26pm
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#1976659
BeardyLover818
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Message To: Just chris In reference to Message Id: 1976622
New at breeding
ok thanks for the help! I have her sitting on my shirt right now and she is climbing down trying to eat the keys: [) haha..... i would like to get some pics of her on here cause i dont know her morph but the size is too large so if you know how to shrink it please tell me haha. and just so you know i gave her 3 crickets at 12 and a large bowl of veggies and 5 meal worms that were dusted so ya. she eat almost all of it:) thanks so much for the help
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03/29/09 04:21pm
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#1976679
Dragon Lover
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Message To: BeardyLover818 In reference to Message Id: 1976659
New at breeding
Hey,
Skip the meal worms. They are high in chiting and can cause your girl problems. At 8 months old she should be eating protein a couple of times a day all she can eat in a 15 minute period. She will slow herself down when she is ready. The protein is what helps these guys grow.
As far as the pictures, if you get yourself a photo bucket account.....you can post any size pic and photobucket will size them. Once the pics are on the photobucket, hover your mouse over the picture. Copy the very last ling, and then paste here where you type your message.
Edel
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03/29/09 04:53pm
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#1976703
BeardyLover818
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Message To: Dragon Lover In reference to Message Id: 1976679
New at breeding
ok there is a big problem i forgot to menction. when she eats large amount of crickets at a time she will later in the day throw them back up. this does not happen when she has small amounts..??? If you would like to see pics of her i made a website just for fun that i can use when i start breeding her. there are some pics there : )
http://sun-valley-dragons.webs.com
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03/29/09 05:40pm
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#1976742
Just chris
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Message To: BeardyLover818 In reference to Message Id: 1976703
New at breeding
Well I can’t tell what she is but she is real pretty. It looks like she has some citrus, red or sandfire, and tiger but its too hard to tell just by looking at her. Without knowing the parents there is no sure way of knowing. Sorry I couldn’t help you more.
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03/29/09 06:33pm
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#1976917
BeardyLover818
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Message To: Just chris In reference to Message Id: 1976742
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haha its ok! just nice to get an idea. i will try to get some better pics of her. thanks for the comment too : [) in your opinon what color/morph male do you think would produce the cutest babies? i was thinking sunburst or blood but i am unsure???? hahaha thanks for the help bye!!
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03/29/09 09:28pm
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#1977085
Just chris
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Message To: BeardyLover818 In reference to Message Id: 1976917
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Thats funny you would say blood cause thats what I was thinking. If you were to use something with tiger in it that should also produce some nice looking babies. But then again I’m a huge fan of the tiger stripes. : )
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03/30/09 07:09am
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#1977241
DXGxINSANITY
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Message To: BeardyLover818 In reference to Message Id: 1967671
New at breeding
i think u should buy one considering it is your first time and u can always use it again, but if u make an incubator it is a chance that there might be a problem with lighting or heat
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03/30/09 01:00pm
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#2011816
BeardyLover818
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Message To: DXGxINSANITY In reference to Message Id: 1977241
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That is true and sorry it took me forever to reply but i couldnt find this thing... umm what do the tigers look like? Also I think I would rather buy an incubator instead and take off some of the risk.....
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05/27/09 11:19am
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#2011929
Dragongirl6
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Message To: BeardyLover818 In reference to Message Id: 2011816
New at breeding
If you really want to breed, my suggestion would be to get another female as well as a male. Choose decent morphs, and breed for health/color. Don’t breed her just because she’s the only female you have, she doesn’t sound like breeding material to me.
Did you get her from Petco or something? If so, she is most likely an inbred normal, and shouldn’t be reproducing...
Also, please have a stool sample checked by a vet. Parasites are a common reason for them to lose weight.
She should be eating WAY more than 30 crickets a week at 8 months!! Mine eat more than that every day!
What greens and supplements are you using? What UVB lighting? What are your temps?
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05/27/09 02:29pm
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#2012293
DragonKeeper86
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Message To: Dragongirl6 In reference to Message Id: 2011929
New at breeding
Umm... going through this post, it really doesn’t seem like you are ready to be breeding. If you DO decide to breed... DO YOUR RESEARCH on different morphs to learn what crossing can produce what. Don’t just go into it blindly and produce whatever because thats what you have. If you like orange/yellow hypo’s... get a nice breeding pair and do that. If you like leatherbacks.. do that, or translucents, or hypo-translucents... and so on. You can also do combinations of all of them. Don’t just breed what you cause thats what you have. Its important when breeding to be patient and CHOOSE the dragons you want to breed for the TRAITS you want to breed for... not just breeding whatever is on hand. If you want to save time and buy adult, thats ok too. I would suggest buying babies, so you know how the colors change as they get older. Learn how different crosses produce what, and choose a nice dragons according to what you find that you like. There are WAAAAAAAAAY too many awesome possibilities that can be worked with rather than messing with normals. Plus... how do you plan on getting rid of 50 or so normal dragons? I guarantee it will be VERY difficult, if not impossible. You can get some nice colorful morphs online now for the price of a pet store normal. DO YOUR RESEARCH. Classifieds like Kingsnake, and Fauna are a good place to just look around and get to know your morphs before jumping into it. Breeder websites are also great. Look at their babies, then at the parents that produces them, and so on. If you breed a yellow and a red dragon together... you will most likely get a mix of all yellows, all reds, or ones with both traits passed down, or ANY combination of all of them. You really need to read up.
Here are some good links Ive found on reptile/bd genetics:
Link 1
Link 2 (focuses on ball pythons, but applies to all reptiles)
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05/28/09 02:00am
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#2012295
DragonKeeper86
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Message To: DragonKeeper86 In reference to Message Id: 2012293
New at breeding
Hey, I just saw the pictures of her too... she is very nice looking! I love those stripes! It is hard to say whether those are genetic or not and will be passed down... you would have to breed her to find that out. Do you have any adult pictures of her? From those pictures I would say any kind of red or orange male would probably produce nice babies. You could even try like a citrus tiger or something to see of those tiger stripes get passed down.
It might be difficult to get rid of the babies if you don’t know her exact genetics though. You could just freeze all but like 5 or so of the eggs, that way you dont have to worry about getting rid of 20 or so baby dragons and risk getting stuck with them.
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05/28/09 02:07am
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