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#517910

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Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

hi all!

hey, can u pls help me because my beardies are breeding and ive just put in a sand bowl in its enclosure.
does the eggs need incubation or should i just leave it ther like that?
thanx a lot

10/21/05 07:05am

#517951

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Message To: Dragonlover91 In reference to Message Id: 517910

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

U do not want 2 keep her in the same cage with him, u should have another complete set up for her. It will take between 20 and 30 days for her 2 lay her eggs. At that time u will see many lumps in her. At that time u should start watching her closely and when she starts pacing or digging u should have her lay box all ready. U should have her lay box ready about 1 week early, that way u can have the substrate in it and warmed up. U do not want her laying her eggs in the cage. In my lay box I use top soil without any fertilizer in it and have a mound on 1 end with about 12" of soil. She’ll do the rest. Good luck and congrats!

10/21/05 09:20am

#517967

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Message To: Nails2 In reference to Message Id: 517951

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

hey

thanx a lot
the male is separated actually =)
yea. she started digging already and the box is in=)
she is having lumps too.
thanx for the advice=)

10/21/05 09:37am

#518031

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Message To: Dragonlover91 In reference to Message Id: 517967

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

Hi there, i have allready lost a clutch of eggs as not having experience or done enough research so i hope this doesnt happen to you and this helps. (Now i am no expert but ive dont research) The eggs WILL need incubation and make sure once they eggs are laid they are removed stright away and she may trample on them. Heres what i use, I large platic container with a lid with holes in the top. also i have a heater inside (NOT a bulb heater) the eggs need to be laid in substrate such as VERMICULITE (SPIDER BEDDING), my pet store didnt know what vermiculite was until i told them it was spider bedding LoL, ok, so u need some tubs like the Cricket Plastic tubs or something like that. fill the tubs with virmiculuite and add water (Lots) for about 30mins and let it all soak in to the substrate. then drain the exess water and make sure the subsrate is nice and moist. not 2 wet though, if you scrunch up a bunch in ur hand is shud make a ball and not fall apart, that should be fine. then u need to put a thumb print in to substrate (vermiculite) and lay the eggs in there. DO NOT TURN THE EGGS this is crucial, the eggs need to be the same way up as they were laid so be carefull when removing them from the lay box. the temp of the incubator should be 82 - 85 Deg F. i would recomend geting a Humidity meter from ebay or petstore, humidity level should be around 100%. aslong as there is Condensation u are on the right track. if there is no condensation add a bowl of water under the heater to pump it up, make sure the eggs dont start to shine or get damp if this happens quckly place paper towl over the eggs and soak it up and remove the water by replacing with less. heres a quick diagram. hope this helps. it is working fine for my friend who i made it for as i made a mistake once. there seems to be no problems. sorry if there is any wrong info here but its just the adv i got from these guys and it works great.

10/21/05 11:23am

#518827

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Message To: Sam2liz In reference to Message Id: 518031

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

hey

im actually living in an asian country, malaysia

it is very humid here
and the temperature is about 30 degree CELCIUS

do i still have to put the heater on?

ok.
regarding the thumdprint thing, u men i do not have to dig a hole to put the eggs?

and do i have to cover the eggs with vermiculite?

10/22/05 12:42am

#518957

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Message To: Dragonlover91 In reference to Message Id: 518827

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

no u do not dig a hold to put the eggs in, put a little finger print in the vermiculite and place the eggs in make sure they are roughly 3 quaters coverd, i would recommend using the heater and using the elctro thermo stat to turn the heater on and off when the temp drops, if it does ever drop at nite etc.

10/22/05 06:19am

#518983

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Message To: Sam2liz In reference to Message Id: 518957

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

also after she has laid the eggs. she will probly sleep a wile when she wakes feed her lots of greens and criz and make sure to powder them to build up the calcum, it is also good to give her calcium now as this is used for the eggs, hope this helps.

10/22/05 08:26am

#521255

Dragonlover91
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Message To: Sam2liz In reference to Message Id: 518983

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

ok sam

thanx a lot for furnishing me the eggs seems to be doing very well and seem to be chalky to the touch.
this means theyre ok ryte?
ahhaha
cjeers
thanx a lot dude

10/24/05 09:36am

#521270

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Message To: Dragonlover91 In reference to Message Id: 521255

Pls help me ...my beardies are breeding

no worries mate, glad i could help, that seems ok remember if they start to collapse add more water, thats one of the main things. i also sent u a person msg.

10/24/05 10:08am