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Babies???
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| 08/30/06 10:37am |
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Message To: Alex1356 In reference to Message Id: 963782 Babies???
They need to be sexaully mature at 18-24 inches. Females lay eggs every year after being sexually mature, no matter what, even if they are with a male or not. These eggs are infertile (obviously) All female water dragons will need a lay box after they become sexually mature. You can get a box or a place where they can dig at. You will need either sterile dirt or eco-earth or something that can be moist enough for them to dig in without the hole caving back in. This needs to be about 6 inches deep for them to dig a proper hole. They will dig a nice hole (they are very pickey about the hole) and when they are satisfied with the hole, they will stick their butt over the hole and start laying. If you don’t see them doing it, you may not know. They bury those eggs soooo well, that you wouldn’t know they layed if you don’t watch them. So you might want to put an X through the dirt so you can tell when they dig. Many times a dragon will stop eating for a short period of time or spend a lot of time in the water when they are further along. The eggs push on their stomach’s and make it uncomfortable to eat much. Some dragons will eat up to the day they lay, sometimes they won’t. Rogue, on of my dragons, ate up to the day she laid her first clutch, but with the next 2 cluctches after that, she stopped eating weeks before hand. They will get fatter and sometimes look lumpy. THe eggs look like large white jelly beans. I’m amazed how many they can fit in their tiny tummies. They are quite big. Sorry if this is jumbled, but I hope this helps. Oh and you will really want to increase the calcium intake with females during the egg laying time. They will take calcium from their bones to make the eggs, if they don’t have enough...and that will cause MBD, and we dont’ want that! |
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| 08/30/06 09:09pm |
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Message To: Finners In reference to Message Id: 964665 Babies???
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| 08/30/06 09:44pm |
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Message To: Alex1356 In reference to Message Id: 964727 Babies???
If they are both females, just make sure you have plenty of room for both of them to dig and be happy....then when they have the eggs, just toss them. They are infertile. If they are oppisite sex then depending on if you want babies or not you will do one of two things. If you aren’t prepared for babies or do not want to take care of them or find homes, you will need to put the eggs in the freezer to kill off the embryos so they won’t hatch someplace in a landfill or someplace else unsafe. This may seem cruel, but its better than having no way to take care of all those babies, or letting them hatch someplace unsafe. If you do want to keep the babies, you will want to take the eggs out, carefully not turning them from the way they were laid, and you will want to incubate them. YOu can look at tricias site for my info on this or take a peak around this site. I think there is info on incubating them a few post down. Im not great on that, because i’ve never had to do it. For the lay box, a deep kittie litter pan with sterile dirt or eco-earth would work. I use a large plastic box, although i’m going to change this to eco-earth over the whole bottom of my cage soon. I hope this works out just as well. They just need a place of dirt about 6 inches deep to dig in. Its really amazing to watch the whole thing. Its just like they know what to do exactly. I find it interesting to watch. |
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| 08/30/06 10:15pm |
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Message To: Finners In reference to Message Id: 964773 Babies???
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