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falias
at Fri Aug 22 22:45:34 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by falias ]
Do you have a male and a female? If so, this event may not have been planned, but it was inevitable. Females DO prodece infertile eggs though, just like birds. If they are really solid and round you can hold them up to a light and see if there are veins inside. There is usually a red circle inside if they are fertile. I hate to tell you, but if they have set in the tank for any time at all they are probably dead, but that is much better then your dragon being dead, which could have happened if she hadn't laid the eggs. Chances are she has been frantically trying to find a place to lay these eggs for days, but you didn't notice, so she gave up. They probably won't live since they were in the tank, what kind of substrate do you have? Eggs cannot survive temps over 89 degress for even mere minutes. If you want to give them a chance get them out of the tank on moist, not wet, paper towels in a covered container. Spend the rest of tonight reading on the internet about how to incubate eggs. Get up really early and go to a Feed Supply Store, or Livestock Supply Store, and but an incubator... Little Giant or Hovabator still air with NO eggs turners. That will run about $40. Then start saving money... it costs about $500 to get the initial setup for raising hatchlings as well as about $100 a week for food/supplements/electricity while you are raising them. You can sell them at six weeks old. Your dragon WILL lay several more clutches over the next few months. Expect 60-200 eggs. Each one of those eggs is going to turn into a hungry baby. Expect to be investing over a thousand dollars into this. Your other option is to try to find a breeder nearby that will take the eggs from you and incubate them, and in exchange for gving them to him he may give you a few of the babies. That is the best way. If you need, I can post a classified ad for you because it costs a lot to post ads here. We can find a breeder in your area who will take them, if they are fertile..
Also:
DO NOT TURN THE EGGS FROM THE POSITION THE WERE LAID IN. You will kill the egg if you turn it. It is best to lighty mark which side is up with a pencil before you move them. Do not get the eggs themselves wet, just the paper towels, you can shred the paper towels and make a nest like thing in a whip cream container. Make it moist inside, NOT WET. Let me know if you want a ad posted.
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RE: unplanned pregnancy - falias, Fri Aug 22 22:45:34 2003