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laurarfl
at Fri Jul 11 14:36:18 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by laurarfl ]
This clutch of Sunglows hatched in 63 days and a second clutch of Creamsicles is hatching at 58-59 days (there's a few left to come out yet). I'm answering here and your thread below in this one post!
The first bearded dragon clutch I bred so many years ago, I was a nervous wreck! There was not a lot of info out there and I was afraid of messing them up. The female dug a nest and laid, and I left them in the nest box in a warm room. Well, about a week after they were 'supposed' to hatch, I knew the whole thing was a failure since there were no signs of life. In my desperation, I cut an egg open and there I found a perfectly alive baby beardie, but too young to survive. Needless to say, that one didn't make it. I left the other alone and they hatched at 90-something days, all perfectly fine and wiggling their way out of the dirt as nature intended. It took longer because the temps were probably cooler down in the nest and had a natural temp drop at night, but all of the rest survived.
I have another beardie clutch hatching now, with one that pipped a few days ago, seemingly too early because it has a large yolk sac in the egg. I've left it alone and I don't know if it's still alive.
It's a hard call to make because you slit the egg too early, they may not survive. If you slit the egg too late, they might not survive then, either. I'm more conservative and lean toward not slitting the egg. If there's a head out and it needs help, that's one thing, but if it can't hatch out on it's own at all, it may be a congenital defect or some weakness that could be a problem later on.
Just my two cents...about all it's worth!  This is only my second season breeding corns, so I'm not exactly the voice of experience! I'm much better with lizards...
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RE: My moldy egg hatched! - laurarfl, Fri Jul 11 14:36:18 2008