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Hi! I need some help please. My female beardie we "think" laid eggs. We think she covered them up with "nuggets" that we have in the cage. What do we do? Do we unpile and see if they are there? Or shall we leave them alone? Never been thru this before. What Are the procedures? Thank you in advance!
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Cheryl

When my dragons lay thier eggs its always in play sand and since I intend to incubate them I use a soft brush to brush the sand away till the eggs are exposed then gather them for incubation. I assume that it is unlikely they will hatch if just left in the cage because of the lack of humidity and temp changes. I'm a bit concerned what the "nuggets" you refer to is but that aside if you don't wish to hatch them out just remove them then freeze and toss out. Congrats and good luck either way.
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3.4.0 Beardies
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.0.0 marbled salamander
1.1.0 Box Turtles
0.1.0 Sulcata
0.1.0 Ball Python
1.0.0 corn snake
0.1.0 great plains rat snake
0.2.0 Blue Beauty Snakes
1.0.0 tangerine Hondo snake
1.0.0 Banana King snake
1.0.0 Desert King snake
0.1.0 jungle carpet python
2.7.0 Guinea Piggies
3.6.0 Dumbo rats
1.0.0 Blue Front Amazon Parrot
0.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrot
1.1.0 house cats
2.0.0 Maine Coon Cats
1.0.0 Boxer

So I take it I can try and locate them under the nuggets and put them a incubator. I wasnt sure if it was ok to handle them at this point. The female has been digging for a couple days now and she finally stopped today and we found she has covered up the logs that she sleeps in. Thank you!
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Cheryl

We found 14 eggs!!! We put them in a incubator. Hopefully they will develop. How exciting! What do we feed them when they hatch?? And when will they hatch????
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Cheryl

I incubate my eggs at 84 degrees or close to it. It takes between 65-75 days to hatch depending on the temps. Can be a bit longer if your incubator is set lower. I remove them from the incubator to a "baby tank" and offer salad finely chopped and very small crickets. No bigger than the space between thier eyes. (I find pin head crickets too small.) Mist the eggs about every day or every other day to keep them from drying out. Again congats on the new eggs.
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3.4.0 Beardies
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.0.0 marbled salamander
1.1.0 Box Turtles
0.1.0 Sulcata
0.1.0 Ball Python
1.0.0 corn snake
0.1.0 great plains rat snake
0.2.0 Blue Beauty Snakes
1.0.0 tangerine Hondo snake
1.0.0 Banana King snake
1.0.0 Desert King snake
0.1.0 jungle carpet python
2.7.0 Guinea Piggies
3.6.0 Dumbo rats
1.0.0 Blue Front Amazon Parrot
0.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrot
1.1.0 house cats
2.0.0 Maine Coon Cats
1.0.0 Boxer

I was under the impression that doing that could suffocate the eggs by blocking the gas exchange or could cause mold. To increase humidity I either mist the underside of the lid, add a container of water to the incubator, or put some water in the substrate with a syringe.
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Wendy
www.neverlanddragons.com

i wouldn't spray the eggs directly. I use a hovabator and put the eggs in those cheap gladware containers which have vermiculate and water mixed in. I cut tiny holes in the lids. every couple of days i spray water into the hovabator to keep it humid.

I am pretty sure that eggs with considerable amounts of water droplets never hatch.....at least for me.
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a free range dragon is a happy dragon

I'm sorry...I do lightly mist my eggs but I keep a paper towel over the top of them that I mist heavily so that the humidity is there but only lightly dampens the eggs. I have done it this way for the last couple of years and I do have a moldy egg once in a while in the first few weeks of developement I've always assumed they were duds. I don't have any problems with my good eggs molding and have a good hatch rate. I don't mist eggs directly with a heavy spray but I'm not bashful about spraying them directly lightly. Again I put the paper towels in which hold the moisture in as well. BUT I don't consider myself a pro, just an avid hobbiest so if one of the big boys sez otherwise I'd go with thier advice!
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3.4.0 Beardies
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.0.0 marbled salamander
1.1.0 Box Turtles
0.1.0 Sulcata
0.1.0 Ball Python
1.0.0 corn snake
0.1.0 great plains rat snake
0.2.0 Blue Beauty Snakes
1.0.0 tangerine Hondo snake
1.0.0 Banana King snake
1.0.0 Desert King snake
0.1.0 jungle carpet python
2.7.0 Guinea Piggies
3.6.0 Dumbo rats
1.0.0 Blue Front Amazon Parrot
0.1.0 Congo African Grey Parrot
1.1.0 house cats
2.0.0 Maine Coon Cats
1.0.0 Boxer