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currently during season we put a big pile of playsand in the cages so females can dig to lay eggs when ever they want to. When we see them digging we wet it down so they can build a nest.

We are considering switching to several external egg laying boxes with peatmoss for next season.

any thoughts or comments?

thanks
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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com

I know quite a few breeders and none of them put the dirt right in the enclosure. Most that I know use a mixture of potting soil and a little sand. When the female starts digging and looking to drop her eggs they go ahead and put them in the egg laying bin with a clamp light over the mound to heat the soil a bit. I plan to do mine this way as well. WWW.Dachiu.com explains how this is done in quite some detail.good luck.
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Mystical Dragons

I have a female that will NOT lay anywhere else except in her usual enclosure. She will dig like crazy, you move her and nothing for almost a week. Then you put her back in her cage and she lays that day!

>>I know quite a few breeders and none of them put the dirt right in the enclosure. Most that I know use a mixture of potting soil and a little sand. When the female starts digging and looking to drop her eggs they go ahead and put them in the egg laying bin with a clamp light over the mound to heat the soil a bit. I plan to do mine this way as well. WWW.Dachiu.com explains how this is done in quite some detail.good luck.
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>>Mystical Dragons
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com