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Any help would be nice.. Thank you.

-10 gallon aquarium $10.00
-critter keeper $7.00
-couple bricks $1.50
-submersible water heater $20.00
-perlite, vermiculite $5.00

The gallon should be filled with water, less than half full. Next would be the water heater set at about 80 degrees. The critter keep should be suspended from the water column using bricks so that they're right above or on the water and not floating. That should work, you might want to use some plastic wrap to keep the moisture from escaping.

This would work better if you used an older cooler instead of the aquarium.

Another option would be to freeze this batch of eggs and order a hovabator for the next clutch that should appear in 4 weeks or so. Have you tried going to a feed store? Are you sure the eggs are fertile?

how can you tell if they are fertile? i found a place thats about an hour and a half away (wont be able to go and get till friday though. any suggestions on what to do till friday???
thanks for the reply

i did what you said ... it seems to be getting up to 89 in the cooler. should i remove the plastic wrap with holes in it? i have the heater set at 80 right now. they are in moist vermiculite not wet.

as for the other post....i know i wasnt exactly being responsible. i had a feeling she would lay soon but didnt know it would be that soon. i have done research on all of this. My only problem was that i should have been prepared sooner and i have not read up on what to do without the use of a hovabator.... and i have raised baby beardies before but never hatched my own. thanks for the info but you sounded a little harsh although i know where you are coming from.

Definitely lower the temperature. Remove part of the plastic wrap to get the temperature down to about 82. That'll give some room for errors. The babies will not survive about 90. Lower the water temperature down to 74.

Chances are your dragon will lay again in 2-4 weeks. More like 4 weeks, so be prepared for those eggs.

Like I said, 89 is too high, and will damage the babies. If the temp gets this high you are likely killing babies. You would have much more luck letting them get to cold, and making slight adjustments form there. I have successfully incubated babies at 81.9, and in my opinion the lower the temp (within the acceptable range) the stronger the babies come out... Seems liek they cook longer at lower temps, and havemore time to devolp before hatching. 89 is killing the babies, don't go over 86.

I have no idea about homemade incubators..I can't imagine not being able to find one.

I REALLY do like the Little Giant incubator better then Hovabator, but they are very similar. The little giant holds a steadier temp in my experiance.
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Where do you live? Any feed store has incubators. I personally prefer little giants. Any place that sells stuff for horses and cows and such had incubators.

But...you are in big trouble if you had accident eggs. Your best bet is to find a breeder that will take them in your area. Raising and selling bearded dragons is for people with no other job, or kids, or life. You can not leave your house for more then 6 hours at a time EVER. The babies have to be fed regularly, if not...they eat eachother..tail, toes, ect. It also costs somewhere between $900 and $1200 dollars to properly raise 20 dragons to 6 weeks old..the first time you do it. This will NOT be your last clutch, you could be getting up to 160 eggs. You will probably be getting 80 or so at least.

Also don't expect to much help from this forum. There have been so many people begging for help to correct the trouble caused by keeping your dragons in abusive situations that people are getting tired of giving the same answers over and over.

You should try your best to keep your eggs between 80 and 86. Don't go over 89 even for a minute. Temps over 90 kill. Youo need to get proper vermiculite filled containers to put the eggs in, but moist (NOT WET) paper towles may work for a few days. If you see the eggs start to wrinkle add more moisture..so not get the eggs themselves wet, just the substrate.

NEVER TURN THE EGGS. Where did she lay them? Did you make a laying bin? Did you dig them up? When you dig them up be VERY careful to keep them in the exact position they were laid in. Do not turn or tilt them if possible. You might want to SOFTLY mark the top with a pencil in case you were to accidently turn one, you would know the correct postion.

Get a book. Read FAQs and Caresheets online.

It may be best for the dragons to let the eggs die, truthfully.

If you were neglectful enough to "accidently" breed your poor dragon, you probably are NOT cut out for the 4 or more hours a day hatchlings take for care, or the 2-3 hours more advertising them takes. Unless you WORK extremely hard you will NOT be able to find homes for SO many dragons, even if you give them all away and takes hundreds of dollars in loses. There are way to many baby dragons out there, and no where near enough people to take them.....lets hope you have some really beautiful parents.

BTW. there is NO way to acciedently breed dragons. If you take a male and a female and put them together they will breed. Don't know how to sex your dragon? Then you should have gone to a herp vet. If you are going to buy a pet, you MUST be responsible for it.

These are not "accidents" or "suprises" they are NEGLECT and ABUSE. I am sure you have some special circumstances though...everyone does.
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