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starting to show some signs of hatching!

Wooo hooooo

I can quit fretting so much now LOL
Until this clutch I had never had one go over 60 days before showing signs of hatching..

I will post pics as they hatch

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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

You sure seemed to be busy this season with babies Lisa. I thought you were done 2 week ago selling off the lasy of them. Now your starting the whole cycle over again By the way was this your first season breeding? If it was you sure did a great job, and had many nice babies for sale. I plan to give it a go next spring if all goes according to plan. I'm hoping for my Big orange Foster to go with my big Candy Girl. Did you find that some males refused a partner at all, or had a female turn down a possible mate? Well, anyways if Candy doesn't go next spring I got an even larger red/gold GG, but she is a bit different in color. Shorter in length then Candy but much bigger bodied. Also what temps to you incubate at? Was this clutch that took a bit longer set cooler at all?
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Mystical Dragons

No, this wasn't my first season breeding, but it was my first season breeding with more than one pair of dragons and also selling via the web.

Thanks for the compliment on my babies ) I appreciate that. It is hard to make a name for yourself until people find out that you have quality babies. I believe word of mouth is always the BEST form of advertising. It is also the ONLY reliable source in my opinion.

These eggs were incubated between 83 - 84 degrees. It also varies a little from day to day and the room temps, etc.

Funny thing you should ask about a female refusing a mate..... I did have one GG female that flatly refused to breed to any male smaller than her. I ended up selling her because I didn't have a male she liked or a male bigger than she was. She is now a loved pet and spoiled rotten.

>>You sure seemed to be busy this season with babies Lisa. I thought you were done 2 week ago selling off the lasy of them. Now your starting the whole cycle over again By the way was this your first season breeding? If it was you sure did a great job, and had many nice babies for sale. I plan to give it a go next spring if all goes according to plan. I'm hoping for my Big orange Foster to go with my big Candy Girl. Did you find that some males refused a partner at all, or had a female turn down a possible mate? Well, anyways if Candy doesn't go next spring I got an even larger red/gold GG, but she is a bit different in color. Shorter in length then Candy but much bigger bodied. Also what temps to you incubate at? Was this clutch that took a bit longer set cooler at all?
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

I was going to say if this was your first season you sure jumped right in with both feet and produced a lot of really nice, healthy babies for a first year breeder, and did not go insane in the process, lol. I figured you must have done it in the past cause you sure had a heavy load. I know I'm going to start very slow. One pair, and if that goes well maybe introduce a second a little later in the season after most of the first is gone. I'm definitely not going to have multiply females going at the same time. Even though I got a few nice pairs ready to go. The stress, and nerves as it is for a first year breeder on the web, plus the difficulty of making a name for yourself, and selling them all with all these other great breeders selling beautiful dragons all at the same time. With all those babies from multiple pairs I think I would personally go insane A few people started this year on this forum and all did very well. I congratulate you all Lisa beginners basics, Brandon Dragons by Nature, and Joel R sorry if I missed a few. You guys did a fantastic job, and all had such top notch babies, plus from what I heard, sorry I was not in the position for any more babies, your customer service was top notch. It sure is hard work to do it properly, and just the initial start up is very difficult. WAY TO GO ALL !!!!!
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Mystical Dragons

if the babies look even slightly resemble those parents you will have no problems selling them, those are two of the most beautiful dragons i have seen, foster along with color is just a monster, and candy is no slouch, not to mention she is FLOURECENT orange! i think you are gonna do a great job next year, you really care for and love your dragons, and that definatly will shine through in those babies. best of luck next year! im waiting in crazy anticipation

ps..how is lil Reaya doing?
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reiko
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That was really nice Rea That made me feel great. Yeah, I'm hoping things go good, you could imagine how nerves can play a part in doing something new like this. I really do try hard, and care so much for these dragons. I was lucky to do business with other great breeders in choosing my pets as well. I really went into this just getting pets, lol. When the number got up around 4 I started to think how cool it would be to have some of their babies. Just imagining how the two dragons that I care about so much would be like if combined into one dragon So breeding kinda came second with them, and of course my number of dragons grew. I was sick with cancer, and these guys kinda helped ease my mind, not only was I sick, but my father was dieing with it as well, and I gave up almost two years just caring for him daily so my Mom could work. It was so great to get my mind off of my own health, and my dads needs, and care for the health of them, God I tried so hard to let them be as happy, and healthy as possible. They are just the BEST reptile pets I have EVER had, and I kept quite a lot since very young. I remember being 7 when I bred my first snakes LOL. I woke up and looked into my Ribbon snakes cage and had about 50 little tiny faces looking at me. I brought them all into show and tell and the teacher loved it. Now that was an awesome experience, and it kinda grew on me. Thanks so much for the nice confidence boost Sorry for the rambling but you know how much I care for these dragons. Thanks Rea. By the way Reaya is doing fantastic and is getting ready to shed once more. She has such a large tummy, lol.
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Mystical Dragons

It's about time!!!
Sure wish I would have known you had a GG for sale.. I've been lurking around, watching for a full blooded GG, not to breed, but just because I want one.
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TheClassyLizard

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Congrats! Patience is a virtue with some clutches for sure....I don't know if all her clutches will take that long.....but my one females always do as I said before never hatch before day 83 at 84 degrees......her first couple were hard on me but now I just go with the "flow" or lack there of....lol

Can't wait to see the long awaiting babes!
Tracey's Beardies

Here is # 1

Can you tell I am an excited and anxious grandma? LOL

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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

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-Lauren

~ Lauren's Lizards ~

groups.yahoo.com/group/LaurensLizards

First one is all the way out of the egg

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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

I just love babies tooooooooooooo much!

yep, me too.

Every clutch is like the first time... the excitment is "killer" lol

Oh, by the way... got another one out of the egg lol

>>I just love babies tooooooooooooo much!
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

I still try to figure out who they were so crammed in there!

yes it is... I was amazed by that same fact when I bred birds too.

You just never seem to get over it.

Every clutch gives you something new and beautiful

>>I still try to figure out who they were so crammed in there!
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

n/p
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TheClassyLizard

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-Lauren

~ Lauren's Lizards ~

groups.yahoo.com/group/LaurensLizards