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Where do I go to read up on breeding Beardies. Someone just gave me a female and I think she might be pregnant. OR VERY FAT? What equipment do I need and everything else I need to know and I do not know how soon I will need this info? I do not have a camara or I would post a picture. Please HELP!

Do you have access to a competent reptile veterinarian? He or she may be able to tell if the lizard is gravid. Do you know if she was housed with a male beardie? Even if she was not, she might still lay an infertile clutch. Make sure her cage parameters are optimum (heat, light, substrate etc.). Provide adequate calcium and lighting. If she is gravid provide a box of appropriate medium in one corner of her cage and watch for digging or burying herself. (She may dig anyway, of course.) Then watch for eggs. Infertile ones will be yellow. If she lays a fertile clutch and you wish to raise them, there is a lot of information on incubating and raising baby beardies out there. Here, for example, if you run a search. Good luck.

Best,
Michele

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Thanks for the answer, I have her housed in a 60gal long by herself and am using shelf paper for strata until I know more about her. you mentioned a box in one corner where she could dig. What would be the appropiate filling for this box desert top soil I can get in the back yard or seril vermiculite. My vet likes top soil for my uromastyx's i know, but Beardies are new to me. at least female ones. I have had a male but only as a pet.