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23-Apr-08, 01:47 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Western Australia Gender:  | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by alex_c  congratulations and good luck. those eggs wouldnt have been squashed she most likely ripped them with a claw while walking over them or burying them. some are more careful some are just clumsy or careless in that department. my current females are all clumsy.  | Aha, I see, yep, sounds like she's a clumsy one too then! |
23-Apr-08, 01:55 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Western Australia Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris1 is 8 enough?
i thought they generally lay more,....keep an eye on her to make sure nothing got stuck.
Congrats to mummy. | Thanks Chris, I thought they should lay more too, I assumed maybe she is a bit young.. Quote:
Originally Posted by dragon lady
LunarLioness.....what colour is the sire & dame?
Chris1...depends on age...a dames first lay is generally around mid teens...& as they get older they also have less eggs
being that they have more in their prime |
Aha, thanks dragon lady, sounds like maybe she is probably still a 'teenager' and didnt have many. She does look completely 'skinny', I dont think there are any more eggs...
the dame, Sahara, was actually pregnant when we bought her so Im not too sure of the colour of the sire. Sahara is very light grey on the back and almost white underneath. They are western beardies though and I dont think they vary all that much in colour (correct me if Im wrong, Ive just never seen any other colours). Our male is grey too, but he is a dark grey with almost black patterns on his back  |
26-Apr-08, 12:52 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-07 Location: SouthAustralia Gender: | | | | I may be wrong..but western beardies have clutches are generally around 16 eggs anyway?
i think...anyone?
they are a smaller dragon...so her laying 8 eggs is probably normal....
make sue you dose her up with calcium every feed!....keep the fluids up
bathing her is a great hydration technique
after egg laying...they lose a lot of calcium...some dont recover well if you dont give them plenty! |
26-Apr-08, 12:59 PM
|  | +Timmo+ Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-07 Location: NSW Age/Gender: 13  | | | | congratz lunarlioness hope the 5 hatch to be healthy and happy
__________________ 2 Angle Headed Dragons And some offer boring things. |
26-Apr-08, 01:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-08 Location: Sydney Age/Gender: 13 | | | | Congrats on that.
Hope all 5 of them hatch. |
27-Apr-08, 01:13 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-08 Location: Western Australia Gender: | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dragon lady I may be wrong..but western beardies have clutches are generally around 16 eggs anyway?
i think...anyone?
they are a smaller dragon...so her laying 8 eggs is probably normal....
make sue you dose her up with calcium every feed!....keep the fluids up
bathing her is a great hydration technique
after egg laying...they lose a lot of calcium...some dont recover well if you dont give them plenty! | Aha, thanks for that dragon lady - Im actually finding it a little difficult to find info specific to Western Beardies - most of the info in books etc relates to the centrals or inlands.
Thanks for the tip on the calcium, she is starting to eat quite a few dusted crickets again now and seems to be looking much healthier | | |
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