Hi there.
I thought I'd share a pic or two of my female bearded dragon who is gravid at the moment. In her tank that she shares with the male, I use reptile carpet as a substrate, I'm not sure how far off she is from laying as she is still consuming quite a reasonable amount of food, and not really showing a lot of digging behavior.
Any way I have used a storage box, filled it with a mix of sand and soil to a depth of 20 cm at one side with a slope running down to a shallow side of about 7 cm in depth. Also have a heat pad on the back wall, mounted on the out side and insulated with some Styrofoam.
I have been putting kimbra, the name the kids gave her, in this box for a few hours a day hoping that when the time comes for her to lay she will feel comfortable in there and be able to do her job.
This is the first time I have attempted to breed bd's and I'm hoping what I'm doing is helping kimbra or am I being too fussy putting her in the box before she is ready to breed?
I thought I'd share a pic or two of my female bearded dragon who is gravid at the moment. In her tank that she shares with the male, I use reptile carpet as a substrate, I'm not sure how far off she is from laying as she is still consuming quite a reasonable amount of food, and not really showing a lot of digging behavior.
Any way I have used a storage box, filled it with a mix of sand and soil to a depth of 20 cm at one side with a slope running down to a shallow side of about 7 cm in depth. Also have a heat pad on the back wall, mounted on the out side and insulated with some Styrofoam.
I have been putting kimbra, the name the kids gave her, in this box for a few hours a day hoping that when the time comes for her to lay she will feel comfortable in there and be able to do her job.
This is the first time I have attempted to breed bd's and I'm hoping what I'm doing is helping kimbra or am I being too fussy putting her in the box before she is ready to breed?