My Beardie Story - DIAL UP WARNING

[Timotei]

Here's the story of my 2 Western Dwarf Beardies:

Here's Puff, the male,

Here's 2 pics of Saphira, the female,

Here's their viv,

A little while ago I noticed Saphira was gravid,

Then she laid,

Here's the incubator, lid on,

Here's the incubator, lid off, before the eggs

Then I moved the eggs into the incubator, and they were too dehydrated,

Then I added a lot of water, and they became too wet,

Then i extracted the water and added more vermiculite, hopefully they're alrite now.

These are my past candling attempts.

Can anyone explain this black spot for me ?? It's NOT a shadow, i know it looks lyk one in this picture, it is only visible when candling so is on the inside of the egg.

I'm expecting them to hatch btwn the 10th and the 20th of December!

 

[turtleboy]

embryo?

 

[W.T.BUY]

u must be one of the only people i know that has a western dawf beardie

 

[Tsidasa]

aren't western beardies just smaller =/

 

[Matty.B]

I would love them in my colection

 

[JasonL]

eggs are all good, that is the developing embryo you can see, try to leave the eggs alone if you can, patience is needed.

 

[W.T.BUY]

how much would u sell the babies for

 

[JasonL]

There in WA, it would end up too expensive.

 

[gillsy]

Interesting way to incubate, with warming the water around the container.

 

[Timotei]

Well thats reassuring about the embryo

Yeh, the government over here recognises them as Pogona minor minor which is technically the Western Dwarf Bearded Dragon, then calls them a Western Bearded Dragon (which is Pogona minor minima. You may not think that it would matter, but it really does, there are some pretty big differences between the two subspecies.

The law in WA doesnt permit keeper-to-keeper dealing, you need to either go through a dealer or get a dealer's license yourself (the licensing system was only introduced in 2003, its still adapting). Besides, im not sure wat they wld think of interstate trading.

Yeh i got the idea for the water around the container from a pet store owner over here, it makes it a lot easier because aquarium heaters are much cheaper than heat cord.

 

[Tsidasa]

I'm in WA and would LOVE to know how much you are selling babies for! PM me =)

 

[Tsidasa]

musta posted at the same time...ah well i guess you haven't got a dealers licence then =)

 

[Timotei]

Well, we cld still work something out We can do a transfer via a dealer... whereabouts in perth are u ? North or south of the river ?

 

[Tsidasa]

south of the river =) either way we should still make contact cos there's hardly any herpers in Perth area