Hi all,
I have a very deperate situation and I hope I can get some advice.
I am a beardie slave, but love all animasl especially reptiles. Anyway, that's beside the point. A colleague at work's kids found a blue headed agama which appears to be very tame (strange because they are mainly wild), anyway, they are not big animal people and so they have given her to me now that the kids got bored. She's very lovely. I got her this morning.
Now she seems very small. at least her head is. Had she been a little skinnier I would have maybe assumed that she's just young. But her belly is very big and lumpy and if I gently feel the lumps they are without a doubt eggs. I'm sure this lady is pregnant! And I think her body is too small. That being said I have never laid eyes on a gravid lizard before let alone this species. These are native to my country so I'm not allowed to keep even though I would love to! but I'm worried about freeing her if she's not in the best of health. and especially if she's pregnant.
For the time being being I have an extra tank with UVB and heat etc...
I haven't gotten her home yet so we'll see how that goes.
My areas of concern are that she seems very uncomfortable and lazy and from what I've read they are usually quite active. Could she just simply be cold? or could she be egg bound considering that I think she's pretty small.
She pooped earlier and it looked healthy if not a little small by comparison to a beardies business.
and then the other question is purely curiosity - If agamas and beardies are in the same family, can they be introduced to each other? I have seen Monitors and Igs in the same habitat. Just wondering - I don't intend to do any introductions as I hope that this little lady will be back in the wild where she belongs in the near future.
Thanks in advance for all your advice!
I have a very deperate situation and I hope I can get some advice.
I am a beardie slave, but love all animasl especially reptiles. Anyway, that's beside the point. A colleague at work's kids found a blue headed agama which appears to be very tame (strange because they are mainly wild), anyway, they are not big animal people and so they have given her to me now that the kids got bored. She's very lovely. I got her this morning.
Now she seems very small. at least her head is. Had she been a little skinnier I would have maybe assumed that she's just young. But her belly is very big and lumpy and if I gently feel the lumps they are without a doubt eggs. I'm sure this lady is pregnant! And I think her body is too small. That being said I have never laid eyes on a gravid lizard before let alone this species. These are native to my country so I'm not allowed to keep even though I would love to! but I'm worried about freeing her if she's not in the best of health. and especially if she's pregnant.
For the time being being I have an extra tank with UVB and heat etc...
I haven't gotten her home yet so we'll see how that goes.
My areas of concern are that she seems very uncomfortable and lazy and from what I've read they are usually quite active. Could she just simply be cold? or could she be egg bound considering that I think she's pretty small.
She pooped earlier and it looked healthy if not a little small by comparison to a beardies business.
and then the other question is purely curiosity - If agamas and beardies are in the same family, can they be introduced to each other? I have seen Monitors and Igs in the same habitat. Just wondering - I don't intend to do any introductions as I hope that this little lady will be back in the wild where she belongs in the near future.
Thanks in advance for all your advice!