Here I am, 13 cute baby lawsons/Rankin/Pigmy bearded dragons, from my dragons first clutch.
They are already arm waving, glass surfing and more (On Day 2).
The parents have no idea what they have done
(Buddy and Sandy)
I put our chances at less than minimal (never done it before, first clutch etc.), of having baby bearded dragons. So much can go wrong. Moisture levels, temp, storage containers, rolling the eggs, fungus, crushed eggs and more. (3 eggs that were laid, were no good and indented immediately).
From working out how to get a Gravid bearded dragon to lay in sand (and not eat it), avoid impactation, keep her hydrated, feed her calcium, retrieve eggs at the right time etc, not easy.
All of this and the babies were born on a 45C day in the midst of a heatwave (Temps in my state almost hit 50C/122F last week).
We must have learnt a lot and done everything right !!! Phew. There are 13 and are about 2.5-3 cm long and very exhausted. Soon to be scampering about !
This journey has been great for my family. my girls wanted pets and I was thinking a cat or dog. They wanted dragons. We randomly selected 2 and they were male.
One died (RIP Bernie) and we replaced with another "male" (Little Mister). Then one of the vivarium temperature control failed so we housed together for a period.
Then the "male" turns out to be female (Little Mister became - Big Momma - became Sandy) and with eggs ..., whoops.
Then she laid and I candled the eggs, they were fertile ... whoops again ... fast forward and we now have 13 new baby dragons (Last one pipped about 12 hours ago).
They are awesome to watch, and very cute.
Some have started eating and in these temps, are loving a batch in their drinking water. They even don't mind being misted !
Now, Sandy ... nicknamed big momma as she gets big with eggs, is Gravid again .... Oh, the cycle starts again
So, the journey continues ....
They are already arm waving, glass surfing and more (On Day 2).
The parents have no idea what they have done
(Buddy and Sandy)
I put our chances at less than minimal (never done it before, first clutch etc.), of having baby bearded dragons. So much can go wrong. Moisture levels, temp, storage containers, rolling the eggs, fungus, crushed eggs and more. (3 eggs that were laid, were no good and indented immediately).
From working out how to get a Gravid bearded dragon to lay in sand (and not eat it), avoid impactation, keep her hydrated, feed her calcium, retrieve eggs at the right time etc, not easy.
All of this and the babies were born on a 45C day in the midst of a heatwave (Temps in my state almost hit 50C/122F last week).
We must have learnt a lot and done everything right !!! Phew. There are 13 and are about 2.5-3 cm long and very exhausted. Soon to be scampering about !
This journey has been great for my family. my girls wanted pets and I was thinking a cat or dog. They wanted dragons. We randomly selected 2 and they were male.
One died (RIP Bernie) and we replaced with another "male" (Little Mister). Then one of the vivarium temperature control failed so we housed together for a period.
Then the "male" turns out to be female (Little Mister became - Big Momma - became Sandy) and with eggs ..., whoops.
Then she laid and I candled the eggs, they were fertile ... whoops again ... fast forward and we now have 13 new baby dragons (Last one pipped about 12 hours ago).
They are awesome to watch, and very cute.
Some have started eating and in these temps, are loving a batch in their drinking water. They even don't mind being misted !
Now, Sandy ... nicknamed big momma as she gets big with eggs, is Gravid again .... Oh, the cycle starts again
So, the journey continues ....