NCSUCarrie
Juvie Member
Hi everyone,
Brief history - Female beardie named Sydney, who is almost 2 years old; Adopted a Male beardie past Oct. This year Sydney has been acting hormonal. We had gotten a lay box ready 4-6 weeks ago when she was digging in the cage more and acting more anxious at times, but she would immediately try to leap out of the lay box and never dug in there. Continued to eat well, so I was hoping we were just dealing with follicles.... and fast forward to today....
Left for a long weekend on Thurs and got back today - had people checking in on the dragons daily. Get home today and I see old dried up eggs in the cage.... She laid 7 that I saw of various sizes, but had some yellow yolk-esque material on her beard and around her head, so I dunno if she ate some, none, or most of the eggs...
The eggs were a light yellow in color w/ some white coloration on them and really hard - is this consistent with infertile eggs that have dried out ? They didn't look particularly like reptile eggs in my opinion, so I dunno if they are super abnormal or just dried out.
She's had a big bath so far and got her some more liquid calcium and then remade a lay box (the crickets had retaken over the last one as that as their old container). She's in it now, but not interested in digging. She is still trying to climb out periodically, but less so than when she was in before a month or so ago, (but I also think she is more tired now). I've tried to help make a burrow with her and so far not interested.
So the big advice I'm specifically looking for (but will take any and all) is how long should I keep her in they lay box ? Would it be better to try and fill a shoebox with the potting soil I have and put it in the tank with her ? Should I just stop worrying and see what happens ? If she still has eggs to lay do you think she'll dig somewhere - cage, lay box, etc ? lol Poor little girl dug so much on the slate tiles while we were gone she wore down several of her front nails
I'm feeling rather guilty about the whole situation now. This is my first experience with eggs in my own beardies...
Thanks for any advice... I'm going to give her a second bath here in a few to get the dirt off and offer her some insects or critical care in a bit.
Carrie
Brief history - Female beardie named Sydney, who is almost 2 years old; Adopted a Male beardie past Oct. This year Sydney has been acting hormonal. We had gotten a lay box ready 4-6 weeks ago when she was digging in the cage more and acting more anxious at times, but she would immediately try to leap out of the lay box and never dug in there. Continued to eat well, so I was hoping we were just dealing with follicles.... and fast forward to today....
Left for a long weekend on Thurs and got back today - had people checking in on the dragons daily. Get home today and I see old dried up eggs in the cage.... She laid 7 that I saw of various sizes, but had some yellow yolk-esque material on her beard and around her head, so I dunno if she ate some, none, or most of the eggs...
The eggs were a light yellow in color w/ some white coloration on them and really hard - is this consistent with infertile eggs that have dried out ? They didn't look particularly like reptile eggs in my opinion, so I dunno if they are super abnormal or just dried out.
She's had a big bath so far and got her some more liquid calcium and then remade a lay box (the crickets had retaken over the last one as that as their old container). She's in it now, but not interested in digging. She is still trying to climb out periodically, but less so than when she was in before a month or so ago, (but I also think she is more tired now). I've tried to help make a burrow with her and so far not interested.
So the big advice I'm specifically looking for (but will take any and all) is how long should I keep her in they lay box ? Would it be better to try and fill a shoebox with the potting soil I have and put it in the tank with her ? Should I just stop worrying and see what happens ? If she still has eggs to lay do you think she'll dig somewhere - cage, lay box, etc ? lol Poor little girl dug so much on the slate tiles while we were gone she wore down several of her front nails
I'm feeling rather guilty about the whole situation now. This is my first experience with eggs in my own beardies... Thanks for any advice... I'm going to give her a second bath here in a few to get the dirt off and offer her some insects or critical care in a bit.
Carrie
