Dragon laid 18 eggs and all collapsed!?!

[cjzshartzer]

Hi everyone! So my female dragon laid 18 beauitful eggs and they all collapsed with a two hour time period. I bred her with my male so I expected a clutch. She laid on top of plain sand in her egg laying bin, rather than the nice moist egg laying soil, organic dirt combo. I waited until she was done and until the eggs darken up to a soil white (about an hour until they were no longer pinkish) and then moved them into the egg bins with moist sand dirt combo that i allowed to get slightly warm. I placed the egg bins under heat lamps and a heat pad to keep the egg bins around 80 degrees until I could get the incubator ready. I wasn't expecting her to lay for another few weeks so the incubator wasn't ready! Before finding out she was expecting, I housed them together for a while and she was huge forever...yes, I know this is a no, no and they probably mated without me knowing more than I want to know. So, while housed together I caught them in the act so I seperated them. Two weeks later she layed. So she was obviously preggers before. So why would 18 eggs collapse? I have done my research and know that first time clutches are known to collapse but why 18? Any help or links to websites are greatly appreciated!

 

[lizzywoodwardBD]

The only thing that i could think of is that you didn't have enough humidity in the container that you were keeping the eggs in before you put them in the incubator. And yes the first clutch of eggs sometimes don't make it for a reason the i don't really know (if someone else knows i would like to know).

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Yes to low of humidity. You also need to keep them separated from now on. Good luck.

 

[koiboydavid]

Doesnt sound like they were fertile to me.

 

[Fogles]

I just had 12 and all collappsed, incubator temp was 82-83 and humidity was 70-79.

I did everything i was suppose to do.

It was the first clutch so i guess I can't do anything about this.

 

[cjzshartzer]

After she laid the eggs, they were moved to containers with the right amount of humidity and temp. Research that I have done online seems to suggest that the first clutch is infertile. I have also read that some female release eggs without mating up to 9 times a year! Crazy! I have been watching her eating habits and her belly, even though it has only been a week, to see if she may lay again. Crossing my fingers. I ordered silkworms and pheonix worms for her, too. Research also suggests that they are the best feeders!