Rankins":1b2tpocv said:Hmm...I don't see much of a problem with this. If the eggs were just laid and shipped with a heat pack overnight there is a chance they could survive. Bearded dragon eggs are really durable. Seems better than tossing fertile eggs out. Hopefully he isn't selling them for much. I have dropped an entire egg box before shortly after eggs were laid and they all survived.
AHBD":f82pmhhv said:Funny thing Rankin's is I did the same [ dropped a clutch of eggs ] when they were near hatching+ they all hatched. They were fully formed babies which , if healthy, can take it. When they are just starting at the very beginning of becoming the part of the embryo that attaches to the shell , that is when they can't be turned.
AHBD":34pfroe3 said:I just thought I'd mention something to hopefully ease your mind. If the guy is selling them they must have just been laid. If that's so then they do not even have anything like a nervous system yet, can not feel pain or anything like that. Some people who have had dragons lay multiple fertile clutches actually dispose of some, it's not really inhumane because, as mentioned, there's no nervous system to feel pain. Some people say you must freeze them but just putting them in water kills them. <<<< yep , just laid or very undeveloped eggs that he can't incubate are best fed straight back to the mother beardie who laid them, they a full of protein and calcium and will help build her back up afterwards. If they have been sitting around for a while been too cold , the embryos are likely dead already .... still a very low act trying to sell the eggs and wanting to send them to the buyer/s by post ...., the seller has to be a cretin and I hope he's reading this and I hope he gets really upset by our collective opinions of him or her.
He may be hoping to make some $$ from people who think it might be cool to hatch their own dragon.....of course the eggs must not be moved after a couple of days, this will kill them as well. So, the buyer [ if he actually gets any ] would have to receive them within about a 2 day window period, it might actually be slightly longer, but if they are jiggled + turned over after a certain period of time they will die. So it's not likely that any eggs will survive the ordeal, but at least they will not feel pain.
Interestingly, panther chameleon eggs actually can survive being turned and jostled and one breeder has shipped eggs for people to hatch.
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