I bought a dragon a couple of weeks ago from someone on a local selling site. I’m a complete newbie but they had quite a lot of dragons.... they were breeders but looking to downsize there lot. She had been with males but I wasn’t aware she was gravid.
Anyway- past few days she’s been digging so I’ve done my research and made her a laybox, within 10mins of putting her in there today she started laying. Within a couple of hours she had laid 23 eggs.
I marked the tops how she laid them and carefully moved them all to the incubator I emergency bought.
Some of them feel quite bouncy and full, a couple had tiny dents and felt quite soft. But I put them all in the incubator anyway as I was unsure and unprepared. Also 2 of the eggs were attached so I’ve put them in like that too- is that correct or should I be trying to separate?
What’s next please? I’ll attach the photos of the eggs placed in the boxes before I put them in the incubator. Please tell me if there’s anything wrong... what I should be doing now.
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Hi there, that was a big surprise for you, huh ? The eggs look pretty good but you'll know more in a few days or week. You can gently separate the 2, they may be infertile but either way it's O.K to separate them. In general it will feel a little more resistance than like pulling a note from a sticky pad.
You can check them in 4-5 days or a week for fertility [ some people say right away but it's not always evident ] by making the room dark and shining a tiny pen light up to them. I never used to mark the eggs , I hope that large amount of marker you used won't be harmful because any chemical will be absorbed. You can put lids on but you need a lot of good sized holes. What temp. is your incubator and can you post pics of it ?
Oh No, I sure hope I haven’t damaged them using the marker. I read on google about marking them- I didn’t even think about them absorbing it oops.
I’m using the egg o bator with the tubs it comes with. Although I really wanted to buy the herp nursery one but by time she started laying all our shops were shut and I had to buy this off a selling site. I’m using a digital probe thermometer in the incubator right now to keep an eye that it holds the right temp. (29oc?)
Thank you for replying to me.
Okay, I’ve tried to photo the vent hole as best I can- but upon checking again each box actually only has 1 hole as opposed to the 2 I thought they had. Would I be better putting a few holes in the lids maybe?
Lots of holes in the lids now.
Wiped a tiny bit of condensation from the lids this morning. Digital probe thermometer giving consistent 30o temps. All eggs still looking healthy for now.
Fingers crossed
Hello everyone, so a week from the eggs being laid... I THINK I see some pink spots in some of the eggs but I’m totally unsure.
None of the eggs have collapsed or dented yet but 2 In one box look like they’re going mouldy. And a couple are slightly brown.
Should I remove the 2 with the white spots? What about the slightly brown ones- because none have dented yet and still feel fairly firm and bouncy.
As always, appreciate any and all advice
The brown + moldy ones are 99% goners but you can hang on a bit longer to be sure. I'm concerned with the way the marker has absorbed in the eggs, what exact kind of marker was it ?