TankGirl05
New member
Hi, I'm new. A little history: I've worked at an exotic pet store for the past 2 and 1/2 years. I specialize in the dietary needs of omnivorous lizards, with my passion being beardies. My mom and I just began breeding last year. Had our first clutch, but unfortunately only had 4 hatch out of our first clutch of 11. My mom wasn't keeping up with the humidity as well as she needed and I was working 2 jobs.
Our first breeding was between her female and my male. My male passed away in October of 2008 (they were breed in early April 08) He was an older rescue that had over come parasites and infection, he had a good life for the year that I had him, but his previous life was very lacking in proper care and ultimately shortened his life.
Now for my issue at hand.
My Mom now has 2 dragons a male a female, she put them together to breed and they bred on 02/15/09. She laid eggs tonight 03/02/09. A healthy looking small clutch of 16 eggs pink and full, no windows or anything. I have no idea how long they can retain sperm. But it doesn't seem likely she could produce 16 healthy eggs in 2 weeks. I had also noticed she was putting on some weight about a week before they bred, thinking that she was just bulking up from the extra food... Is it possible that a year after breeding her to my male that she could have another clutch from stored sperm? I know they can retain sperm, but I've only heard of them laying multiple clutch every few months, not waiting a whole year.
If anyone has an answer for me I'd appreciate it Just very confused... lol.
Our first breeding was between her female and my male. My male passed away in October of 2008 (they were breed in early April 08) He was an older rescue that had over come parasites and infection, he had a good life for the year that I had him, but his previous life was very lacking in proper care and ultimately shortened his life.
Now for my issue at hand.
My Mom now has 2 dragons a male a female, she put them together to breed and they bred on 02/15/09. She laid eggs tonight 03/02/09. A healthy looking small clutch of 16 eggs pink and full, no windows or anything. I have no idea how long they can retain sperm. But it doesn't seem likely she could produce 16 healthy eggs in 2 weeks. I had also noticed she was putting on some weight about a week before they bred, thinking that she was just bulking up from the extra food... Is it possible that a year after breeding her to my male that she could have another clutch from stored sperm? I know they can retain sperm, but I've only heard of them laying multiple clutch every few months, not waiting a whole year.
If anyone has an answer for me I'd appreciate it Just very confused... lol.