rin0425
Hatchling Member
Hi everyone, my name is Aaron and I have a problem...
I have two 3 year old beardies who grew up together and a few months ago hit sexual maturity and began to fight. One was injured so I placed what I thought was the female in a separate tank. I came home from work, went to fed them and saw that the "male" had laid about 7 eggs all over the enclosure. For some reason I didnt recognize the signs of nesting. Long story short, she has stopped laying her eggs. I was able to massage 1 out and she then laid one more. She has at least 4 more in her. I got a nesting box, warmed the cage to 90, gave her a bath, gave 2 rounds of oxytocin (I work at a vet, but we have no reptile doctor). She hasnt laid another egg in at least 6 hours which is already 36 hours after the first were laid. She doesnt seem in any way distressed, she isnt even attempting to nest or push any more out. Ive given her some chicken baby food with a littl calcium powder in it, however she didnt eat much. There are no herp vets anywhere near me that will be around until friday after christmas (its now tuesday evening). I dont know what to do...if anyone can suggest ANYTHING i would be really appreciative and she would too.
P.S.-the two eggs are in an incubator and both appear fertile the first good news from this mess.
Thanks everyone.
Aaron
I have two 3 year old beardies who grew up together and a few months ago hit sexual maturity and began to fight. One was injured so I placed what I thought was the female in a separate tank. I came home from work, went to fed them and saw that the "male" had laid about 7 eggs all over the enclosure. For some reason I didnt recognize the signs of nesting. Long story short, she has stopped laying her eggs. I was able to massage 1 out and she then laid one more. She has at least 4 more in her. I got a nesting box, warmed the cage to 90, gave her a bath, gave 2 rounds of oxytocin (I work at a vet, but we have no reptile doctor). She hasnt laid another egg in at least 6 hours which is already 36 hours after the first were laid. She doesnt seem in any way distressed, she isnt even attempting to nest or push any more out. Ive given her some chicken baby food with a littl calcium powder in it, however she didnt eat much. There are no herp vets anywhere near me that will be around until friday after christmas (its now tuesday evening). I dont know what to do...if anyone can suggest ANYTHING i would be really appreciative and she would too.
P.S.-the two eggs are in an incubator and both appear fertile the first good news from this mess.
Thanks everyone.
Aaron