Hi guys. My female bearded dragon just recently laid some eggs for the first time. She laid 6 eggs on the 20th, 3 on the 21st, 5 on the 22nd, and 1 on the 23rd. This is my first time breeding my dragons so I really don't know what to do. I read the article named incubating dragon eggs,,,, posted by herpcondo ,Which by the way was very helpful
(Thanks guys!)
I put the eggs in my Hova-Bator and keep them at about 84º-86º and mist them with warm water about twice a day. But I've been noticeing for a couple days now that when I open the incubator, it releases a really bad smell, and just yesterday (the 23rd) I started seeing fungus on a couple of the eggs.
Does this mean that there's too much humidity in the incubator?
Some of the eggs look like they are wet, and when I touch the perlite it feels wet aswell. So I removed part of one of the plastic viewing windows inorder to release some of the humidity and to get some fresh air in.
Also, some of the eggs don't look right to me. 4 out of the 6 eggs that she laid on the 20th are a bright white color while the other 2 are a yellowish color, and 1 of the yellowish ones was very small compaired to the other ones (about half the size) and had many dents in it and was sunken. I've been misting this one alot and it's starting to take on a more roundish shape.
All the other eggs that she laid after the 20th also have a yellowish color to them, and some have dents aswell.
Is this normal?
You could see a red spot in the eggs though.
I was also wondering if the fetus would die if you tip the egg while your handling it?
Like other reptile eggs do.
Should I separate the eggs in its own container so that the fungus doesn't spread to the other eggs? I only have one incubator.
Could I wipe off the fungus with some tissue paper or with a q-tip? Will the fungus hurt the eggs?
Any tips on this subject would be great apreciated.
Thanks in advance.
I put the eggs in my Hova-Bator and keep them at about 84º-86º and mist them with warm water about twice a day. But I've been noticeing for a couple days now that when I open the incubator, it releases a really bad smell, and just yesterday (the 23rd) I started seeing fungus on a couple of the eggs.
Does this mean that there's too much humidity in the incubator?
Some of the eggs look like they are wet, and when I touch the perlite it feels wet aswell. So I removed part of one of the plastic viewing windows inorder to release some of the humidity and to get some fresh air in.
Also, some of the eggs don't look right to me. 4 out of the 6 eggs that she laid on the 20th are a bright white color while the other 2 are a yellowish color, and 1 of the yellowish ones was very small compaired to the other ones (about half the size) and had many dents in it and was sunken. I've been misting this one alot and it's starting to take on a more roundish shape.
All the other eggs that she laid after the 20th also have a yellowish color to them, and some have dents aswell.
Is this normal?
You could see a red spot in the eggs though.
I was also wondering if the fetus would die if you tip the egg while your handling it?
Like other reptile eggs do.
Should I separate the eggs in its own container so that the fungus doesn't spread to the other eggs? I only have one incubator.
Could I wipe off the fungus with some tissue paper or with a q-tip? Will the fungus hurt the eggs?
Any tips on this subject would be great apreciated.
Thanks in advance.