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Mountain Horned Dragon Laid Eggs!

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A friend of mine bought a female mountain horned dragon at a pet store....brought it home and within 24 hours she laid 9 eggs! The pet store told her that the MHD was about 9 months old....but wouldn't she have to be older to lay eggs? She is about 8 inches from nose to the end of her tail...Any way....I've read as much as I can to help my friend out with the eggs....I'm more into reptiles than she is....her kids wanted the MHD....Can anyone give me some advice about the eggs? I know they may not be viable....but we thought we'd try to incubate the eggs anyway...you never know! Right now I have the eggs in a plastic container on vermiculite...and have them at about 70 degrees F.....I thought they would have to be incubated at a higher temp, but from what I've read, it's better to keep them at a lower temp?? Any advice would be great! Also, what size UVB bulb should be used for MHD? The pet store sold my friend 2 of the reptisun 2 bulbs....but I thought maybe 7 or 10 would be better?? They are neat little reptiles...but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info out there. Thanks!
 
A couple of things. First off, I would seriously doubt that the dragon are CBB so the pet store would have no clue as to how old it is. A few people have bred them, or more specifically a few people have successfully hatched eggs from a WC female so I suppose there is a slim chance that the babies were at least CH and the store knows the age. I wouldn't put any money on it though.

Second, I know that the temps for incubation are lower than one might think. 70 is not to low as far as I know.

Check out this site.

http://www.froggieb.com/MHDHome.html

Marcia was the first, or at least one of the first, to breed these animals and publish the results.

You should be able to find what you need there.
 
I forgot to add. I haven't been there in a while but the Kingsnake.com forums had several people who were seriously into these guys. You should be able to find some help over there.
 
Thanks for the help! I was on Marcia's site and it is very helpful...I'll check out the kingsnake forum too. :0)
 
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