Pregnant Beardie

[LeylasMommy]

Our female is pregnant. We are unsure how far along she is, as we've only had her a week and a half, but she was housed with other males at the reptile store. I can see the grape-like dimples in her belly and she's been digging. we've put a lay-box in her terrarium and removed our male. How will I know when she's ready to lay?

 

[Bill]

She will start digging everywhere in her cage we use a tote as a lay box.

 

[LeylasMommy]

She has been digging, a lot. All day yesterday, part of the day before and already a lot today. What's a tote? We're using coco-husk in a plastic storage container.

 

[Bill]

A plastic storage container is what I call a tote
What do you have in it is it damp so that she can dig and make a tunnel I keep ours around 8 inches deep.

She has been digging, a lot. All day yesterday, part of the day before and already a lot today. What's a tote? We're using coco-husk in a plastic storage container.

 

[LeylasMommy]

Coco-husk. It starts out like a brick of dirt, but you add water, it expands and fluffs up.

 

[Bill]

I have never used it I use dirt and sand mixed not telling you not to use Coco i just never used it .

 

[LeylasMommy]

Do you think vermiculite would be better?

 

[Bill]

Use the search at the top I'm sure there is a post on what can be used.

 

[Bill]

Do you think vermiculite would be better?

I use it in my incubator haven’t tried it in a lay box

 

[Bill]

We use 50% soil(organic)50%Sand and wet it

 

[GemmyLou]

We use sand && skegness moss.
when my beardie was pregnant we found the day before she laid she was very active an trying to climb up her viv walls && the next day she was calmer but digging alot!

 

[LeylasMommy]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Terra Colson Nicholson]

well so how did it go?

 

[LeylasMommy]

She laid!!! 18 eggs, but only 9 were fertile. All 9 have hatched and are healthy!

 

[LeylasMommy]

Oh! Then she laid a 2nd clutch of 18, so far, 17 are fertile and due to hatch soon!

 

[Terra Colson Nicholson]

nice.. I expect my first clutch next week...

 

[GemmyLou]

Aw congrats
Iv hatched 48 with 10 left to go