help me with my pregnant beardie please

[jose vega]

my beardie is pregnant and yesterday while i was showering her she laid an egg, it was brownish and soft...this is my first time having to deal with this so i didnt know what do do, so i lifted her and the egg, and put her in her tank to lay the rest but nothing has happened..is that normal or do i have to do someithng?​

 

[Fliehigh]

First off, Brown egg means that it was not fertilized.

Secondly, does she have a lay box in her cage with her? If she doesn't you NEED to get her one. This will let her lay teh rest. If she doesn't lay them soon you should take her to a vet as impacted eggs can kill her.

 

[jose vega]

OK THANKZ FLIEHIGH

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Hi Jose,
Are you noticing any odd behavior?? Lethargic, or antsy??
What i would do In this case is give Her a long warm soak in water up to her shoulders.
If she is on the antsy side I would get her into a laybox. I use a large rubbermaid tub with damp playsand about 6 to 8 inches deep. I use a lid and a clamplamp to warm it.
If she want to lay she will dig a hole and deposit her eggs.
Are you sure it was an egg and not a funky urate??

 

[jose vega]

well not really just that she is more calm....she has everything, i shower her daily as well..
the male on the other hand, is always bobbing his head now, and his beard is always black now

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

I dont suppose you have a picture of the egg??
A young male is going to be fired up if near a female.
Are you housing together?

 

[jose vega]

not anymore, yea theyre housed together,...i put up a picture of the female..

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Just a recomendation.
Split them up and make sure your girl is 115% before putting them back together. The male may be keeping her from laying.

 

[jose vega]

ILL TRY THAT BUT I DONT HAVE ANYWHERE TO PUT THE MALE

 

[jose vega]

CAN YOU TELL WHAT BREED THEY ARE?

 

[Bill]

He will keep her stressed out separate them so she can’t see him. Fatten her up weigh her and see if she is gaining weight,then when you do breed them you will be able to track how she is doing by her weight.

 

[BreeJensen]

well not really just that she is more calm....she has everything, i shower her daily as well..
the male on the other hand, is always bobbing his head now, and his beard is always black now

I'm only commenting on the "showering" part of this post.
Showering more than once a week can be harmful to a bearded dragons nails.
Long soakings for excessive amounts of time can cause their nails to soften to the point of falling out and/or deterioration.

 

[Bill]

I'm only commenting on the "showering" part of this post.
Showering more than once a week can be harmful to a bearded dragons nails.
Long soakings for excessive amounts of time can cause their nails to soften to the point of falling out and/or deterioration.

I haven’t heard that before I know too much soaking is no good but didn’t know there nails would fall out.

 

[Josh]

that sounds like some type of foot rot. it would take more than long soaks to accomplish that, i would think...

 

[BreeJensen]

I've had it happen.
My first bearded dragon would receive weekly soakings. He soon started to lose a few nails. I too thought it may have been a foot rot.
I took him to a few specialists and they each said his foot was fine, but that the soaking was keeping his skin too moist too often. Which also sounded like it was causing a foot rot to me, but when I brought that up they all said that it wasn't moist enough for rot, but enough for loss of nails.