Pooping out eggs.....

[dhm198555]

Well, since Christmas my female beardie has literally "pooped" out one or two eggs every morning. And I do mean poop, she obviously is trying to push out a poop and an egg comes out each time too. The eggs are big with fully developed embryos inside. Will she just continue to do this? She's still eating although is obviously pretty uncomfortable. There's a "part one" to this thread below with the rest of the info on the situation.

Im so worried!

 

[gilliesexotics]

Hi, you should try setting up a laying bin for asap. Ex: A tote with 8-12inches of moist sand.

 

[dhm198555]

She's in a 4ft by 3ft tote with a foot of damp vermiculite in it. I'm up to 7 healthy eggs now, one every morning with one morning having two. Has anyone ever experienced this? She's doing great herself, acting like a normal beardie, active and eating well. What worries me now is I don't know if the eggs are getting deposited in the same position the started developing in inside of her, just for reference, are the embryos supposed to be facing up when I put them in the incubator? I know your not supposed to turn eggs but ive never had an animal lay fully developed embryos before.

 

[dhm198555]

Here's 6 of the eggs so far, this was taken last night but there was another this morning so I'm up to 7. Do they look okay? Will my female just continure to "poop" them out till ther'ye all out? How long can the eggs actually survive inside her like this? She copulated on November 18th so its been well over a month now.

 

[dhm198555]

oh, and the egg with no marker on it had JUST been layed and is a nice pearly white today

 

[kic90army]

How are the eggs doing? Have you gotten more? How old is your beardie??

 

[dhm198555]

Only a few of the eggs seem to be okay now. I was up to I think 16 but had to toss a few. I think she just held onto them too long although the one that seems to be doing the best she JUST layed 2 days ago. She was bred on November 18th. She's a little over 2 now

 

[loki2014]

I'm curious to know how everything worked out with the eggs? They looked healthy from the picture. For her next batch in case she does the same thing, 1-2 eggs a day, when you shine a light on the egg there's a small thread of red veins and you want that facing up would really like to know if the babies hatched though!!

 

[colin]

Please let us know how this goes ;-)