I am incubating 23 bearded dragons eggs at 84 degrees and they are 6 weeks and 5 days old since my female layed them. There is lots of red blood vesuls i can see in the egg with a flashlight and a little shading area around the vesuls. How long shoulds it take for them to hatch at the temp. and how much development should i see in the eggs at that time?
2007-08-14 13:59:50 · 4 answers · asked by Brian R 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
At that temp you should expect hatch of the eggs between 65 and about 75 days from when they were dropped.
The little blood vessels you see and the shadowing you see are all good signs that means that they are fertile. You will not see alot of large growth until shortly before hatching. You will not see much any way since they are developing at the bottom portion of the egg. It is important never to turn the egg as this will cause the youlk to seperate from the shell of the egg killing the embryo inside. Watch your eggs closely. When you see the egg start to dimple in a little cut back your humidity and let them hatch. If they are 6 weeks now I am guessing two maybe three weeks tops till you get some cute little babies. Now I want to warn you I just had 18 hatch here and I am going through about 2000 1/4 inch or 4 week old crickets every week and a half. They eat alot. Oh you should not pull them out of the incubator medium untill at least 24 preferably 48 hours after complete hatch. This allows them to finish absorbing the yolk sack without it drying out on them. It may take them up to 4 or 5 days to start eating after they are out of the egg. This is ok just make sure you are misting once or more a day. They need about 14 hours of light and heat a day for good growth you need a good UVB bulb plus do not forget to dust every meal as thier little bones are growing. Do not get in a panic if you see one poke its nose out and then sit there for several hours this is normal it is hard work to unfold yourself and climb out of that egg. So they will wiggle a little out and then rest, wiggle a little more out and rest. It could take up to 24 hours from the nose coming out to full hatch. Also not all of your eggs will hatch at the same time. They will however usually all start to hatch out within 24 hours of the first one hatching. Once they have all hatched and had time to absorb the yolk move them to tanks and make sure there are lots of basking spots so there is no fighting over who will get to use it. Offer a few crickets on day 3 in the tank to see if they go for them you will know right away if they are ready to eat. Once they start eating feed them all they will eat in a few minutes and do this twice if not three times a day to help them grow. start offering greens at this point as well they will eat them then it is not so hard to get them started on greens later on just make sure they are chopped really fine so they do not choke.
Sorry I just realized I was answering more than just your question. Good luck with the little ones
2007-08-14 19:28:39 · answer #1 · answered by lizard lover 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They'll hatch between 60-65 days. These sound good. The eggs will lose their roundness as the birth time approaches. That is normal. 86 degrees is the maximum if you want to cook them so you might consider lowering your 84 by a few degrees. It may making hatching time longer but it will be better for the babies. Good luck!
2007-08-15 07:09:20 · answer #2 · answered by Jess 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bearded dragons will substitute into VERY territorial, think approximately 2 adult males, which isn't solid by way of fact they're going to start to get extra aggressive and could reason one among them to get injury. If I have been you, i could separate them by way of fact they may be taking off to mature, and turning out to be territorial.
2016-11-12 08:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u could always check with ur family vet abt ur pet.
2007-08-14 14:34:17 · answer #4 · answered by powerman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋