Gravid Beardie...to separate or not?!?

[parsons]

My female beardie is gravid and you can start to feel her eggs...she is still in with the man...should I separate her now? Or just put her laying box in there? I got 2 kitty litter trays, and put them together with vermiculite....is this suffice for her?

 

[wranga]

dosent matter if you remove the male or not. he will probably try and mate with her when she lays if you leave him in with her. ive never had a beardie that will lay in vermiculite, ive allways use damp sand in the lay box

 

[parsons]

Thanks for the info...so do you recommend to separate?....is red desert sand ok...or a special type of sand? I thought that vermiculite was the preferred substrate for egg laying....or is it just for incubating?

 

[wranga]

i leave my males in unless their 'raping' the females. i use washed play sand that i buy from bunnings. vermiculite is for incubating

 

[parsons]

Well, yes, he still wants to mate with her all the time.