my jacky dragon just laid HELP

[kel]

what do i do shes laid them on rock in the corner , she only just laid them, what can i do?

 

[Luke1]

make an incubator and put them in an air tight container with 50:50 vermiculite:luke warm water

 

[Kirby]

if you have an incubator, and your ready to look after a bunch of hatchlings. you can incubate them..

if not, and no one you know can help. and you need to get rid of them, freeze thm first.

 

[the.badger]

Are they even fertile?

 

[kel]

i dont know, i only have her and shes been alone since ive had her which is a few months are they like snakes and store the sperm? i dont know, i feel awful i didnt know she was gravid, i had noticed she was fat till this afternoon i looked at her and she looked skinny, thats when i noticed the eggs, i just thought she was well fed, ive never bred reptles before and dont have an incubater or know anyone in gunnedah area with one

 

[the.badger]

I'm not sure if lizards can store sperm - Kirby will know.

Get a torch or spotlight or something and hold some of the eggs up to the light - if you can see little veins running through them then they are fertile. If not, don't even worry about it - just stick em in the freezer then throw them away.

If they are fertile it might be worth posting a thread asking if anyone in your area has room in their incubator.

 

[kel]

there looks to be one slug but the rest look healthy

 

[the.badger]

Doesn't mean they're fertile though - check with a torch.

 

[m.punja]

I have heard Jacky eggs are fairly tolerent to different heat temperatures. Apparantly they'll do well even with extreme differences of up to ten degrees. Chuck them in a plastic container with vermiculite or perlite with water and put them under a light. Keep them roughly around 28deg and if it varies a little don't be too worried. Thats if you dont have an incubator. I know someone who once hatched jacky eggs in an enclosure with his diamond python, the eggs were in a container in the hot area with vermiculite.

Good luck and congrats
How many eggs did she drop?

 

[Kirby]

put them in a tub (chinese food container) or lightly moistened (not soggy) paper towel for now, dont roll them. with a thermometer put them somewere int he tank that is a constant 30C

YES, they can store sperm, if she is still very young, they could be infertile.

run to the shops, or tomorrow morning and get a thermostat and a heat cord, and a styro box if you want to incubate them..

 

[kel]

k theres 7 and the one i thought was a slug was a rock lol, have done that now kirby thanks may as well try and hatch them, notch it up to experience if it doesnt work , the eggs do have veins

 

[falconboy]

I think the best place for constant warmth, if you have an electric hot water system, and its inside (laundry/garage or wherever), is on the top. It doesn't vary much and is constantly warm.

 

[the.badger]

Good luck Kel, hope everything works out!

 

[kel]

thanks for all the advice , i wont hold my breath but time will tell

 

[bulionz]

your lucky im getting 2 bearded dragons nxt year to breed and a incobator