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On the 26th November 2007, 72 days after being laid, Shrek and Fiona's eggs started to hatch. This picture was my first sighting of three of the little one's emerging at one o'clock in the afternoon.
Hatching is a slow strenous business, and 3 hours later these pictures were taken showing the babies heads starting to emerge. There are clearly five eggs in this picture now starting to hatch with the tell tale signs of the eggs collapsing.
14 hours later, the next morning, five babies had fully hatched, and were lying quietly in the incubator where they will stay for another 12 hours or so until they have fully absorbed the yolk sac.
A couple of hours later I checked to find the little ones all over the incubator looking almost ready to be moved! I'll be putting them into their new vivarium later, and will post more pictures then!
A couple of hours later I checked to find the little ones all over the incubator looking almost ready to be moved! I'll be putting them into their new vivarium later, and will post more pictures then!
Michael's first baby bearded dragons have now all been placed in new homes. We expect to breed more in the summer of 2008. Please contact me for further details. it
After 24 hours, when they started running around the incubator, I very carefully removed them and put them in a container to move to the incubator. It was then I found that I had seven little babies in all! The picture below shows them just after I got them out of the incubator.
The next evening I went to check the remaining eggs - and found another nine had hatched and were already running around! One unfortunately was deformed, with no back feet, but it was scampering around just as fast as all of the rest. I am going to keep this little one to make sure it gets a good home!
The following pictures show a couple of the babies in the new vivarium. They are a mixture of colours - some already showing hints of orange on them. They are a mischievious bunch - scrambing on top of one another. Great fun to watch!
The following pictures show a couple of the babies in the new vivarium. They are a mixture of colours - some already showing hints of orange on them. They are a mischievious bunch - scrambing on top of one another. Great fun to watch!
Beginning to eat
The babies didn't seem bothered with eating for the first 3 or 4 days, which is quite normal. But today they showed a lot of interest in a tub of crickets placed outside the vivarium, so I put a load in (dusted with calcium dust). All the babies got very excited!
It was fun to watch - their hunting techniques weren't too good at first, and some lunged for a cricket and missed, but they soon got the hang of it and were chomping away. One baby got a bit of a fright and ran away from a cricket which looked like it was chasing him, but he soon realised that was the wrong way round, and turned hunter! They all seemed to feed well.
The babies didn't seem bothered with eating for the first 3 or 4 days, which is quite normal. But today they showed a lot of interest in a tub of crickets placed outside the vivarium, so I put a load in (dusted with calcium dust). All the babies got very excited!
It was fun to watch - their hunting techniques weren't too good at first, and some lunged for a cricket and missed, but they soon got the hang of it and were chomping away. One baby got a bit of a fright and ran away from a cricket which looked like it was chasing him, but he soon realised that was the wrong way round, and turned hunter! They all seemed to feed well.
At this age they are very sociable, and like to sit in groups together. They climb all over each other. Some are darker, some lighter, some already with a greeny gold tinge. Apart from the one without back feet it isn't possible to tell them apart too well at this stage.
9th Dec
The babies are now coming up for two weeks old. They are eating crickets as well as kale and are definitely little eating and pooping machines! The colours are getting brighter!
Couldn't resist including this pic of Shrek and Fi (Fi's on top) showing that they are all ready for Christmas. Don't know what they expect to get in that stocking though!
Second Clutch hatch
Two days before Christmas one baby hatched from the second clutch - his brothers and sisters were less impatient and waited until Christmas Day! Over Christmas a total of 19 babies hatched in all - all fit and healthy!
Now I was looking after 37 babies, which took quite a bit of time and effort making sure they were clean and fed. Luckily, but keeping a good supply of veg available, and 1000s of crickets, all babies eat and grew well, with no tail or toe nipping.
Selling all the babies took quite a time, but was a lot of fun - I met some great people who I hope will stay in touch with me as Shrek and Fi's first babies grow into adults.
The babies are now coming up for two weeks old. They are eating crickets as well as kale and are definitely little eating and pooping machines! The colours are getting brighter!
Couldn't resist including this pic of Shrek and Fi (Fi's on top) showing that they are all ready for Christmas. Don't know what they expect to get in that stocking though!
Second Clutch hatch
Two days before Christmas one baby hatched from the second clutch - his brothers and sisters were less impatient and waited until Christmas Day! Over Christmas a total of 19 babies hatched in all - all fit and healthy!
Now I was looking after 37 babies, which took quite a bit of time and effort making sure they were clean and fed. Luckily, but keeping a good supply of veg available, and 1000s of crickets, all babies eat and grew well, with no tail or toe nipping.
Selling all the babies took quite a time, but was a lot of fun - I met some great people who I hope will stay in touch with me as Shrek and Fi's first babies grow into adults.
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