Aren't they beautiful?! Here is our first pair to have a clutch of eggs this year. Mom is in the grass and her name is Boo. Mr. B.D. is on a table posing like a pro. They have been breeding successfully for us for a few years now. Here are some facts about Beardie eggs:
*We must provide the perfect soil for her to lay her eggs. She prefers a 50/50 mix of organic potting soil and the black sandy loam we have here in Central Florida. It must be wet enough to stick together when she tunnels underneath. We fill a 10 gallon aquarium with about 6 inches of the soil and she faithfully digs a tunnel-like hole to safely lay her eggs. She must not be disturbed or she will stop digging. But like a sea turtle, once she begins to lay, she is committed.*We watch her carefully and remove the eggs before she covers them. She's not very gentle during this process and has smashed some eggs with her pointy nose as she packs the dirt in tight. She usually never notices they are gone and will automatically fill her empty hole!!
*We incubate the eggs at 80-84 degrees in a Styrofoam incubator for approximately 70 days. We are conservative and incubate at lower temperatures, so sometimes our eggs take longer to hatch than the recommended guidelines.
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