Last night my bearded dragon ended up laying eggs, I was told she was a boy at the pet shop I bought her from so I didn‘t even know she was gravid so she ended up laying them in the viv, Anyway she started to cover the eggs up but then she stopped and started to move the eggs into the corner with her head, she then continued to violently head but them and ended up smashing a few of the eggs, so I had to take them away before she smashed them all. I want to know if anyone had experienced this before and if anyone can tell me maybe why she was doing this? Weather she was stressed out I don‘t know but any answers would be great! :) Also I know for sure that the other Bearded dragon she is kept with is male so she was most likely mated. I don‘t really know how to tell if they are fertile or not and Google is just giving me different answers but the Eggs are white and have pinky, red circles on them, some even have small red lines on them when held up to light, possibly veins? but I don‘t know. :)
They are fertile if you see the circle of of life and veins. Always try to keep the eggs in the original position in which they where laid so they won't die and kill the embryo. Keep them in vermiculite and make sure It is moist. Put them in an incubator at 84°F so they won't die off. If the eggs swell and get bigger as the baby beardies grow inside their eggs then you will be postive that they stayed fertile. The eggs will sweat and get dimples when they are ready to hatch. Beardie eggs take 2 to 3 months to hatch so you have some time to get a 40 gallon breeder tank for them to be in. Place the eggs in to plastic tubs that you can buy in any dollar store and make air holes for the eggs to breathe while putting them in the moist vermiculite. The humidity in the incubator should be at 75% at all times so get a humidity gadge and temperature gadge and place them inside the incubator. And remember beardies can lay up to 150 eggs. Use the repti-bator from zoomed.
