My female bearded dragon that is almost 1 year old just laid 20 eggs yesterday afternoon and they are pretty dented. I was told to put them into a plastic container and put the moist vermiculite with the eggs and keep the temperature in between 80 and 85 degrees and keep the humidity up but I don't know if that means they are dried out or what? Please help!- And we have her in a cage with a male that is almost 1 year old to so we are pretty sure they mated.
Possibly you mean vermiculite,which is an inert substance obtained from mica compounds.Vermiculite is used in mixing various composts,there might well be a trade name of Vermicompost.
I was just researching pig manure and the term vermicompost is the word used for worm composted pig manure. Never thought that I would actually need this info. LOL By the way pig manure is good on flowers but not edible garden.
Vermiculture is growing raising and using worms for fertilizer and compost. I have a bin going right now. The castings and worm poopoo is one of the best composts you can use. In Spring, I will remove the worms and use all the leftovers in my garden....about one teaspoon per plant. Vermi compost is made up of worm castings, worm poop, and any other debris that the worms left behind. My worms eat all my shredded paper and leftover kitchen vegetable scraps. I keep the worms in an 18 gallon storage bin and nobody even knows it is a worm bin.
doesn't sound good. but its worms that make compost.
Vermin is a term applied to various animal species regarded as pests or nuisances and especially to those associated with the carrying of disease. Since the term is defined in relation to human activities, which species are included will vary from area to area and even person to person. The term itself derives from the Latin vermis, meaning worm, and originally had reference to the vermiform larvae of certain insects, many of which infest foodstuffs. Disease-carrying rodents and insects are the usual case, but the term is also applied to larger animals, on the basis that they exist out of balance with a desired environment, consuming excessive resources. Pigeons, which have been widely introduced in urban environments, may be considered vermin, or, pejoratively, flying rats. Some varieties of snake are also referred to as vermin from time to time. The term is also used as an extremely pejorative characterization of a particular class or group of people as inferior and subhuman, and often considered social parasites. Application of the term can be wide, having been applied over the centuries in different languages, to various groups, and its use is usually based on a perception that the target group's views are disease-like, or that such groups exist out of sociological balance with the common society.
