Today my female veiled cham. laid 54 eggs. None of them were fertile because I havent mated her yet, but even still I was happy that she laid them without any problems. I started to notice her getting huge about a month ago and just these past two weeks I could see eggs bulging out of her sides. She is very famished and thirsty after her lay but otherwise doing great. Just thought I would share.

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My kids:

1.0 box turtle
0.1 red foot tortoise
1.0 red eared slider
5.5 bearded dragons
2.8.6 leopard geckos
2.2 cats
1.0 husband
?.? on the way

awesome! gotta love those eggs.

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I'd be famished and thirsty after I laid 54 eggs!

Steve

Well if you DO decide to mate her you can be sure youll have some nice sized cluthches!

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-Ron

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Oh man .....that's a ton of eggs !! Glad she passed them ok.

thats great! My female is currently diggin her burrow, here is a pic...



I would advise you to breed her, its a great experience incubating them, and then seeing those coochy little babies hatch out!

Cheers,

Ian

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I do plan on breeding her, I have a male right now that is catching up in size to her. She hasn't eaten or drank anything yet that I have seen. Ive been keeping a close eye on her. She is very cranky, which I could understand because I would be too. I was just glad that she laid them ok, since this is the first clutch that she has laid for me. She is just skin and bones now so my task at hand is to fatten her up again.

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My kids:

1.0 box turtle
0.1 red foot tortoise
1.0 red eared slider
5.5 bearded dragons
2.8.6 leopard geckos
2.2 cats
1.0 husband
?.? on the way

Congrats, although a shame they are not fertile, but it's good to see that your girl is ready to breed and is laying eggs ok.

Leave her alone, and disturb her only to mist water and feed, and let her rest and build up her energy again. She is probably cranky due to a mixture of exhaustion and protectiveness for her eggs. Mist her lots, and she will drink if she's thirsty, also leave a bowl of water for her. She is feeling pretty vulnerable right now so you are unlikely to see her drink and eat, as this would draw attention to herself.

Keep up the good work and hope she fattens up for you quickly.

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"If you know everything you may as well blow your brains out because the reason for existence is to learn more everyday." - Mark O'Shea, 2004

I just hatched about 20 eggs of mine, and have the next batch in the incubator. It was fun to watch the eggs. They were laid one day before my son was born and hatched when he was 6 months old. Lot longer than my cresteds.