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Mad4You2
04-21-2008, 01:44 PM
I bought 3 of my Beardies about 3 years ago as hatchlings from Dachiu. I got a male and a female at the same time to go along with the female I already had and then I got Bob (studmuffin) from a breeder who was getting out of Bearded Dragons at a show in Dallas. So all this time, I've had this male named Boo2....well it's a miracle because he laid 15 eggs during the night! He's a SHE! Crap....I thought he was just a lot younger than Bob and wasn't as well developed....actually Boo might be a hermaphrodite....because it doesn't look like totally like a female either. They are all in separate enclosures and none of them have been together for over a year. I put the eggs in the freezer this morning when I found them.

I've been waiting for him/her to poop so I can send off a fecal for EM testing for Adenovirus...he/she has not been cooperative at all. It's always dried out when I find it and I can't get him/her to go in the water when soaking. For the last week there have been tiny poops like Elvira does before she laid all THREE TIMES this year. He/She has always looked bloated...now I'm worried that she's been absorbing the eggs....Etouffee, the first female I got from Dachiu died last year from for dystocia with egg-yolk peritonitis, so I'm keeping a close eye on Boo.

Geeze...I feel like a complete idiot - pondering over why he stays so fat and he's/she's not eating any more than the others - thought he had a slow metabolism or something.

At least I know for sure that I have 1.2 Bearded Dragons now and hopefully if the AV testing is negative we'll breed next year and really want the eggs that are laid!

AneesasMuse
04-21-2008, 02:34 PM
I hope all works out for you guys! Good Luck with the testing and the girl being a GIRL! :icon_winkle:

Whenever I feed steamed butternut or acorn.. any of the hard squashes... to Hugo, he poops like FOUR Beardies the next day or so :heh: It's worth a try!

Kagome100
04-21-2008, 03:13 PM
wow lol well congrats on the eggs tho :)

Mad4You2
04-21-2008, 05:23 PM
wow lol well congrats on the eggs tho :)

Thanks but they are Infertile....s/he hasn't been with either of the opposite sex for over a year....I froze them this morning. Unless......she is a true s/he and fertilized her onw eggs.....:shocked:

Yeah...I would have been happy with a clutch to incubate! :(

Mad4You2
05-02-2008, 10:49 PM
Boo died unexpectly yesterday evening. I took her to the Vet to be sent to Texas A&M University for a necropsy, mainly to check for adenovirus. The Vet called today with the gross necropsy results and she had pre-ovulation egg stasis...it burst the tube and she bled out internally. This has been bad for me, I've had her since she was 6" long and she was 18" and hovered above 600 grams in weight. Elvira and Boo arrived together from Dachiu in November 2005 and their enclosures are next to each other. I cleaned the furniture in Boo's tank last night and today I didn't turn on the lights. Elvira kept looking over there and looking at me....she seems really sad. :sad:

Chandler Rep
05-02-2008, 10:55 PM
Sorry to hear that Angie....

Mad4You2
05-02-2008, 10:56 PM
Sorry to hear that Angie....

Thanks Jeff...

kare
05-02-2008, 11:33 PM
Sorry about your loss, Angie. You'll have to give the girl some extra attention to help you both through this time.

snowliz
05-02-2008, 11:58 PM
I'm so sorry for your loss. Hoe things look up soon.

Tama
05-03-2008, 10:41 AM
I'm very sorry to hear of your loss.:hug:

Otter_23
05-03-2008, 01:04 PM
Very sorry about your loss Angie.