acidburn01
Sub-Adult Member
- Beardie name(s)
- Toothless
Okay, so as you know, Dreki is the infertile egg laying champ and we are so over it. We don't wanna spay her because we do want to breed her with our boys. Optimally, I'd like to have her create a clutch from both Toothless and Nubby and maybe even Luci, when he's old enough, if possible.
First, I know they say females need to be at least 24 months but what sort of complications would there be if she isn't.? Dreki turned one in like February but she lays *perfect* eggs every month with zero issues, if that matters. Would letting her mate (hopefully successfully) cut back on the constant infertile eggs afterward.? Second, if she were to have a fertile clutch with Toothless, how long would we need to wait before trying to let her mate with Nubby.? I know they can store sperm, so I wasn't sure if a female can have multiple partners in x time frame and how long it needs to be in between each mating. Third, the concept of letting my girls mate STRESSES ME TO HELL. The pet store we used to get our advice from (a smaller store where the girl had supposed 20+ years in reptile experience) drilled into us that mating can be really dangerous and turn into a bloody fight really fast. Is that true.? I mean, what are the odds of them trying to fight.? Toothless is pretty aggressive when it comes to trying to get to the girls. Dreki will head bob, pull her arm back and do that little wave/slap/flick against her back but also look like she might try to strike at Toothless, if the glass wasn't between them.
Dreki is already gaining a bunch of weight again, which is the first indicator to her becoming gravid again. Were gonna try the Raspberry Leaf Extract but I just wanted to get some opinions and advice on her possibly mating.
First, I know they say females need to be at least 24 months but what sort of complications would there be if she isn't.? Dreki turned one in like February but she lays *perfect* eggs every month with zero issues, if that matters. Would letting her mate (hopefully successfully) cut back on the constant infertile eggs afterward.? Second, if she were to have a fertile clutch with Toothless, how long would we need to wait before trying to let her mate with Nubby.? I know they can store sperm, so I wasn't sure if a female can have multiple partners in x time frame and how long it needs to be in between each mating. Third, the concept of letting my girls mate STRESSES ME TO HELL. The pet store we used to get our advice from (a smaller store where the girl had supposed 20+ years in reptile experience) drilled into us that mating can be really dangerous and turn into a bloody fight really fast. Is that true.? I mean, what are the odds of them trying to fight.? Toothless is pretty aggressive when it comes to trying to get to the girls. Dreki will head bob, pull her arm back and do that little wave/slap/flick against her back but also look like she might try to strike at Toothless, if the glass wasn't between them.
Dreki is already gaining a bunch of weight again, which is the first indicator to her becoming gravid again. Were gonna try the Raspberry Leaf Extract but I just wanted to get some opinions and advice on her possibly mating.