Vid of Veiled laying eggs

prettykttkat

prettykttkat

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I went to check on my Veiled cham and she was laying eggs so I took a quick video with my phone:) I just went down to check her again and she was done and trying to bury them so I took her out and put her back in her cage. Now I'm off to get the eggs and put them in the incubator! I wonder how many she laid this time:)

Here's the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fydmeNaTOuc
 
Awesome! Always wanted to see that. Would've been great to see her bury them and hide the nest too but *shrugs* :)
 
Just got done getting them out and into the incubator. She laid 10 more than last time for a count of 69 eggs! I smashed one by accident though while digging:( So in the incubator is 68 eggs, and the wait begins!
 
Thats a fair clutch. I hope they dont retain often. Time to build her up a little now, bet she looks skinny as! :)
 
I didn't let her bury them so it would be easier to get her eggs, sorry:( I'm always afraid of smashing them or hurting them while digging them up.
 
She is skinnier but not too bad. It's her eyes that always bother me. Every time she digs and lay eggs her eyes get really sunken in and it scares me. I always hand feed and water her while she is digging (she won't do it on her own, not even drink) and immediately after she lays eggs. I also give her liquid calcium. So far this works really well and she bounces back to normal in days.
 
Yeah I get that :) I just like to watch natural behaviours. I actually asked somebody to post a vid of a veiled laying for me a while ago. Pretty good for a phone cam, Thanks! :)

P.S. Yes a clutch of eggs takes lot out them, the bigger it is the more it drains them. Keep the water up but dont overfeed for the next week or so. She's going to be very hungry. If shes a little dehydrated you dont want lots of food in her.
Try 'wet' food first, juicy stuff. :)
 
WOW!!I always wondered how that would look!she didn't seem to dig to far down (from what i can tell anyhow) Glad she got though everything OK and thanks for sharing:)
 
When you are not breeding keep her cooler, in the very low 80's. I keep my female 80 to 81. Only feed her 3 times a week 6 to 8 feeders depending on the size. If they lay clutches that shortens their life. If the clutches are large that is even worse on their bodies. If they are kept cooler and fed less often and do not lay clutches they can live longer some up to six years. After laying feed her extra the first few days and keep her well hydrated and give her extra calcium.
 
Wow I didn't know you could keep them that cool. I feed her every other day around 6 insects. While she is gravid and right after she lays eggs I give her liquid calcium instead of dusting her food. When you say not lay clutches you mean fertile clutches right? Because they lay eggs no matter what. Yeah I heard laying fertile eggs can shorten their lifespan. I also read females who lay eggs that are not fertile are at a higher risk for becoming egg bound vs laying fertile eggs. That's why I bred her to begin with. I don't breed her often though. This is only the second time. I don't think I will be breeding her again for awhile. Thanks for the info.
 
Very cool link! Thanks for showing that to me! All the books I've read said that females will lay eggs no matter what. I will have to try this and see if it works for her. I wonder why I never came across that link before, I'm always on the net looking around for new info:) Thanks again!
 
Cool video! I was able to peep in on Lily when shewas laying her last clutch. It's fascinating stuff - I was able to see her contracting then pushing the eggs out! Lily is one of the females who laid over 100 eggs at a time. Her first clutch at 14 months old was 104 and the second clutch at 18 months was 102.
 
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