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#2034912
Ltrojan09
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Found some eggs! help! 
hi! this morning my dad was cleaning the backyard when he saw a alligator lizard running from a tree. when he looked at the spot where it ran from he spotted some eggs. he called me out to come check it out. i knew if they where going to stay there for much more longer it would kill them. so i went to the pet store and bought one of those plastic pet carrier. after i got the carrier i put some dirt mixed with like bark from the flower garden. so to get to the point! i NEED HELP! why is it bad if a egg rolls over?, what temperature does the eggs need to be in?, how long does it take for them to hatch?, and lastly how do i make the soil and bark moist?
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07/06/09 01:27pm
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#2034983
Hunter Breed
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Message To: Ltrojan09 In reference to Message Id: 2034912
Found some eggs! help!
pour small amounts of water into dirt if eggs are already there just be careful and try not to get the eggs wet, and put the lid on the container you can poke a few holes if you want and just check on it once in a while eggs should hatch at about two months just keep at room temp and most important !!!!!!!!! post pics for us lol
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07/06/09 03:27pm
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#2035022
Ltrojan09
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Message To: Hunter Breed In reference to Message Id: 2034983
Found some eggs! help!
ok thnx for the help. 2 months?!?!? dats pretty long but i wish they hatch sonner
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07/06/09 04:15pm
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RedGator
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Message To: Ltrojan09 In reference to Message Id: 2035022
Found some eggs! help!
I use vermiculite - a non organic potting soil from any good plant nursery store. It holds just the right amount of moisture, and doesn’t promote mold. It’s commonly used to incubate reptile eggs, and I’ve hatched out alligator lizards with it in the past. Put it into a container to about 3/4 inches deep, it’s okay if it’s not exact. Mix a little water into the vermiculite so that it’s slightly moist, but not too wet. You may want to poke small depressions into the vermiculite to set the eggs into so that they will be about half buried into it. Place the eggs into it so that they don’t touch each other. If they go bad, they often get moldy.
Don’t turn the eggs over because the developing embryo uses the air space on top. You can often tell which end goes up because the part with the embryo attached will appear pinkish while the rest of the egg ,looks white.
Cover the whole thing with a lid or clear plastic cover. It’s okay if they have some airflow, but you may need to drop a tiny amount of water onto the vermiculite (not directly on the eggs) now and then to keep the air inside from becoming too dry. Dry reptile eggs get wrinkled or collapse. You want them fairly round.
BTW - a couple months isn’t too bad. I have Tokay Geckos, and their eggs can take the better part of a year to hatch!
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07/07/09 12:19am
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