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[Riplee]

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[reptastic]

that's awesome, congrats riplee hope they all hatch out, I hope to be seeing this in a few weeks

 

[Riplee]

that's awesome, congrats riplee hope they all hatch out, I hope to be seeing this in a few weeks

Thank you. I thought other female would laid first, but this black one won...lol..i wang to sleep but need to wait to set up all eggs....dammm

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that's awesome, congrats riplee hope they all hatch out, I hope to be seeing this in a few weeks

Yeah.. Hope they all hatch out this time``

 

[Grendel]

How does one tell if the female is going to lay eggs, can you feel them ?

 

[tommyboy]

THats great Riplee! Congratulations.

 

[laurarfl]

Congrats! You can feel them, and they have a lot of nesting behavior.

 

[Riplee]

Got 67 eggs from this girl. But looks like only 10-15 eggs are good. The rest of them are all depressed and soft even they are all white color. I assume they are infertilized. But i still incubating them, we will see in few days.
SAD SAD SAD....LoL

 

[laurarfl]

I know that feeling. One year I had a tegu lay an entire clutch of 30 something infertile eggs.

 

[Riplee]

I know that feeling. One year I had a tegu lay an entire clutch of 30 something infertile eggs.

Thanks
Hope another female dont give me this..
She is about lay tonight or tomorrow I believe...

 

[james.w]

Got 67 eggs from this girl. But looks like only 10-15 eggs are good. The rest of them are all depressed and soft even they are all white color. I assume they are infertilized. But i still incubating them, we will see in few days.
SAD SAD SAD....LoL

I know that feeling. One year I had a tegu lay an entire clutch of 30 something infertile eggs.

How old were the females in these situations?

 

[laurarfl]

Mine was at least 7yo. It was the first and only time that I bred her and I don't think she had bred before I got her at supposed age 4. It was also the male's first time breeding and they only locked up once.

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Needless to say, it wasn't exactly a situation I was betting on.

 

[Riplee]

Got 67 eggs from this girl. But looks like only 10-15 eggs are good. The rest of them are all depressed and soft even they are all white color. I assume they are infertilized. But i still incubating them, we will see in few days.
SAD SAD SAD....LoL

I know that feeling. One year I had a tegu lay an entire clutch of 30 something infertile eggs.

How old were the females in these situations?

This one is more than 5 years old.
The others are all 4 years old

 

[james.w]

I was curious if they were younger tegus and maybe that was the reason for the problems. Guess that's not the case.

 

[Riplee]

I was curious if they were younger tegus and maybe that was the reason for the problems. Guess that's not the case.

Yeah... If later I find most of them are bad. That just prove my male cant handle two big females...lol

 

[tommyboy]

Got 67 eggs from this girl. But looks like only 10-15 eggs are good. The rest of them are all depressed and soft even they are all white color. I assume they are infertilized. But i still incubating them, we will see in few days.
SAD SAD SAD....LoL

Wow! What is a normal clutch size? Ive heard of clutches of 20 -40 before. is this just a really high amount or is that an average clutch?

 

[james.w]

I was curious if they were younger tegus and maybe that was the reason for the problems. Guess that's not the case.

Yeah... If later I find most of them are bad. That just prove my male cant handle two big females...lol

Was he in with the other female first?

 

[Riplee]

Got 67 eggs from this girl. But looks like only 10-15 eggs are good. The rest of them are all depressed and soft even they are all white color. I assume they are infertilized. But i still incubating them, we will see in few days.
SAD SAD SAD....LoL

Wow! What is a normal clutch size? Ive heard of clutches of 20 -40 before. is this just a really high amount or is that an average clutch?

It's a high one. Last year my other female only have 47

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I was curious if they were younger tegus and maybe that was the reason for the problems. Guess that's not the case.

Yeah... If later I find most of them are bad. That just prove my male cant handle two big females...lol

Was he in with the other female first?

Yeah. He was with other female first....but I have no idea why this female laying first...maybe she had eggs in herbody before acturally mating....

 

[reptastic]

Do they ever lock up multiple times? Its my understanding they need to lockup at least several times to have a sucessful breeding

 

[Riplee]

Do they ever lock up multiple times? Its my understanding they need to lockup at least several times to have a sucessful breeding

Yeah every day```

 

[laurarfl]

Not necessarily. I've had successful breeding with tegus and other reptiles with only one copulation. And with that infertile clutch, it was the male's first breeding. He then went on to mate with the other female, once or twice.