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[Sharpset62]

Hey guys/gals, my name is Joe I live in New York and own a 2 year old B&W Argentine female and a newly adopted 2 year old Male Red. Both housed in the same enclosure which is 8'x4'x5 with about a 3' (deepest section) soil substrate. I am currently constructing the males enclosure which will probably be close in size to the females. My basking area reaches about 100 degrees give or take and my cool side ranges from 80-85. My female does Hibernate. This morning I woke to a freshly dug hole near the basking area containing 14 eggs. The eggs dont look to good but I placed them into my incubator just in case. I will post pics of my enclosure and eggs in the appropriate sections on the boards. Thanks

 

[Walter1]

Welcome and Ye gods! Is she defending the nest? How long reckon they've been there? What makes you think they're not well???

 

[Sharpset62]

Hey Walter1 here is what they look like.

 

[Sharpset62]

She burried them deep. substrate is all top soil

 

[Walter1]

She burried them deep. substrate is all top soil

See other message about care.

What is mother doing? Any idea when they might've been laid based on her sudden loss of weight??

 

[Sharpset62]

she laid them last night and now is in her burrow which she has sealed up completely.

 

[Walter1]

she laid them last night and now is in her burrow which she has sealed up completely.

Well, she'll have to come to terms that her clutch is gone. Leave her be. She may be very unfriendly for a while as female tegus ate very defensive of their nests. Eggs gone, but hormone levels the same.

 

[Sharpset62]

Walt, take a look at the "Male red" I adopted. Possible its a female? The eggs were burried and he was in the sealed burrow with them though my daughter watched my B&W make the burrow?

 

[Walter1]

Walt, take a look at the "Male red" I adopted. Possible its a female? The eggs were burried and he was in the sealed burrow with them though my daughter watched my B&W make the burrow?

All but certain your red is a young mature male.

Curious things can occur in the confines of capivity AND with two different species. What should happen is that the female gets edgy, makes, and then defends her nest from all comers even other lizards having nothing to do with tryting to get to the eggs. Very interesting.

 

[Sharpset62]

Yes, and whats funny he was a puppy dog up untill these eggs got laid. Now, he is a beast! has tried to bite me several times and has charged a couple times

 

[Walter1]

"He"? The red??

 

[Sharpset62]

Yes. Female has gone underground.

 

[Walter1]

Yes. Female has gone underground.

Very curious!