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Post by mark68 on Oct 23, 2006 9:53:36 GMT
Anybody got any advice on finding eggs in outdoor enclosures or how to design enclosure to maximise the chance of finding them?
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Post by Killian on Oct 23, 2006 18:46:05 GMT
you could try a thin layer of silver sand over the substrate then it will be obvious where the ground has been disturbed!
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colin
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Post by colin on Oct 23, 2006 18:54:26 GMT
The only way I have succesfully acheived this is by ensuring the egg laying site has plenty of soft damp sand and everwhere else is rocky.tThe site has to be nice and sunny. The only problem is if your female lizard does not think this is as good a site as you do  |
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Post by mark68 on Oct 24, 2006 5:57:54 GMT
Thanks for the advice. My enclosures are large (3x3 metre), fully open air with chicken wire cover. They slope towards the south and are well drained, as they have a gritty/sandy soil. I sunk 4 metal sheets into the centre to form a square into which I made up a mix which would be easy for them to dig and would hold moisture. I thought because of the extremely sunny location, that the soil would dry quickly. I checked the centre area weekly and moistened it as appropriate. But I found very few eggs. We had a dry spring generally, but late heavy rains which didn't help. I know the animals are healthy, I had Eyed and Sand lizard young hatching naturally also Australian water dragons> I suspect the adults found most of the babies first !
Anybody noticed whether Females prefer raised areas?
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