NANFA-- Reptile Egg Incubator

Brian (bast_at_gis.net)
Mon, 16 Jun 2003 19:24:21 -0400

Here you go. Don't get nervous it's not as complicated as it looks:

Get some little tupper ware dishes. Those disposable ones work well and
woman don't yell about those.

Get some vermiculite from the garden store.

Mix equal parts of vermiculite and water. The vermiculite should be
damp...like hand squeezed.

Fill the bowls half way with the wet vermiculite.

Bury the eggs halfway in the vermiculite.

Now place a couple of bricks in a ten gallon tank.

Add a few inches of water to the tank but don't cover the bricks.

Set the dishes on the bricks.

Place the covers on the dishes loosely and cover maybe half the tank
with some plastic wrap. This is to keep the humidity high.

Now you can heat it by placing it in a sunny window or putting a small
aquarium in the water of the tank.

You can get a thermometer and humidity meter from the local petshop. I
would guess about 80 degrees and 80 % humidity or so...just guessing for
your species.

Let some fresh air in every couple of days. Spray it with water if it
gets too dry.

I don't know the incubation period for your species. Watch out the can
drown in the water!

Where do you live? I'm looking for a few western lizards to try
breeding:
Mountain Horned Lizards, Phrynosoma hernandesi
Desert Spiny Lizards, Sceloporus magister
Eastern Collared Lizards, Crotophytus collaris

or

Chuckwallas, Sauromaleus obesus

I'd like to get animals from more northern populations. They are more
cold tolerant.

I hope this helped.

Brian Bastarache

----- Original Message Follows -----
> Since someone else started a topic on lizards, I will go ahead and ask
> this question.
>
> My daughter caught a Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
> the other day and currently has it in a ten gallon tank. Well Saturday
> evening, she laid 18 eggs. What do I need to do to hatch these eggs?
>
> Also, the eggs looked kind of funny. They are wrinkled and look kind
> of skinny. Is this normal for lizard eggs or should they be perfectly
> ovoid?
>
> Thanks
> Kevin
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