Temps, Diet and clutch size.

[CasqueAbove]

I have been keeping my female on a schedule of about 3 small dubia nymph ( 3lg cricket) sized meals three times a week, with max basking at 80f ambient max of 74f for over a year now. She is about 2 1/2 to 3 years old. Her first clutches were in the 50s+ and were becoming regular at about 3 to 4 months apart. Her first clutch after starting the new regime for about 3 months was I believe 40 or so on 9/2020. Her recent clutch 8/21 nearly a year apart. Also note temps went up about 3f on average and I added 1 med sized cricket to two of the weekly feedings. On this clutch there were 32 eggs with 7 of them being tiny eggs . So I am guessing 25 viable eggs. Not bad. I want to continue breeding but not produce tons of animals and wear out the female. If I can keep her at 20 to 25 babies a year. This is good. I am prepared to handle this.

Note the size difference. And yes same clutch 2 days from being laid.

 

[LukeTheLizard]

50+ eggs? Dang! It’s good that her clutch sizes are going down, so you don’t wear her out and shorten her lifespan.

Aww the eggs are so cute! It is interesting so see the size difference between each egg!

 

[Beman]

Is there a chance of these being fertile?

 

[CasqueAbove]

Is there a chance of these being fertile?

Yes, These are from when the male found his way to the female lol. I hope tiny ones are duds kind of. I am trying to stay as close to twenty as possible.

 

[Beman]

Yes, These are from when the male found his way to the female lol. I hope tiny ones are duds kind of. I am trying to stay as close to twenty as possible.

Yeah I thought so. LOL It will be interesting to see if the smaller ones are infertile.

 

[Lindasjackson]

I hope you can get her down to laying one clutch of twenty once a year. That would be good. I hope the eggs hatch okay.

 

[Snuits]

Yes, These are from when the male found his way to the female lol. I hope tiny ones are duds kind of. I am trying to stay as close to twenty as possible.

So I'm a complete noob to this & just curious how long does it take the eggs to hatch?

 

[Mountain Dragon]

So I'm a complete noob to this & just curious how long does it take the eggs to hatch?

I think 6-9 months I think

 

[CasqueAbove]

So I'm a complete noob to this & just curious how long does it take the eggs to hatch?

Yes as @Green Dino said. 6 to 9 months. With control temp probably 6