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Finally, busted skin.

 
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A visual for everyone of the process. It's not fully finished but i went ahead and let them try it out anyways. (It's coated with mod podge.)

 
LAME said:
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A visual for everyone of the process. It's not fully finished but i went ahead and let them try it out anyways. (It's coated with mod podge.)
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Looks like you moved your photos as they are not showing up, even your older ones. :(

If your looking for a host I would recommend you try PostImg.org as they do great and without the countless ads of PhotoBucket (and I can run my AdBlock on PostImg without it blocking my images, so even if it has ads it is not a issue). ;) The only problem is finding the original link to the fullsized image as they like to give scaled down ones.

 
CosbyArt said:
Looks like you moved your photos as they are not showing up, even your older ones. :(
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May have been a photobucket server goof?  Anyway they're all back now. :D  

Also...

Today I did in fact have to seperate the two. I think little guy (Victor) may be around 8 months old or so as he's now showing signs of wanting to breed.

 
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Glad the images are back, strange issue indeed. The tank looks great! :D

Ah, too bad. So I assume Valkyrie is female, is she still too young? Maybe he'll simmer down, and they can go back to being tank buddies. ;)

 
Val is a bit older in age and is female ,  I've been watching Victor for awhile now. I noticed a change in his behavior when I separated them to install the new temporary piece (oh yeah... I do plan to keep building more.) 

After putting them both back in the sanctuary,  he tried to snag the back of her neck and jump on... I had to stop that as I'm not really ready for breeding.

..yet. ;)

But everything's good now, little man has his own home and Valkyrie is living it up in the sanctuary. 

 
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LAME said:
Val is a bit older in age and is female ,  I've been watching Victor for awhile now. I noticed a change in his behavior when I separated them to install the new temporary piece (oh yeah... I do plan to keep building more.) 

After putting them both back in the sanctuary,  he tried to snag the back of her neck and jump on... I had to stop that as I'm not really ready for breeding.

..yet. ;)

But everything's good now, little man has his own home and Valkyrie is living it up in the sanctuary. 
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Either way it's awesome that you have a breeding pair. You know you want a ton of eggs, and hundreds of little ones running around the incubation container lol. :D

Glad to hear they are both doing fine separate, and your still building. ;)

 
CosbyArt said:
Either way it's awesome that you have a breeding pair. You know you want a ton of eggs, and hundreds of little ones running around the incubation container lol. :D

Glad to hear they are both doing fine separate, and your still building. ;)
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Hahaha, yeah that would be pretty awesome wouldn't it. ^_^  I'd have to step my feeder game up if that were the case lol.

 
LAME said:
Hahaha, yeah that would be pretty awesome wouldn't it. ^_^  I'd have to step my feeder game up if that were the case lol.
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Yeah I think it would. :D Perhaps it might be something to try eventually, as videos like this one really make it seem like a worthwhile venture - look at all those babies. ;)




 
On Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 11:05 AM, CosbyArt said:

Yeah I think it would. :D Perhaps it might be something to try eventually, as videos like this one really make it seem like a worthwhile venture - look at all those babies. ;)

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Lol wow..

Yeah, the more I watch these the more I want to lmao... I'd need to invest into alot before doing it though ( burrowing substrate,incubator, more feeders.. maybe another lighting system ...) 

Plus I couldn't keep ALL of them :D  definitely would have to find some willing bodies to rehome most of the clutch. (Something to talk the wife into Cosby ;)  )

 
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LAME said:
Lol wow..

Yeah, the more I watch these the more I want to lmao... I'd need to invest into alot before doing it though ( burrowing substrate,incubator, more feeders.. maybe another lighting system ...) 

Plus I couldn't keep ALL of them :D  definitely would have to find some willing bodies to rehome most of the clutch. (Something to talk the wife into Cosby ;)  )
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Your right though, it isn't something to jump into unprepared.
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I showed my wife your post, after I had her watch the video, and her first response was, "Don't you have enough different types of pets already?!" She agrees though they are cute, so if you get to that point let me know, I'd be happy to take a pair. If needed too I can ask around locally to friends and family, and should find a couple more homes for some. ;)

Also you might have some luck offering them to local pet stores too, as it seems most sell them for about $50 each so they must do fairly well. Might provide some extra feeder or building money too.

 
Breeding the beardies can be a very rewarding endeavor but a word of warning.  A big female can produce 3 or 4 or even more clutches of 20-25 eggs a season.   A clutch can easily polish off 1000 appropriate sized crickets a week.  If you breed roaches that's great but be sure you have a good colony going because you will go through tiny nymphs very quickly.  One thing with baby beardies is they need to be fed a lot and often.  If they are not kept very well fed they have a tendency to nip at the tails and toes of their tank mates.  Its one of the reasons I stopped breeding mine.  It was just not cost effective for me to raise them up to the 6 week mark before I would sell them and I didn't like the idea of wholesaling 2 week old babies for 10 bucks a piece.   It's certainly a good idea to make sure you have a buyer lined up for them, or at least the majority of them, before you set out. 

Of course no one says you have to incubate all the eggs but if you do you will have a lot of little mouths to feed.

 
Lol,  @LAME this is awesome. I wish I could build tank decor like that  ;) my uromaysx would sure enjoy stuff like that. Can I custom order from you lol

 
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I'm sure we could work something out? Depending on the size?.... maybe? I've never shipped out something like these.

Shoot me a pm sometime.

 
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Breeding the beardies can be a very rewarding endeavor but a word of warning.  A big female can produce 3 or 4 or even more clutches of 20-25 eggs a season.   A clutch can easily polish off 1000 appropriate sized crickets a week.  If you breed roaches that's great but be sure you have a good colony going because you will go through tiny nymphs very quickly.  One thing with baby beardies is they need to be fed a lot and often.  If they are not kept very well fed they have a tendency to nip at the tails and toes of their tank mates.  Its one of the reasons I stopped breeding mine.  It was just not cost effective for me to raise them up to the 6 week mark before I would sell them and I didn't like the idea of wholesaling 2 week old babies for 10 bucks a piece.   It's certainly a good idea to make sure you have a buyer lined up for them, or at least the majority of them, before you set out. 

Of course no one says you have to incubate all the eggs but if you do you will have a lot of little mouths to feed.
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Exactly. All these factors are true... 

 
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She's growing up so fast, she's now nearly as wide as my knee. I also went into a local exotic pet store we have here and got to see a full grown beardie, he was absolutely giant! I cannot wait to see my two at full size. :D  

 
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