Leathery Reptile Eggs

Here is a picture of Spot as she was laying the eggs. You will note that her coloring looks quite different than the picture of her before she laid them. Some of this is due to the lighting when the picture was taken but "beardies" do change shades from time to time due to the type of "substrate" they are in and/or whether they are shedding or not.

Our Classroom Pet

Spike is a two year old australian bearded dragon. We have had him since he was six weeks old and fit in the palm of my hand. In spring of last year, Spike mated with a female "beardie" belonging to Ms. Renee Lackey, our Primary GT teacher. In June, Ms. Lackey's dragon, "Spot" laid nineteen eggs, fifteen of which survived. Look closely and see if you can see some of the eggs in Spot's stomach.

For the next few days, I will be adding pictures and video so you can see what's been going on at Ms. Lackey's house this summer. For now, here's a fascinating fact about "beardies." A clutch of twenty bearded dragon eggs, when hatched, can eat up to ONE THOUSAND (1,000) crickets in a week!