Need Help!

[devdomski]

Hello, my name is Devin and I'm new here at Bearded-Dragons.com. I need some help here. I recently took one of my bearded dragons to the vet for a facial injury and while i was there the vet said he felt eggs inside of her belly. Well i had thought that all of my dragons were male. Anyway the vet said he wanted to take x-rays of her to see if we could see eggs. The x-rays were not very clear but we could see what looked like eggs, and he said that it could not be anything else. Now this was on June 10th, and since then i have been feeding her like a queen and putting calcium on her food. I have also put a lay box in her cage. Well it is now July 14th and it does not seam like she has gotten any bigger, nor does she seam interested in her lay box. One thing that is different in her is that she has been going crazy in her cage. She is pacing back and forth at the front and scratching at the glass like a maniac! Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

[ladyknite]

although i still recommend sticking close to your vet if you unsure of your circumstances, I'm inclined to let you know that there is difference in follicles and eggs, but that difference is hard to determine by xray.
Female dragons have follicles from 10+ months of age.  Whether or not they develop into eggs is dependant on mating and the female herself.

If you think she definately is gravid (witnessed mating) then it's possible her laybox doesn't suit her.  If she is housed with another dragon during this time, she could feel very vulnerable and insecure.  A separate laybox outside her enclosure is recommended.  Make sure the soil is damp and warm and mounded up on one end.  That should prompt her to lay if she's ready.

[devdomski]

Thank you for your response. I am sorry i did not provide more information. The injury occurred when she scratched her face on an outdoor enclosure that i recently built. My dragons are all housed separately, but ill put a couple of them together in the outdoor enclosure for some sun. The lay box is in her enclosure and takes up more then half of the space inside. It is about 10" deep and is filled with organic soil which i keep damp. What would you suggest for a lay box outside of the enclosure? Should i keep her in it all the time? Heated? I am not always home so that is why i put the lay box inside her enclosure. Can anyone explain her erratic behavior? Thank you again.

[devdomski]

So i bought a big rubbermaid container, filled it with organic soil, cut a hole on one end for the light and poked a few small holes in the other end as vents. I Put screen over the hole where the light is and stuck her in there.

All she has been trying to do is get out. she is ripping at the screening and just going nuts trying to get out. I am starting to get very frustrated.