Lady Violetta spoke once all of the students were assembled.
"Today Ranger druid Zane will do the lecture. Please pay attention to her as you would me."
"I would like for each of you who has a dragon egg, take it out so that it can be examined and compared. This is the egg that I have and was attracted to.
Intro to Dragonology
Now that you have a Dragon Egg, what do you do with it? It depends on what dragon is inside of it. Eggs come in different sizes depending on the breed.
Let us start with the various breeds by egg size.
A) The smallest is the Personal Dragon Eggs. These eggs are leathery and about a foot long with the circumference of a foot. They weigh about five pounds.
B)The next size would be The Ancient Ones. They are about a foot and a half long with a circumference of a foot. These are leathery as well. They weigh about five pounds.
C) The Water Dragon eggs are spongy and porous since the dragon will need the water to survive. They will stay in an aquarium most of the time. The eggs will be more like a ball than an egg. The ball would be about a foot in circumference and weigh 10 pounds.
D) The Land Dragons are hard shell eggs that are two and a half feet long with the circumference of two feet. They are more heavy than the other two, weighing in at 20-25 pounds.
E) The Flying Dragons are hard shell eggs as well but they are larger due to the wings. The eggs are at least 3 feet long and the circumference is over 2 feet. The weigh in at 35 pounds.
We will take each kind of dragon in turn in each section of this book.
Taking care of the egg.
While the baby is in the egg it will be considered an embryo. All of the eggs are taken care of the same way except that the water dragons will be in an aquarium instead of a nesting box.
You will need to examine the egg about every 4 hours to make sure that it does not have a scratch in it. Scratches mean that the nesting material is too abrasive for the egg and could allow germs inside the egg which will harm the growing embryo.
You will need to change the position of the egg so it would be wise to mark each side with either numbers or letters so that you will know where to lay the egg. The reason for this is to keep the embryo from sticking to the egg.
While the embryo is forming, you may project images to the embryo. This will serve as a bond forming process and will increase the intelligence of the future dragonling.
The Hatching Process
Here is where the eggs differ from each other.
The Personal Dragon Eggs and The Ancient Ones open their eggs by stretching their bodies until there is a hole and wriggling themselves out of the egg.
Water Dragons tend to do the same type of a thing but they do have a egg tooth to help rip open the egg. The egg tooth is lost in a few days after hatching for dragonling will not need it any longer.
The Land Dragons and Flying Dragons also have an egg tooth. It is a hard and very sharp. This tooth will be used to 'peck' at the egg until bit by bit the egg cracks open.
Always keep the remains of the egg and use it to aid digestion of the dragonling.
Sometimes the dragonling will have upset tummies because it is not used to the new food it receives after it is hatched.
I will compare my egg to the chart now. As everyone can see it is a Flying Dragon. Who is next?" Zane finished up the first portion of class.
