Humidity for incubating leopard gecko eggs?

Elisa

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In what range should the humidity be for hatching leopard gecko eggs? I have heard oh so many differing things. :p And in the past with my Picta eggs I have been able to use a coco soil/sand mixture to incubate the eggs in, has anyone ever used anything similar with their leo eggs?
 

acpart

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I put a hygrometer in the incubator last season and it measured over 80%. I'd say 80-100% is best. I use the SIM, so my eggs are suspended above my substrate (perlite, which is the only thing I"ve ever used.

Aliza
 

acpart

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Search the incubation forum or else click on the "Squamata concepts" banner at the top. Essentially it's an egg container where the eggs are suspended above the substrate so they get the heat and the humidity but not the substrate contact.

Aliza
 

Johnantny

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The SIM can make things very easy. No weighing water to figure out the ratio math, and just about any substrate will do. Humidity levels will be high but the eggs will absorb what they need instead of whats forced into their shells from burying them in perlite or vermiculite. Works with all reptile eggs from geckos to colubrids and turtles. Cheers, John
 

acpart

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The SIM can make things very easy. No weighing water to figure out the ratio math, and just about any substrate will do. Humidity levels will be high but the eggs will absorb what they need instead of whats forced into their shells from burying them in perlite or vermiculite. Works with all reptile eggs from geckos to colubrids and turtles. Cheers, John

The SIM has made things easy for me, but it did take more water than I expected to get the desired result and a certain amount of fiddling around at the beginning.

Aliza
 

Johnantny

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Drench and drained Perlite seems to be what most folks are doing to get the humidity up.
 

Khrysty

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I started using the SIM this season, Elisa. It works so much better than the tupperware method I used the season before.

But as for humidity--I never measured it for mine. I sort of just put in enough to make a "snowball" with the substrate and if the egg starts denting, I add a little more water until it plumps up.
 

Johnantny

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Drenched substrate will help stave off any denting... Hova users will not see good results with sim incubation whether its our SIM or homemade... the heat cannot come from above, must be circulated or heated from below. There is a fix though, the damp sponge on inside lid of SIM will build humidity in a SIM if your using a Hova, and hatch eggs no problem.
 

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