Golden Gate Geckos
Mean Old Gecko Lady
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I have had only 1 egg in my incubator for almos 3 months, and we had a major power failure a couple of weeks ago, and it was C-O-L-D for over 12 hours before the heat came back on. I kept checking that little egg, and on Christmas it started smelling bad and was starting to mold over.
The following morning, I candled the egg and saw a large baby with little yolk. I started to scratch on the egg where there was a bunch of mold, and the egg expoded! OMG, there was a huge mass of greenish liquid and a tiny little baby that popped out into my hand. I though it was dead, but when I wiped it with a tissue, it started to move!!!
I put it in a deli cup on wet paper towel, and put it back in the incubator. The next morning, I expected the little one to have died, but it was still alive... it couldn't walk, but was alive. I hardly even had any pigment... it was almost tranparent, and little N. levis babies are usually born solid black!
Well, it's 4 days later, and this little wee one is just now walking on it's own and getting it's pigment! I slurry-fed the little one yesterday, and it pooped for the first time this morning. I think this tiny thing is going to make it!
The following morning, I candled the egg and saw a large baby with little yolk. I started to scratch on the egg where there was a bunch of mold, and the egg expoded! OMG, there was a huge mass of greenish liquid and a tiny little baby that popped out into my hand. I though it was dead, but when I wiped it with a tissue, it started to move!!!
I put it in a deli cup on wet paper towel, and put it back in the incubator. The next morning, I expected the little one to have died, but it was still alive... it couldn't walk, but was alive. I hardly even had any pigment... it was almost tranparent, and little N. levis babies are usually born solid black!
Well, it's 4 days later, and this little wee one is just now walking on it's own and getting it's pigment! I slurry-fed the little one yesterday, and it pooped for the first time this morning. I think this tiny thing is going to make it!
