Okay, some background info - I have owned leopard geckos for about 4 years now. I started with a male albino patternless, now I also have a pair of carrot tails and a wild type. I really wasn't planning to breed them but I was quite aware they might. They are all completely healthy so that's not a problem. I keep the carrot tails and wild type in a harem set up, a big double platform tank thing (1 male two females).
So my issue - My wild type female laid her first clutch of eggs on April 7th, then my carrot tailed female laid her first clutch on April 17th, now every two weeks they have laid two eggs. I am up 10 eggs now (my first two were duds and became moldy) I am using a home made incubator (Tupperware filled with moist vermiculite sitting on a heating pad: I know its crude but I have successfully hatched out corn snake eggs this way before).
So when I place the eggs into the container they are usually soft and when a flashlight is shone down onto them they glow yellow. However usually after about 2 or 3 days they harden up, swell up, and glow pink then red as time goes on. Now I have a cup of moist vermiculite in the cage plus a wet hide filled with moist moss for my girls to lay in. They have been laying them in the moss so they are kind of dirty and have bits of moss stuck to them.
I have seen pictures of candled eggs and the red veins and all, but when I just took one of mine out and candled it from below all I saw was a moss coated egg glowing red. Are they infertile? If so why do they change color, and harden up? Thanks!
So my issue - My wild type female laid her first clutch of eggs on April 7th, then my carrot tailed female laid her first clutch on April 17th, now every two weeks they have laid two eggs. I am up 10 eggs now (my first two were duds and became moldy) I am using a home made incubator (Tupperware filled with moist vermiculite sitting on a heating pad: I know its crude but I have successfully hatched out corn snake eggs this way before).
So when I place the eggs into the container they are usually soft and when a flashlight is shone down onto them they glow yellow. However usually after about 2 or 3 days they harden up, swell up, and glow pink then red as time goes on. Now I have a cup of moist vermiculite in the cage plus a wet hide filled with moist moss for my girls to lay in. They have been laying them in the moss so they are kind of dirty and have bits of moss stuck to them.
I have seen pictures of candled eggs and the red veins and all, but when I just took one of mine out and candled it from below all I saw was a moss coated egg glowing red. Are they infertile? If so why do they change color, and harden up? Thanks!
honestly I think forking out some of my next paycheck on an incubator is the way to go.
