Egg Questions and an accident!

[Barbel]

Alright, I have two females that started laying this week. Both of them laid out side of their lay box and on the bottom on the tub. What can I do to encourage them to lay in the moist box. It is has proper humidity and moss for a substrate, which is what they laid in last year.
The set from the first female seemed okay. One is candeling pink and the other half pink and half yellow with veins. I checked them again to day and It has pinkened up a bit since I checked them Saturday.

Now the accident. The other female laid inside her dry hide and when I picked up the hide to check to see if they were in there, one of the eggs was stuck to the rim of the hide and was dangling vertically from the hide! Fortunately, it didn't fall! I immediately, and carefully, plucked it off and laid it down in its original position.
I pretty much killed this one, huh? Is there any hope it will be okay?

Also, I am temping for males. I have my incubator ranging from 89-91 degress? Is that good, or too hot?

Thanks for any input!

 

[Mel&Keith]

If the eggs are pretty fresh and get turned they can still be viable. It can be bad news if you turn an egg a few weeks into incubation but just keep an eye on it, hopefully it'll be fine.

 

[GeckoGathering]

eggs

Alright, I have two females that started laying this week. Both of them laid out side of their lay box and on the bottom on the tub. What can I do to encourage them to lay in the moist box. It is has proper humidity and moss for a substrate, which is what they laid in last year.
The set from the first female seemed okay. One is candeling pink and the other half pink and half yellow with veins. I checked them again to day and It has pinkened up a bit since I checked them Saturday.

Now the accident. The other female laid inside her dry hide and when I picked up the hide to check to see if they were in there, one of the eggs was stuck to the rim of the hide and was dangling vertically from the hide! Fortunately, it didn't fall! I immediately, and carefully, plucked it off and laid it down in its original position.
I pretty much killed this one, huh? Is there any hope it will be okay?

Also, I am temping for males. I have my incubator ranging from 89-91 degress? Is that good, or too hot?

Thanks for any input!

Too hot. But you now have to slowly get it down. Fast adjustments can be a problem. I use 86-87 for males
Still a chance on the egg that was stuck.
Was the area where she laid outside the box wet?
Sorry, I have no faith in candling.
There is a chance she knew they were no good, but also a chance
the box may be a problem....too small, do you sift your peat moss.
I find mine like that better. It makes it soft like talcum powder.

 

[Barbel]

The females both laid their eggs in dry areas of their tubs. The lay boxes are the exact same ones, with the exact same substrate I used last year, with no issues. They are 6.5in long, 4in wide and 2in tall. I know that had been digging in there a few days before they laid, because the substrate had been disturbed. So... I don't know what the deal is. I will lower their temps a bit.
Even if the eggs don't candle pink, I always set them up just in case, even though I haven't had a yellow one hatch out before.

 

[GeckoGathering]

MOM's night out

The females both laid their eggs in dry areas of their tubs. The lay boxes are the exact same ones, with the exact same substrate I used last year, with no issues. They are 6.5in long, 4in wide and 2in tall. I know that had been digging in there a few days before they laid, because the substrate had been disturbed. So... I don't know what the deal is. I will lower their temps a bit.
Even if the eggs don't candle pink, I always set them up just in case, even though I haven't had a yellow one hatch out before.

Note: Two things....assuming this is to say same type and not the same from last year?and I see you have 3 males......a different male for each was used?
Take care. Hj

 

[Barbel]

Note: Two things....assuming this is to say same type and not the same from last year?and I see you have 3 males......a different male for each was used?

It is the same type. The boxes were of course cleaned and fresh substrate added for the breeding season.
I used the same male for both females, and now a third. All my geckos are housed individually. I introduced the female to the male in his tub, one at a time about four or five days apart. They were removed after copulation. The third female, who mated yesterday, is new to me this year. I really want her to use the lay box!

 

[GeckoGathering]

copulation

It is the same type. The boxes were of course cleaned and fresh substrate added for the breeding season.
I used the same male for both females, and now a third. All my geckos are housed individually. I introduced the female to the male in his tub, one at a time about four or five days apart. They were removed after copulation. The third female, who mated yesterday, is new to me this year. I really want her to use the lay box!

Copulation was witnessed how many times with each female? Once? take care. HJ

 

[Barbel]

Copulation was witnessed one time each. I am not worried about fertility. I just want them to lay the rest of their eggs in their lay box and not on the floor of their tub to prevent them from being damaged.

 

[GeckoGathering]

Female Reasons, huh?

Copulation was witnessed one time each. I am not worried about fertility. I just want them to lay the rest of their eggs in their lay box and not on the floor of their tub to prevent them from being damaged.

But IMO one time doesn't always mean she is fertilized. And if the female knows this, she may not care where she lays them.
My thoughts on being really bred is when they copulate until she tells him no more, I'm OK now............. take care. HJ