Eggs!

[savagem13]

Purchased my first crestie about 3 weeks ago from a mom and pop pet store near where I live (CT). She was in an enclosure with a male. Yesterday, I found an egg in her enclosure. It was just laid on the tank bottom (reptile carpet), very white, but sunken in. I put it in some moistened reptile bedding, and it looks a "little" bit less sunken today. Still white. I put a tub of moist reptile "soil" in with her last night, but this morning found another egg, same place, same condition. Wasn't planning on having eggs right now. Several questions:

1. Is it possible these eggs are viable? What else can/should I do for them?
2. How many more eggs is she likely to lay?
3. Is there anything I should be giving her? She seems to be eating her repahsy, has already shed once. Hasn't shown any interest in mealworms/waxworms/dubias as of yet.

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[T-ReXx]

If she was kept with a male, it's very likely they are fertile. Incubate crestie eggs in the low-mid 70s. I'd put them in a tupperware container on an incubation medium(perlite, vermiculite, hatchrite, super hatch etc) punch a hole or two and keep them somewhere that has temps in that range. I would expect a clutch or two more. Feeding her Repashy is fine, it has all she needs in it.

 

[savagem13]

They are really sunken in. Don't know when she laid them, but they weren't in there longer than overnight. Will they fill back out? I have them in that stuff they sell in a cube to put at the bottom of a reptile cage. Forget what it's called--comes in a brick. Looks a little like peat moss. Anyway, moistened that up good and stuck the eggs in it, inside a tupperware container with an air hole in the top. The bedding stuff was the only thing I had on hand--wasn't expecting eggs!

 

[T-ReXx]

If they're still sunken after a day or two they may not hatch. The stuff you're talking about is coco fiber, it'll do in a pinch, but is really not suitable for long term incubation. If they're fertile they should fill back out within 48 hours. If not, they'll go moldy in a few days.

 

[savagem13]

OK, thanks--will keep an eye on them.

 

[savagem13]

So the first one doesn't appear to be plumping up, but the second one did. What should I pick up for a more permanent incubation medium?

 

[T-ReXx]

So the first one doesn't appear to be plumping up, but the second one did. What should I pick up for a more permanent incubation medium?

you can use perlite, vermiculite, hatchrite(which is just perlite with water crystals) or super hatch. I use perlite and recommend it. If you've never incubated eggs before, I'd probably just go with the hatchrite, since it's just pour and go, no need to balance water.