First egg ever hatched

[leopardgecko94]

Today i saw a tiny leopard gecko in my incubator. I dont lnow if I should move it now because it tried to bite me and screamed at me.

 

[Srt14292]

leave it in there for about an hour after you find it, then gently try to scoop it up from UNDERNEATH like you would do with any of your other leos, place it in the hatchling tubs you have, just keep an eye on the yolk sack while its in the incubator.
Just make sure the hatchling did not tip over any of the other eggs in there.
All hatchlings will be a bit nippy and screamy when they first come out the egg, its their defence mechanism.

 

[leopardgecko94]

i got the gecko out he just walked out, another question how long will it take for them to eat and when will they stop screaming

 

[BalloonzForU]

i got the gecko out he just walked out, another question how long will it take for them to eat and when will they stop screaming

LOL In time he will stop screaming. Usually they will start eating after their first shed.

Can't wait to see pics!! Congrats!!

 

[leopardgecko94]

how long does it take for the first shed

 

[ElapidSVT]

sweet!
congratulations!

about 3 days or so for the first shed.. sometimes a little longer

 

[fallen_angel]

Congratulations!

 

[JordanAng420]

i got the gecko out he just walked out, another question how long will it take for them to eat and when will they stop screaming

Haha, LOL. Congratulations!

 

[gothra]

Congrats! I can't wait to go through similar experience in a year or two!

 

[leopardgecko94]

the other one came out too, but it looks completley different than its parents View attachment 26898 sorry for cell phone photo

 

[JordanAng420]

Well, the picture quality doesn't show the colors that well, but i'm guessing those two are clutchmates, & it looks like you have a normal and a little mack snow...which would mean either mom or dad is a mack snow & you proved it out...huge congrats!

 

[leopardgecko94]

both the parents were bought from pet.co they have no resemblance to the little mack snow here is the only picture i got from the dad, poor quality and he was shedding at the time looke like he had a hoodie :main_evilgrin::main_thumbsdown: View attachment 26899

 

[watspoppin25a]

i think the dad is a mack snow and so is the baby, its just they change a lot after a few sheds... and that's what mack snows look like as hatchlings, am i right?
btw congrats!

 

[leopardgecko94]

one more thing the "mack snow gecko" has really solid eyes compared to its Bro/Sis

 

[JordanAng420]

Yep, mack snow hatchlings have black and white bands. I haven't heard anything about mack snows having solid eyes, however if the hatchling has white and black bands, it's a mack snow, and you lucked out when you bought one of the parents...the wholesale dealer that sold them to the store most likely had no idea! I've seen some pretty cool morphs come out of those chain stores

As far as being able to tell the difference between adult mack snows and adult normals, from what i've been told it's next to impossible...you could always test-breed both parents to other normals and find out that way.

 

[leopardgecko94]

I bought them for 20 dollars each all i knew was that the mom has a resemblance to being a high yellow and probably is.:main_rolleyes:

 

[BalloonzForU]

The white and black banded one could very well be just a premie and not a mack snow, looks on the small size.

 

[leopardgecko94]

whats a premie

 

[JordanAng420]

meaning it might have hatched earlier than it was supposed to

 

[leopardgecko94]

I don't think they hatched before they were supposed to, because they were incubated at 85-86 degrees and hatched on day 54-55:main_rolleyes: