First eggs :O :D

[anbelroj]

Around 2 weeks ago, i bought 2 leos. Last week while manipulating them, i saw how one of the female's belly was ultra fat, compared to the other one, and how her tail was skinnier(not skinny skinny but skinnier than the other one).

Then it all became clear...i had bought a gravid female , so anyways i made her a nice humid hide near the dry one with wet, earth-like substrate that we use for the crested gecko, and soon, i saw her move in. Today while coming from classes, i was in a huge traffic, and my mom calls me and tells me that she saw 1 egg in the hide, i was like "woot omfg", so i floored the accelerator and skipped half the traffic by going on the side of the road like a maniac,taking the nearest exit, in hopes that my little brother wouldn't touch the egg, knowing that he's a spawn from hell.

I was happy to see when i arrived that she laid her second egg too, i took the humid hide where she laid it and marked the eggs so i wouldn't move them too much, and placed them on top of the substrate and misted it quite well, then placed it in a small exo terra i had around with a light.

Now since these are my first eggs ever id like to know if what i did was right.

The temperature around the eggs is at 80, and i assume that it will go down during the night, probably around 77-79? but ill always leave the light on.

Is there a minimal temperature for them?

 

[Taquiq]

Temps should be 80-90 degrees. To much fluctuation of temps can cause deformities.

 

[acpart]

Just to clarify: the temperatures need to be constant in the 80-90 degree range, not varying more than 2 degrees at the most (less variation is better). The humidity needs to be high. Some people have had success hatching gecko eggs without an incubator because they have a place in their house where the temperature is always the same and is in that range. A few people have a set-up where they geckos bury their eggs in the cage and they hatch naturally, but the hatch rate isn't that good. For best results, you'll need to either buy or make an incubator. If you can't get one together in time for these eggs, there's a good chance she'll lay 2 more eggs in 2 weeks or so. To find out more details, google "breeding leopard geckos" and read some information that way.

ALiza

 

[UnicornSpirit]

What would you tell the cop if you were pulled over?


lol :]