Gone for 4 days and expecting eggs...

[OneFootedAce]

So Saturday morning (19th), I'll be going away for 4 days until the 23rd, and I have a female who's been holding onto her eggs for about 5 weeks now (she is a first timer, and held on to her first clutch for about 4 weeks, this clutch that im expecting is her 2nd), and is constantly in her laybox digging around, and I think she might FINALLY be about to lay...but if she doesn't lay tomorrow, and I go away for 4 days, what should I do about the eggs if they are laid? Moisten up the laybox a lot and just let the eggs sit there? temperatures don't go too crazy in the room where my geckos are, it should be around 79-82 degrees around...

My sister will be home during this time, but I don't know if I completely trust her with eggs aha...She can handle filling up food dishes/ refilling water...but eggs can be tricky business that I don't know if I trust her doing it...BTW she is older than me, but we're kind of that typical arguing-type siblings :main_rolleyes:, so I dunno...

What do you say I should do? :main_huh:

 

[Brett B]

if your temps stay in the low 80's and you REALLY dont trust your sister I think they COULD make it. It woudl be better to have your sister put them in an already setup incubator but its your call.

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Is there anyone your sister could call to come and handle the eggs? Or could the laybox be removed and put into a larger container in the incubator? Then you could deal with it when you get home and the eggs wouldn't have been disturbed.

 

[OneFootedAce]

thanks for the help guys. But the female decided to make a fool of me and just laid LOL.

2 good sized eggs, a little dented but im expecting them to plump up now that there in the incubator.

Thanks again.

 

[thegeckoguy23]

So Saturday morning (19th), I'll be going away for 4 days until the 23rd, and I have a female who's been holding onto her eggs for about 5 weeks now (she is a first timer, and held on to her first clutch for about 4 weeks, this clutch that im expecting is her 2nd), and is constantly in her laybox digging around, and I think she might FINALLY be about to lay...but if she doesn't lay tomorrow, and I go away for 4 days, what should I do about the eggs if they are laid? Moisten up the laybox a lot and just let the eggs sit there? temperatures don't go too crazy in the room where my geckos are, it should be around 79-82 degrees around...

My sister will be home during this time, but I don't know if I completely trust her with eggs aha...She can handle filling up food dishes/ refilling water...but eggs can be tricky business that I don't know if I trust her doing it...BTW she is older than me, but we're kind of that typical arguing-type siblings :main_rolleyes:, so I dunno...

What do you say I should do? :main_huh:

Don't tell her about the eggs then... When you come home take them out and put them in the bator.

 

[acpart]

I'm glad she laid for you. When I have to go away I make sure the lay box substrate is wet and move it so it's over the warm side.

Aliza

 

[thegeckoguy23]

thanks for the help guys. But the female decided to make a fool of me and just laid LOL.

2 good sized eggs, a little dented but im expecting them to plump up now that there in the incubator.

Thanks again.

LOL I should have read this before i posted

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Great! That will make for a better weekend