Hatchling Viper gecko pic

[Gecko Ranch]

Check out the darker eggs, they are close to hatching.

 

[Kristi23]

So cute! Congrats!

 

[Gecko Ranch]

So cute! Congrats!

Thank you! Good things come in small packages. :main_thumbsup:

 

[Halley]

WOW, those things are smaller than I though! How do you find those eggs? You could fit 4 in one pop bottle lid, at least.

 

[Gecko Ranch]

WOW, those things are smaller than I though! How do you find those eggs? You could fit 4 in one pop bottle lid, at least.

The eggs are like little pearls, pretty round. You dig around the sand to find them, usually under the hideboxes. Also, when you notice the female looking a lot less fat in the abdomen that is a cue to start looking.

 

[downthebeatenpath]

Very nice, what is their difficulty in care? I've been wanting some for a while just been too busy with other purchases though haha

 

[Gecko Ranch]

The eggs are like little pearls, pretty round. You dig around the sand to find them, usually under the hideboxes. Also, when you notice the female looking a lot less fat in the abdomen that is a cue to start looking.

These are really easy geckos to care for. They tolerate handling well too - their temperament is very calm. I feed the adults mini-mealworms, two-week old crickets, small superworms and mealworms.

 

[downthebeatenpath]

Oh well that's good, how much do they usually run $?

 

[Gecko Ranch]

Oh well that's good, how much do they usually run $?

$35 and up, sexed geckos costing a bit more.

 

[Ccrashca069]

They are awesome Julie Congrats I been telling everyone you breed them

 

[Gecko Ranch]

They are awesome Julie Congrats I been telling everyone you breed them

Thanks John, something tells me the offspring won't be around long!

 

[Greyscale_Geckos]

Too cute! I can't wait til I have a pair of my own (so far I only have a female).

How many are you expecting?

 

[Gecko Ranch]

Too cute! I can't wait til I have a pair of my own (so far I only have a female).

How many are you expecting?

I have a trio, so I am guessing a dozen or so.

 

[mynewturtle]

Nice geckos I bred them, and then gave eggs to a high school science class where they incubated them and gave them back after the incubation period.

Out of curiosity why do you incubate them in the lid? Just on case while you were digging through the sand you flipped them over?

 

[Gecko Ranch]

Nice geckos I bred them, and then gave eggs to a high school science class where they incubated them and gave them back after the incubation period.

Out of curiosity why do you incubate them in the lid? Just on case while you were digging through the sand you flipped them over?

It's a technique that I use with a lot of terrestrial and arboreal gecko hard-shelled eggs - prevents them from getting too moist and it is easy to see when they hatch. How do you incubate them?

 

[mynewturtle]

I currently just keep a 1.3 trio and breed them around September, I incubate them on the substrate like I do with leopards. I might try this technique.

Do you do this with P.m Grandis? I've had little luck with hatching. with my 1.2 wthis year there done laying and hatching I only got 3 babys. What incubation temperature do you use for P.m Grandis? I think mine is a tad low.

 

[Gecko Ranch]

I currently just keep a 1.3 trio and breed them around September, I incubate them on the substrate like I do with leopards. I might try this technique.

Do you do this with P.m Grandis? I've had little luck with hatching. with my 1.2 wthis year there done laying and hatching I only got 3 babys. What incubation temperature do you use for P.m Grandis? I think mine is a tad low.

Cool deal! Yes, I do use this technique for P.m. grandis (and all Phelsuma) and it does work very well. I have learned to angle the bottle caps enough so that the eggs do not roll too. Hope that helps! I use 80-88F for P.m. grandis. Lower temps are female, as you go up you get more males.