just got a new gecko and and she is acting strange

[TWC]

i just got a new gecko, and she is acting strange. she does have fertilized eggs in her stomach, so that might be the unusual behavior. she has been kicking the sand in the water bowl, and when i get home from work, the water bowl is very muddy. do you think it is because she is getting ready to lay her eggs? i have made her a nice egg laying chamber.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Sounds like she is getting ready to lay her eggs. What substrate is in her lay box?

 

[Select Gex]

Sounds like she is getting ready to lay her eggs. What substrate is in her lay box?

Sounds like a laying behavior to me too.. what's in the box? How wet is it? and is it on the cool side or warm side?

 

[TWC]

i am using damp desert sand, it is on the cool side, but so is the water bowl.

 

[malt_geckos]

Maybe you could just move the water bowl?

 

[Kimjorg]

Is this a gecko that you bought from us (by us i mean GKO) if it is..what was the ID on the top of the deli cup?

 

[TWC]

it was Bear, she is a very nice gecko.

 

[Kimjorg]

She always digs everything..I think she gets really bored. She always seemed to dig alot though right before she was abot to lay. Watch for eggs she was bred with Chris and Phil's Urban sunglow Cronus you should have some nice babies...make sure to post pics if they hatch

 

[TWC]

i cant wait. i ordered a hovabator the other day. i hope it is here before the eggs get laid. i will definitely keep in touch with pictures.

 

[Kimjorg]

Just thought you might want to see a picture of her when she was younger

and here is picture of her sister who is also for sale and was at the expo

 

[TWC]

thanks for sharing that, that is awesome. is her sister Hercules? i wanted to purchase Hercules too, but didnt have the money. i was upset with myself that i didnt get her too. i hope that she wasnt sold. it would be cool to pair them together again.

 

[Kimjorg]

No we haven't sold her yet...they used to be in a tank together until we moved into rack systems thye are so funny to watch together. For example bear loves crickets and would always go crazy when we put them in the tank but she wold ALWAYS save a few for hercules it was funny becaseu you could see that she wanted the crickets but would always look back at hercules. Its too cute.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Since sand is not a natural substrate for leopard geckos, try using regular peat moss in the lay box.

 

[MichaelJ]

Since sand is not a natural substrate for leopard geckos, try using regular peat moss in the lay box.

i agree, i was wondering why no one said anything about the sand.. Peat or cocoa fiber would be best for her to lay her eggs in.. she may be looking for something that feels right and the sand isn't giving her that, so she's restless..

good luck.. i'm sure they'll be gorgeous..

 

[TWC]

i also have some peat moss too, over the sand. i was freaking out a bit today because i say 2 things that resembled eggs in the poop corner of the tank. they looked too small to be eggs, but to weird for poop. i tried to check her stomach, but i just couldnt tell if they are still in there. do they have miscarriages or something like that, and if they did would they put it in the poop corner? i think i am just worried and paranoid because i tried to breed with my other female, but i think she was a cool female. i am sort of a pessimist when it comes to something so great like it laying eggs.

 

[TWC]

No we haven't sold her yet...they used to be in a tank together until we moved into rack systems thye are so funny to watch together. For example bear loves crickets and would always go crazy when we put them in the tank but she wold ALWAYS save a few for hercules it was funny becaseu you could see that she wanted the crickets but would always look back at hercules. Its too cute.

that is so funny and cute, i wanted her so bad too.