The last clutch of 2009 hatching!
Interesting story with this clutch:
About 80 days ago, I caught a female eclipse laying two fertile eggs as I was on my way out of the door to leave town for an extended trip. Thinking that they might desiccate while I was away, I put the two eggs into an empty deli cup with a slightly moist paper towel, then I apparently put them into a kitchen cabinet (why I didn't put them into the incubator I don't know!? I believe I was grabbing last minute snacks from the kitchen and accidentally placed the delicup inside the snack cabinet???), and left for my trip.
Somehow, I completely forgot about the eggs and only noticed them again about 3 weeks later! When I "rediscovered" the clutch, the eggs still appeared viable but slightly indented. I placed them into the incubator and tonight= SURPRISE!
You can actually see in the lower egg, that there is still a small piece of paper towel stuck to it! The temperature range that the eggs initially experienced (while in the kitchen cabinet) ranged from approximately 68F-76F. This is just an amazing example of how each individual egg appears so seemingly simple from the outside, but is internally complex enough to tolerate a range of conditions and still maintain homeostasis and normal development!
I've already decided to keep both female geckos (assuming both eggs hatch). Any name suggestions?
Jon
Interesting story with this clutch:
About 80 days ago, I caught a female eclipse laying two fertile eggs as I was on my way out of the door to leave town for an extended trip. Thinking that they might desiccate while I was away, I put the two eggs into an empty deli cup with a slightly moist paper towel, then I apparently put them into a kitchen cabinet (why I didn't put them into the incubator I don't know!? I believe I was grabbing last minute snacks from the kitchen and accidentally placed the delicup inside the snack cabinet???), and left for my trip.
Somehow, I completely forgot about the eggs and only noticed them again about 3 weeks later! When I "rediscovered" the clutch, the eggs still appeared viable but slightly indented. I placed them into the incubator and tonight= SURPRISE!
You can actually see in the lower egg, that there is still a small piece of paper towel stuck to it! The temperature range that the eggs initially experienced (while in the kitchen cabinet) ranged from approximately 68F-76F. This is just an amazing example of how each individual egg appears so seemingly simple from the outside, but is internally complex enough to tolerate a range of conditions and still maintain homeostasis and normal development!
I've already decided to keep both female geckos (assuming both eggs hatch). Any name suggestions?
Jon
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