Leopard Gecko Eggs in the GEO

cinderbirdswing

cinderbirdswing

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Six, my sunglow girl laid another clutch so I thought I'd snap a few pics of the eggs since I had to open the geo and the incubator anyway. I candled them to show whats going on, then I put the pics together in a little photo montage. I thought the size and shape difference between the eggs was interesting. I have a clutch of eggs laid before the larger clutch here as well.

The stuff on the eggs is vermiculite. Thats what I offer my females for their layboxes. I know how to mix it properly so I'm more comfortable with eggs hanging out in there for a day if I don't find them right away.

I did candle the new eggs but they dont glow as pink in the photos.

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fl_orchidslave

fl_orchidslave

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St. Augustine, FL
I have to share incubator space with 6qt boxes of ball python and carpet python eggs. These nifty little egg cradles allow me to minimize my space needed for a lot of eggs but not a lot of containers. Also, when we're gone to a show for the weekend, any that hatch are perfectly safe. I might have eggs from 4 different girls in one container, not a problem at all with any accidental mix-ups. They're worth it to me, but might not be for someone else.
 
RampantReptiles

RampantReptiles

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Canandaigua, NY
My concern is that the little guys are so crammed in there that they might hurt each other. I have been fortunate to never have a gecko be injured by another, or drop a tail and I dont want to start now :)

I have a SIM and it works awesome but I hate how the babies have free reign to run around and turn over all the other eggs in the container.

I imagine the GEO is the same in incubation as a SIM only that it is in a smaller space?
 
fl_orchidslave

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I haven't worked with giants, so couldn't say from experience about those hatchlings. They do look a bit tight as compared to regular size babies, and I don't think I'd feel comfortable with that. If I have any eggs that grow against the container top, I'll move them to a regular deli even though it's supposed to be okay, I'm not comfortable with it. Maybe try one egg per compartment?
 
MTgecko

MTgecko

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Helena, Montana
I used the GEOs for the first time this year (previously used tupperware boxes, which hold quite a few eggs) and I really do like the fact that the babies are kept seperate from each other when I have similar projects in the same space......no guessing which genetics I've got when 4 hatch out at the same time! I did initially have a bit of a problem setting them up with the right water levels in the perlite.....you need to add quite a bit more that with regular perlite that eggs sit in, but after I got that set up it has been very smooth sailing. I also like that if I have an egg mold, I can take the other eggs out and wash off the GEO rather than having to get rid of perlite. As far as eggs getting bigger, some of mine have and some haven't too much....I think it depends more on which female of mine laid them, some just lay eggs that are much bigger and have bigger babies but who knows, maybe I'm just not paying that much attention to the rest to see how much bigger they are by hatching time! I do like the space saving aspect as well, since I also share one of my incubators with cornsnake eggs :)

Hope this is helpful!
 
ElapidSVT

ElapidSVT

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Grass Valley, California
how often do those need to be vented? it looks to me like, if it was full of eggs, it woulnd't have much oxygen available for the developing eggs/babies.
i just use food storage containers and avoid mixups by moving eggs to separate containers a few days before hatching if several clutches are due the same day.
 
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