Leopard geckos

[brunerbags]

My momma on bottom in the pic laid 2 eggs a few weeks ago & they literally caved in... I'm not sure if they done this because I didn't retrieve them in enough time or if it was because she didn't have calcium in her diet .. New to this scene as I traded all my tarantulas for these Leo's and didn't know she was pregnant till I found the eggs .. Any input would greatly be appreciated ... I've done my home work and bought Flukers calcium without vitamin D and have it in a container so she can free feed from it... Assuming the eggs are bad because of how they are caved in.. I did however notice he red veins in one of them, but it's really caved in... Thanks

 

[brunerbags]

And she's got visible eggs again and read that she will lay again In 2-4 weeks... I've bought vermiculite for the incubator as well

 

[brunerbags]

 

[Josh2]

It's good practice to put eggs in the incubator ASAP after their laid. So long as they aren't broken. You just never know...

 

[brunerbags]

I didn't know she was preggo till I found the eggs the next morning... They weren't there the night before

 

[acpart]

If the eggs are fertile and have the capability to develop normally and are laid in the lay box, they should be fine there over night. Sometimes I do get eggs that have the veins and they still don't develop. It could be for a lot of reasons: inadequate supplementation, failure of the embryo to develop, temperature and humidity to name a few. Are you supplementing with vitamin D3 as well? They need that to metabolize the calcium. Some people feel pretty strongly that the geckos should not have access to calcium all the time and should just have their food dusted a few times a week. I don't have a strong opinion either way.

Aliza

 

[brunerbags]

Yes , I'm supplementing with the D3 as well, but only dusting their roaches with it

 

[Josh2]

So did the eggs end up in the incubator ??

 

[brunerbags]

Yes ... Only one is fertile