light?

[david13]

do leo eggs need light while incubating or can they be in complete darkness and incubate?


thanks

 

[shadowx362]

nope, no light just temperature.

 

[david13]

ok thanks..because i got room in my closet

 

[shadowx362]

Yeah closets have a pretty stable temperatures.

 

[david13]

ya.. my shelves and stuff are going to be where im going to put the geckos.. i do have a light in my closet

 

[shadowx362]

Last year in my closet I had shelves with heat tape on the shelves with tubs for the cages. I also had the incubator in there..... This year we moved to a new house and I am soposto keep them in the garage. Well I hope it works out well with the eggs and the reptiles in the closet?

 

[2.1SRR.YYC]

I stumbled upon this while researching natural habitat of leopard geckos...

"Female leopard geckos lay two eggs per clutch (Bartlett and Bartlett, 1995).
These eggs are hard-shelled and it takes approximately 60 days for the eggs to hatch (Szczerbak and Golubev, 1996). Sleight and Birchard found in 2001, that the amount of prenatal visual stimulation had an effect upon embryos. The more exposure to a light source, the shorter the incubation time and a higher preference exhibited by the juvenile or that same stimulation after hatching. This indicates that the nervous system is responsive to stimulations even prior to the maturity of the organism. This gives a better understanding to their development."

http://www.usfca.edu/fac-staff/dever/LeopardGecko.PDF

 

[david13]

ok.. ill just turn my closet light on for incubation too.

 

[Stitch]

The more exposure to a light source, the shorter the incubation time and a higher preference exhibited by the juvenile or that same stimulation after hatching.

That is probably because being in direct sun light the egg would experience warmer temps, thus causing them to hatch faster. So David I wouldn't wory about the light, unless you want to of course. Remember temperature determines the sex and how soon the eggs hatch.

 

[david13]

ok.. I was thinking after i posted.. how would light make the incubation time shorter when it depends on what the temperature