moving eggs

[malt_geckos]

I have two questions about moving eggies!

1st- I want to move the female eggs after 4 weeks in the female inc. (at 83) to the male inc. that's at 89....and I've never seen it go up to 90 but I know it drops to 88 sometimes. Is that ok? I don't want to hurt them but I don't want poop colored tremper females either. lol.

2nd- Matt's moving in two weeks. How on earth are we going to move the eggs?! The drive is only about 30 minutes tops.

 

[The Sunset Gang]

Personally, I would never move my females to a male incubator. It is too much of a risk for the geckos life, from what I understand. But, that is your call. I don't think that you will get pooped colored trempers if you leave them in there.

And a 30 minutes car ride should be fine. Just make sure you get them and go. Make it quick. Good Luck!

 

[nwheat]

In my opinion, it isn't necessary to move your eggs. Selective breeding for better color has made moving them unnecessary. Most lines of albinos will be nice and bright with not so much brown even if incubated at female temps the whole time. I had a few from an older line that got pretty dookie-looking when their hatchling rack got too cool, but even they don't have that much brown on hatching (after being incubated at 83).

While I know lots of breeders use this technique successfully, I have had abnormalities that I believe may have been caused by accidental incubator fluctuations, so I personally wouldn't take the chance.

You can use a heat pack (or a hot-water bottle) to help maintain temps while you are moving - although it may be warm enough there that even that wouldn't be necessary.

 

[David Loftin]

Well said Nancy.. Couldn't agree more with what you said.

 

[Drunvalo]

i move mine like that all the time... i've never heard of it causing abnormalities! why would it? i really doubt temperature change would cause abnormalities. think about what the temps are in the wild! if the eggs were that sensitive, leopard geckos would have gone extinct before humans could get to them.

anyways, like people said, it's not necessary.

as for taking them when you move, as long as it's not rediculously cold, i would only worry about making sure they don't tip over. temperature won't matter. like i (kind of) said above, the eggs aren't nearly as sensative as some would lead you to believe.

P.S.- before i opened this, i thought your eggs were like wiggling or something!

 

[fallen_angel]

i move mine like that all the time... i've never heard of it causing abnormalities! why would it? i really doubt temperature change would cause abnormalities. think about what the temps are in the wild! if the eggs were that sensitive, leopard geckos would have gone extinct before humans could get to them.

Now that's what I'm screamin'!



Good luck moving Matt and Mallorie!!

 

[malt_geckos]

Thanks everyone!

Thanks for the luck with moving! If everything goes as planned it should take 2 days about to move in.

 

[fallen_angel]

That's not bad at all!! Hope all goes well

 

[Ccrashca069]

Good luck with moving the eggs. I am not a fan of moving to higher temps but each person is differant. Maybe you should move the eggs after the move or is that what you are doing?

 

[david13]

I agree with Cody, good luck

 

[malt_geckos]

I don't think I want to move the eggs. I may try a test batch eventually but I am very sensitive about losing my geckos and I would hate to lose a baby because I wanted to make it prettier.

Matt and I are going to move everything. Then the geckos and eggs will be very last to go. We're moving them once everything is situated.

 

[Drunvalo]

I don't think I want to move the eggs. I may try a test batch eventually but I am very sensitive about losing my geckos and I would hate to lose a baby because I wanted to make it prettier.

Matt and I are going to move everything. Then the geckos and eggs will be very last to go. We're moving them once everything is situated.

i'd be very nervous too. your idea sounds good. very wise.:main_thumbsup:

 

[PacHerp]

Matt and Mallorie... let me know how the move goes... I'll be moving all my geckos and a few eggs very soon too! It's only about an hour drive... so nothing major.

I wish you guys the best with the move!

 

[Baysidegeckos]

I move all my eggs to the Male incubator after 1 month has passed and it goes fine for me.