Need help asap please

[BreederPhil]

My gecko just laid two eggs but I'm usually never home and my parents saw the eggs laid in this moist potting soil thing i have going on there but no one told me until about a week later and i found the eggs buried about two inches deep into the soil. The eggs are still a nice white color with a slight brownish on them what does this mean? Are the eggs still OK how long is the window that i need to get them in the incubator. I have no incubator ready cause i wasn't expecting this since its been so long since she and the male mated... Just can anyone walk me through what im supposed to do...

P.S My name on this forum is w/e im not a breeder at all i just thought it sounded cool...

 

[Khrysty]

Well was the potting soil thing on the warm side? If the temp is above 78 those eggs still have a fighting chance. The brown is likely just the soil that attached to them. Search the forums for "homemade incubator" if you dont have a lot of money or if you've got around $50 to spend, buy a hovabator. Either way, you should probably start incubating those eggs if you want a chance at them hatching

 

[BreederPhil]

Ye the potting soils area is in direct spotlight in the low 80's. Ive been looking around all the local shops and the cheapest incubators are at 80 bucks... I was told they most probably wont make it and since its her first time they might be duds... IS this true?

 

[leoman777]

is this her first time breeding?? and have you candled the eggs yet??

 

[Khrysty]

Ye the potting soils area is in direct spotlight in the low 80's. Ive been looking around all the local shops and the cheapest incubators are at 80 bucks... I was told they most probably wont make it and since its her first time they might be duds... IS this true?

Sometimes first time eggs will make it. The fact that they're still white and haven't dented are a really good sign. Go ahead and candle them.

You can order a hovabator online for $50 with relatively cheap shipping

 

[BreederPhil]

Is there any possible way for them to make it without incubation? Just currious ill see if i make my own incubator and ill candle the egg in a few when i get home...

 

[Khrysty]

Is there any possible way for them to make it without incubation? Just currious ill see if i make my own incubator and ill candle the egg in a few when i get home...

Well if you keep them exactly where they were, in the place where it's about 80, and don't let the temp fluctuate at all or dont let your female tip them over, it'll hatch into females in about 55-60 days or so

 

[THE WHISPERER]

Get ready for the next set:main_yes:

 

[BreederPhil]

Thanks again for all the help and i have another question. What will come out of a combining a normal female and an enigma male?

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

dude i have 20 eggs in the bator right now from ALL first time breeders and they are all growing and looking great.

 

[BreederPhil]

Well for my temporary fix i have a thermos cooler very small cooler about a foot long by a half a foot wide. I put a heat pad and a thermometer to see if it holds its temp and a smaller container to hold the vermiculite and the eggs... Im gunna go pickup the thermostat as soon as the reptile store opens up today and see how that goes. Is there anything im missing in this setup?

 

[BreederPhil]

Ok so i let the ghetto incubator sit there for about an hour and i looked at the thermometer and its at about 87 degrees so i most definitely need a thermostat...

 

[BreederPhil]

Ok so i poured about an inch of sand at the bottom of the container and then put the moist perlite at the bottom of another tupaware thing and the eggs inside that with that lid closed. Temperature is at 89-90ish is this safe for the gecko eggs?

 

[acpart]

Ok so i poured about an inch of sand at the bottom of the container and then put the moist perlite at the bottom of another tupaware thing and the eggs inside that with that lid closed. Temperature is at 89-90ish is this safe for the gecko eggs?

That's a little on the high side. If you can lower it a bit it will be better.

ALiza

 

[BreederPhil]

Added some more stuff at the bottom its in the 82-84 range... So what should i do with it now like is there some kind of maintenance or something?

 

[acpart]

The inside of my incubation boxes are usually at about 80-90% humidity. You may want to put a hygrometer in there to make sure it maintains the humidity. If your box is covered tightly, you will have to open it briefly about once a week for air exchange. At 82-84 I am estimating about 6-7 weeks to hatch. Just keep an eye on therm and if one gets really moldy get rid of it.

Good luck,

Aliza

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

The inside of my incubation boxes are usually at about 80-90% humidity. You may want to put a hygrometer in there to make sure it maintains the humidity. If your box is covered tightly, you will have to open it briefly about once a week for air exchange. At 82-84 I am estimating about 6-7 weeks to hatch. Just keep an eye on therm and if one gets really moldy get rid of it.

Good luck,

Aliza

acpart thats wrong

males are incubated at 89-90 degrees (not over), so that isn't too high

your going to get hot females at 84 degrees that equals some not so nice geckos

There are plenty of cases of moldy eggs hatching healthy babies, but you shouldn't have to worry about that too much with your hatching substrate
and instead of spending 40 on a thermostat just get an incubator really, it's impossible to keep temps consistant in there ( I tried exactly what your doing)


If they do get moldy and still look good and don't smell, just rub foot powder or hydrogen peroxide on it, but briefly and quickly.

 

[acpart]

Sorry about that. I incubate for female so my temps are usually much lower. My worry was that if the temps aren't stable, then if the outside temp is already 90 it may go even higher. By the same principle, even though I only want females I have recently changed my (proportional thermostat controlled) incubator temp to 82 rather than 80 because I was worried about the potential of it getting down to 79 or below.

Aliza

 

[Zynx_Keekeio]

Sorry about that. I incubate for female so my temps are usually much lower. My worry was that if the temps aren't stable, then if the outside temp is already 90 it may go even higher. By the same principle, even though I only want females I have recently changed my (proportional thermostat controlled) incubator temp to 82 rather than 80 because I was worried about the potential of it getting down to 79 or below.

Aliza

Oh good thinking acpart Sorry about that too that was smart thinking

 

[BreederPhil]

Well i left it there all day and it has increased to 88 so it should be fine right?