SHE LAID EGGS!!!!

[johnnyboy4783]

My female tremper laid her eggs today she looks really good actually nice heavy eating still. one thing i wanted to ask tho was she laid the eggs on top of each other and they were stuck together a bit?? has this ever happen to any one? will they be OK? Also one has a little dent in it, anything i can do for that?

 

[Baker14]

Congrats! IS this your first clutch? Im awaiting my first clutch from my SHT and cant wait!

 

[efx*]

Congrats man!!

 

[johnnyboy4783]

Yes my first clutch ever! She wasn't suppose to breed yet, but i made a dumb mistake and putting a male in there and not checking for ovulation. but i had some questions about the eggs. they were stuck together and one has a small dent in it? will they be ok and anything i can do. i put a moist paper towel on them for dent but how long to leave it on for ??

 

[malt_geckos]

Don't try and take the eggs apart. They will be ok. Do you have your inubator yet with the thermostat? The egg with the little dent in it needs some moisture so put them into a little deli cup with some moist perlite(no fertilizer). The perlite should be moist enough to where it can make a lose ball in your hand that falls apart easily in your hand. It shouldn't be soppy though. That should plump it back up. Don't turn the eggs over. Mark the top of them with a black sharpie so you know what the top is so they never get turned over. Good Luck! The deli cup or whatever you put the eggs in needs to go into the incubator at the temp you're incubating at.

 

[johnnyboy4783]

well i did seperate the eggs already but they were ok.( I HOPE). i have them in moist vermiculite snowball method in incubator at 80 degrees. tops are marked.

 

[malt_geckos]

They should be ok but next time don't pull them apart because it can rip the eggs. Sounds like you're set! Good luck! Just remeber, be patient with them. The lower temp means they will take longer to hatch. All you can do now is to wait. . Good luck!

 

[Ccrashca069]

Congrats on the eggs

 

[shadowx362]

yeeeeeeeeeessssss...wait there not mine! oh well still congrats on the eggs and maybe in a month or two you'll see me on here with the same post. hope all goes well and on the vermiculite barely put water because I tried it many times and lost so many eggs because I thought i barely had water but it turns out the max feels like theres barely any water at all. Keep us updated and theres a high change they might die first because its your fist and you might make an error and second because your female is young and the first few clutches sometimes are infertile. might as well put your male in with her for a few more days to make sure she gets fertile eggs since she is already laying.

 

[johnnyboy4783]

i dunno if that a good idea

 

[malt_geckos]

well, here's my idea on that one. If she's already laying eggs and she continues to ovulate, there's no reason in wasting eggs. You might as well use her. Yes she is young but as long as she's eating for you, she will be ok. It's your call, if she's not ovulating, then don't mate her again.

 

[Ccrashca069]

and loads and loads of calcium and vitamins.

 

[Greyscale_Geckos]

Congrats!

 

[shadowx362]

look at it like this. She is probably going to continue to lay eggs anyway and if you breed her she will at least produce fertile eggs than wasting her strength and fat for nothing. Don't breed if she stopped laying eggs because that will just get her pissed at the male for him trying to mate while she doesn't.

 

[Michelle]

Congrats on your first eggs! Now comes the hard part .... waiting!

 

[johnnyboy4783]

well her first two eggs turn out to be infertile. they went bad in just 2 days.. they never were fully white and hard. still gonna incubate fir a week and candle them to be sure..

 

[johnnyboy4783]

STOP THE PRESSES!!!! I candled the eggs and turns out they are fertile so far they both have the red bullseye!!! Looks can be decieving!!

 

[Michelle]

That's great!

 

[Inland Geckos]

ive had a egg get stuck to the bottom of my hide box before. it was really stuck, i had to use a spoon to kind of scrape it off gently. the egg afterwards seemed a tiny bit thin on bottom but hatched just fine! hope that makes you feel better

 

[Baker14]

Im glad the eggs turned out to be fertile!