Supprise!!!

[TurboHole]

Was at the gym this morning, got a picture from my wife, one of my sons holding one of our 18 month old Cresties, and another son, holding a DAY OLD GECKO!!! We had no idea they were even a M/F pair, much less breeding, much less gravid, much less laying, much less hatching... lol. Now there are 2 hatch lings in with the mama and papa. It seems to me, that in nature, nervous parents will sometimes eat their young? I just thought I should take the little ones out. Not sure about this at all.

Sooo, this is kind of my question: Do I remove hatch lings Or better yet? Remove the mama and papa? I never made a laying box, never found eggs to put in a separate box, so there just in the substrate some where. I was just wetting and stiring my EchoEarth coconut fiber 2 or 3 days ago, didn't see any babies or eggs, but wasn't looking either, so I was being kinda careless. Like I said, this was a total surprise to us, so I wasn't even looking.

So? take the mama/papa out? Look for new babies for a week or two? Or, gently look through the substrate for young/eggs? And remove those?

 

[Mclaughlin]

Remove the babies and put them in a smaller home in my opinion

 

[TurboHole]

Done. Had a few little tanks laying around. Did a gentle dig through the substrate. Found out, she has laid 3 clutches of 2 eggs per. Found 2 eggs sans babies and 4 more un hatched. The 2 babies are in their own tank. The 4 eggs are in a 1 gallon glass tank, same substrate. Not completely dry, but not soaking wet either. Just about like the substrate I found the eggs in. Very close actually I figured if it was wet enough for her to lay in them, it's probably perfect to leave them in. We are very excited about our new little Crestie family, but there is a lot to think about, and a lot to learn. Looking forward to the experience.

Any tips on incubation of eggs? So far I've read that room temp is fine. 68-78F Moist but not wet substrate. Don't spray eggs directly. Anything else? Any of these points just completely wrong?