trouble breeding

[pablomozza]

my two girlie's are both pregnant however neither of them will use the breeding box i have done for them one of the girls has just mounded up all the bark in the viv and laid her eggs in there and both have died, what can i do, first time i've tried bredding but i also think its the first time the girls have been pregnant too. they say its easy to breed leopard gecko's im not so sure now.

 

[Leopardbreeder]

Put the box where they are laying the eggs. Are you trying to say lay box not breeding box?

 

[pablomozza]

yes a lay box, the lay box was in exactly the same spot where they ended up laying the eggs, one was mouldy which i assume was a bad egg the other was just very battered and i didnt know what to do with them so i just took them both out as they both looked in a bad way

 

[Stitch]

Leo's are easy to breed when you compare them to other reptiles, it doesn't mean it's easy for every one to do though. A LOT of people don't realize the work that goes into breeding.

If the eggs were laid in an un-heated area and they looked "deflated" then the eggs were not fertile to begin with. But you said one had mold on it. That sounds like it was in a moist area for atleast a few days. Either the egg was infertile or the egg was too moist and that is why it molded.

-What are you using as a medium (substrate) for the lay box?

-Do the females realize they can climb in it? (I had to put my females in the lay box a few times before they realized what it was. After that they have been using it non stop.)