Unexpected surprise

[Fitzer]

So I woke up today and my Male leopard left a little surprise in the tank for me only 1 egg not 2

 

[TheGeckoDekko]

Wow, that's pretty cool.
Do you know what you're going to do with it?

 

[Fitzer]

I've seen online that removing and hatching in a separate area is the norm but I've no other setup available. I think she laid it last week as I found all the soil in the tank messed up, as I thought she was a male I thought he was just searching for food or something, obviously I was wrong. So it's there a week and she hasn't gone near it so I might leave it there and see what happens. I've zero experience with breeding so any help is very welcome

 

[acpart]

If she hasn't been with a male, the egg will not be fertile (there are some species of gecko that can, on rare occasion, lay a fertile egg and essentially produce parthenetogenically, but that has never been documented in leopard geckos). You can keep it to see what happens but you may as well toss it and expect that you may get more eggs in a week or two.

Aliza

 

[Fitzer]

Brilliant Thanks for the feed back what type of leopard is it.? I'll leave the egg as is and see what happens. Thanks again for the help

 

[acpart]

She is an albino leopard gecko. There are 3 strains of albino gecko (Tremper, Bell and Las Vegas or Rainwater). It's not really possible to tell which strain by looking.

Aliza

 

[Fitzer]

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So I woke up today and my Male leopard left a little surprise in the tank for me only 1 egg not 2 View attachment 78633 View attachment 78634 View attachment 78635

She is an albino leopard gecko. There are 3 strains of albino gecko (Tremper, Bell and Las Vegas or Rainwater). It's not really possible to tell which strain by looking.

Aliza

Thanks for all the replies. Just an update, obviously her egg withered and died. But now she's huge again and ready to lay, she's doing a bit of digging also, would it be possible to add my Male near the end of breeding season and maybe only get a couple of fertile eggs to hatch on my incubator?

 

[acpart]

Most leopard geckos lay eggs every 2 weeks or so for a varying number of times. I've introduced males to females at the end of the breeding season (like August) with some nice results, so as long as you have appropriate incubation, housing for hatchlings and ability to take sick geckos to the vet, go for it!

Aliza