Video of leo laying egg

[fuzzylogix]

barely missed the first one, but caught the second egg. this is a mack snow het raptor that i actually got from robin last year. sire is a mack snow giant. i think it's neat to see just how much these "fragile" little eggs can take. i don't know what it is about this tank though, but none of the girls use the lay box. they get in there and dig and make a mess, then come out and lay. im thinking maybe temps have something to do with it. anyway, here is a vid and some pics right after...

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my first incubator is already full, working on the second of three now, lol

now lets see when they hatch. ive never captured the entire process, and i'm actually thinking about taking a pic a day of the eggs to see the changes. should be interesting

 

[Euphillia]

That is pretty awesome.

 

[OneFootedAce]

Very cool!

 

[fl_orchidslave]

Wonder why they roll the eggs. A simulation of concealing them? Awesome capture!

 

[tkshortee]

so cool!

 

[fuzzylogix]

Wonder why they roll the eggs. A simulation of concealing them? Awesome capture!

i think its instinct to cover them, but as you can see in the laybox behind her, she had excavated it like a freakin bulldozer. then walks out, starts digging at the paper towel, and lays. my black hole female in that same tank laid her eggs very close to the same spot. im actually surprised that she didn't pop one of the eggs, lol

 

[fl_orchidslave]

hahaha they are so funny with their little personalities. One of my girls shreds a piece of paper towel and takes it into the hide, mixes it with sphagnum, lays and covers the eggs. It looks like confetti.

 

[fuzzylogix]

hahaha, that's awesome! you gotta get pics of that

 

[UnicornSpirit]

hahaha they are so funny with their little personalities. One of my girls shreds a piece of paper towel and takes it into the hide, mixes it with sphagnum, lays and covers the eggs. It looks like confetti.

Are you saying your gecko sort of helped to build a nest?? That's so cool... I had no clue leopard geckos exhibited that sort of behavior. :main_robin: