we got too excited.

[Scales And Whiskers]

OK well I got too excited and we bred the geckos. Totally said I was going to wait till next year, and I thought I was going to too, until I noticed Lola getting pudgy and turned her over - eggs!! She's gravid! YAY!!!

Isaac got to have his jiggy-time. He doesn't have that same bright-eyed, innocence when I visit him anymore. Our lil man.

I've made her a moist hide with some tupperware, but she only goes inside if it is on the warm end. I'm thinking of making a second one for the cool-side, just in case she changes her mind come laying time. I'm just wary about having the eggs be left in a cold, moist hide overnight if she lays while we're asleep - or would they be OK if I found them first thing in the morning?

Going out now to get the rest of the incubator stuff.
ONLY thing i feel unsure of at this point is the fertility of her clutches. We kept them together to mate once and then separated them, hoping for one fertile lay and the rest to be unfertilized, but the more guides, caresheets and web pages I read, the more unclear it seems that ALL of her eggs will now be fertilized. Will one encounter fertilize her eggs for the season, or does she need to mate before every clutch?

 

[katie_]

Sometimes if its their first time her eggs won't be fertile.

 

[Scales And Whiskers]

Sometimes if its their first time her eggs won't be fertile.

Ah. Even so, I'll feel better when I have every possible detail together. I heard that candled eggs that seem infertile should be incubated regardless, just in case.
I am not the smartest person lately and did breed them too soon, so part of me hopes they are infertile. I'd rather be slightly disappointed then horrified and panicked if something was wrong with the babies. Until then, optimism and preparedness!

 

[RampantReptiles]

One breeding should be enough. Some breeders do breed an extra 1-2 times after the first clutch. Or leave them in together for a few days to make sure the male has really fertilized her but in your situation... I would not bother.

She really should not be in contact with the male anymore for the rest of the season.

 

[justindh1]

OK well I got too excited and we bred the geckos. Totally said I was going to wait till next year, and I thought I was going to too....

Going out now to get the rest of the incubator stuff....

....Will one encounter fertilize her eggs for the season, or does she need to mate before every clutch?

....I am not the smartest person lately and did breed them too soon, so part of me hopes they are infertile. I'd rather be slightly disappointed then horrified and panicked if something was wrong with the babies. Until then, optimism and preparedness!

This makes me very disappointed. After all the advice you got from the threads you made, it seems you did the opposite to all advice given. Why ask questions from experienced individuals if you only choose to ignore the advice? Not trying to be donkeys rear end but it only seems that you take the advice you want to hear. I wish you luck this year either way.

 

[Scales And Whiskers]

This makes me very disappointed. After all the advice you got from the threads you made, it seems you did the opposite to all advice given. Why ask questions from experienced individuals if you only choose to ignore the advice? Not trying to be donkeys rear end but it only seems that you take the advice you want to hear. I wish you luck this year either way.

Thank you for being the donkey's rear end, actually. No one seems to be stepping up to me IRL and doing that, so I've been jumping around back and forth - I realize that that is unfair to my geckos. I'm adjusting to something that's kind of new and I don't know how to take my own over-excitement when it appears, so I keep jumping the gun then recoiling. If I had any doubts, though, in my ability to take care of everyone, I wouldn't have even gotten a female.
And thank you for the best wishes. I realize how frustrating I must be :/

that and i am asking for the expert advice to hear the best way to do it. i am actively comparing what i read in breeder's guides, what you guys say and what wprks best for me. right now idk if i want to breed reptiles, so building an incubator with a fridge seems extreme. I am trying this in the mosy accurate way possible, but i am only a beginner. if i fail in any way, i probably wont breed anything ever again. But if the eggs hatch and the kiddies are good, t
ill probably cry.

"She really should not be in contact with the male anymore for the rest of the season."
Nope, never again.
Mistakes made, learned from and never being repeated.