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Hey,
Just bought a 1.1 of leopard geckos ready to breed..Young and never bred before!! Also purchased a 50$ temperature controller, and an incubator..Someone told me very good idea since the leo's im buying werent housed together and now they will be..So they said be ready for eggs. So i got the Incubator, Heat mat, Temperature controller, Anything else i need? Also i just bought a thousand crickets.. So excited they will be here wednesday and the incubator tuesday..Can't wait..Just though i would share..Will post pics soon..And wish me luck with the eggs cause he said they will breed at first site!!! Just wanted to share the excitement!!
RJ

Rj-

If you are going to breed your geckos you are going to need an incubating substrate. I use perlite, and it works great. Also for your egg laying chambers you need substrate. I use peat moss, and I love it. Sphagnum moss will work to.

You'll need to keep your feeder insects gutloaded (go to the link on my website for the perfect gut-load for gravid females) Also keep the crix dusted with calcium. The female needs the calcium to produce good eggs. It really helps for egg production.

Also for your incubator I insist that you get a digi therm one with a probe at the end. Use that instead of the one the incubator gives you. That way you know what the temp. reads inside the incubator and you can keep a close eye on it it the incubator spikes in temperature or if it drops and you can correct the problem.

I am sure you have everything you need for housing requirements for your leos correct?

If there is anything at all that I missed, I'm so sorry, but I am sure that someone else will fill you in.

Shayna
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