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AHHH!!!! Eggs!!! Help!!!

coffey32 Dec 14, 2003 11:45 PM

Hey all,

One of my geckos layed a pair of eggs today and caught me by surprise. I bought her along with a firend of her's during the first week of November. She is a high yellow and was exposed to a Las Vegas Albino for a few days before I purchased her. Once I brought the two ladies back to my house, I let them get used to their new home for a week. Once they were settled in, I let them meet my blizzard male for a few days. I only left him in there for a few days before putting him back in his cage. When you see the geckos every day, the slight increase of size isn't too recognizable.

However, today she lays the eggs! I am new to the breeding area of leopard geckos. I have the eggs currently in an incubator set at 82 degrees, in order to get predominantly females. I have read that females can lay 8 clutches from one interaction with a male. Am I understanding this right???? Also, my lady needs to bulk back up if she isn't finished laying eggs. I feed her and her cage mate about 8 calcium coated crickets every other day. Are there any tricks to getting her ready for another clutch??? How long does it take the eggs to hatch from the incubator??? I am sorry so many questions, but I have been panicing as far as whether I was doing everything correctly.

I guess the next step is to call Maury to arrange a paternity test on the babies to see who the father of the eggs is!

Thank you for your replies, it is GREATLY appreciated!!!
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0.1 Pixie Frog (Killer)
1.1 Blizzard Leopard Geckos (Roscoe & Snowflake)
0.2 Normal Leopard Geckos (Lucky & Princess)

Replies (2)

xelda Dec 14, 2003 11:55 PM

Feed her everyday and feed her more food. Feed her even twice a day if she needs the weight. You should also switch to superworms and mealworms, since they're more fattening than crickets. Gravid leos tend to lose their appetites right before laying eggs, so you only have a small time frame between each clutch to get her to eat.
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chickabowwow

3.2.3 leopard geckos (Rosie, Locke, Lisa, Caesar, Tommy)

kalidraven Dec 15, 2003 12:18 AM

try too feed her a pinkie mouse so her calcium level is high to produce better eggs and feed her super and giant mealworms while leaving large mealworms in a bowl in the cage.
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1.3 Leopard Gecko's
1.0 mali uromastyx
0.0.3 tokay's(adults unsexed)

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