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She layed it today and I dont know exactly what to do with it. So if you could please help me out I would be very grateful.
Melissa

Before I had an incubator, I used to incubate different types of eggs on top of my freezer because it got really warm on top. I've never incubated leopard geckos that way, but I have hatched out turtles and chameleons that way. Just put the eggs in an air tight container with either vermiculite, perlite, or peat moss as an incubating substrate. Moisten the substrate so there's some humidity in the container.
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The Hypo Gecko

One problem the egg, well my female she layed it under the moss on the plastic and it is stuck to it so now what lol, and like for a air tight container would like a tupper ware container like what you use to put food in work?
Melissa

Hey

Heres some info

Dont rool the egg whatever you do.
Get a marker and put a dot on top of the eggs so if it rools you can set it up right
Tubber ware containers is what every one uses there fine.
If the eggs is extremely stuck to the bottom of the hide box and you cant get a replacment lid soon enough construct your leo a new hide box and take the lid off the hide box with the egg in it and put saran rap over top of it this will keep it air tight.
Keep the bedding moist to the touch but not so moist theres dripping water if squeezed.

Hope this helps
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1.3 tremper albinos
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THe first question is does the female mave a male with her if not just throw the egg away if you do have a male in with her then do put them on the freezer i have heard from some people at an expo I went to that they had successfully done it that way.
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Josh
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4 Leo Eggs in the cooker
2.5 Leopard Geckos(2 gravid)
0.1 German Giant Bearded Dragons
3.1 Green Iguanas
0.1 Mali Uromastyx
0.1.1 Corn Snake
1.1 White Line geckos
0.0.1 Chinean Rose Teranula
0.0.1 Ball Python
1.0 Jefferson Salamander
3.0 English Setters
2.1 Muts
1.0 Cat

...the ambient temperature in your leos habitat is around 80 degrees, you can let it incubate in there. Put some vermiculite around it and then moist moss on top to keep it hydrated. You'll have to keep close watch to make sure it doesn't dry out.

Agreed, if she hasn’t been exposed to a male, don’t bother keeping it.
If the egg is stuck to the plastic, it may be hard to remove it without damaging the egg. You may be able to remove by sliding a razor blade under it, but of course this doesn’t work in all situations. You might be able to cut apart the container to remove the egg; I’m assuming it was in a disposable humid hide like a margarine container.
I keep all the eggs that I am incubating for female on a high shelf in the middle of the house, I guess it kinda depends on where you live. If you haven’t seen Albey’s incubation page yet, make sure to check it out:

www.albeysreptiles.com/incubate-eggs.htm

Let us know if you have any more questions. Good luck!

DaveCable

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