We got a female leo from the pet shop a few weeks ago, and much to our surprise, yesterday she laid two eggs! (and now we have no idea what to do with them - eep!)
So far we've let her own maternal instincts rule for the most part. I marked the top of the eggs so we can make sure they don't get rolled over, and added some eco earth substrate to the warm-side moist hide where she laid the eggs (we just kept damp paper towels in there before) and she immediately buried the eggs under the substrate. The pet store told me to make sure the eggs don't get any mold or mildew on them, and if they do, take a spray bottle of water and add a teaspoon of bleach and mist the eggs slightly. That side of their home stays around 84 degrees. Any other advice/tips anyone could give me on maternal incubation would be greatly appreciated.
An interesting side note, we've got another female in the same tank, a little younger than the one that laid the eggs. They've been getting along very well (at the time we got the geckos, we didn't know about quarantine periods, but they both seem to be doing great reguardless of our initial ignorance). They spend a lot of time together, "snuggling," as the kids call it. We expected that when the older girl laid her eggs, she'd become more standoffish towards the other gecko, and maybe not allow her into the moist hide anymore, but it hasn't been a problem. They actually seem to take turns standing over the spot where the eggs are buried, like they are sharing the responsibility of guarding them. Is this a common thing in female leos?
Thanks a lot for any information,
-Ifni
