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My first egg story!!

ChuUtena Apr 09, 2004 09:12 PM

Okay first of all, my fat tail laid eggs!!!! So about two months ago I had mated my male and female fat tail. I thought I saw eggs developing but they never came out, and her belly never got any larger so I just thought she was getting fat and left it at that. Now fortunetly before I ever put her with the male I had ordered an incubator and boughth some perlite. Today I went to go mist her what I now consdered to be her humid hide and no longer her lay box. So I opened it and there are two hard chalky white eggs!!! My problem was though, I was leaving for work in exactly 8 minutes. Can you say oh crap? (Well those weren't my exact words but there are children lol) So I closed off her hide so not to disturb the eggs, moistened the perlite in the hide because on was slightly dented (the other one was fine) and plugged in the incubator. I also yelled at Bell for laying them without telling me, I guess that explained her sudden intrest in superworms!! I guess I just needed to share. This is her first clutch, and she had to have laid them within the last 36 hours. The incubator is still heating up, stupid thing takes forever seeing as I had UN-prepared myself. LoL. How long until you can candel them and see if they are fertile? They are chalky and hard so I would like to think they will be fertile, but my hopes aren't to high. Thanks!!
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-Kristen

0.10 Leopard Gecko (Buttercup, Beaker, Beauty, Blaze, Bubbles, Blinkers, Squiggles, Sandy, and two new girlies who are nameless at the moment)
1.1 Fat Tail Gecko (Bell and Bowser)
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Replies (1)

Tokay_dude1 Apr 09, 2004 11:24 PM

Congradulations!
It's always good to wait a week or two befor candling,it usually takes that long befor the egg will show any signs of being fertile(veins,reddish glow when candled)
good luck and i hope you have some baby fatties soon!

Danny

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