My female gecko laid an egg for the first time last Thurday on top of the bed-a-beast in her tank. I took it out, and am incubating it. I watched for the next 4 days, no other egg. So I figured she'd lay again sometime next week, and would put a lay-box in over this weekend. I checked today, and she's scraped most of the bed-a-beast up into a big mound in the back corner of her tank, and is buried in it.
She had 3 hides to chose from, although one of them is occupied by her male. They've been together since before I got them, never any problem.
I never some advice on this - should I remove the male? Should I smooth out her mound and offer her a laybox instead? If I leave her mound, should I mist it down every day for a lay-area? If so, what humidity am I going for? Also, when should a dig into her mound checking for eggs, and how often? Any other advice?
Thanks, sorry about all the questions.
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Leapard building a nesting mound?
Snakemother
Apr 14, 2004 10:27 AM
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thegeckobarn
Apr 14, 2004 11:43 AM
Remove the male, and let her decide. If there is another gecko in with any of my "soon to lay" females...they refuse to lay.
Remove him, and she'll pick a spot.
good luck!
~Crystal
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Crystal Light (Yes..that's my real name)
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Dusty Windom (Yeap..that's my real name, too)
*Whenever you lose a gecko, just think of it as God building on his own Leopard Gecko collection 
