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My little trio of dune geckos seem to be doing a fine job of breeding, so here are some pics of the results so far. To-date I have 11 hatchlings with about 10 more eggs in incubation. These guys are super pets - I love how the adults will sometimes "chirp" at night.

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Hi, im trying to breed mine, but i can never find the eggs in the sand. The female is always hiding it somewhere deep, although i think that her clutch was infertile...how did you find yours? And what did you do to stimulate them to breed? Mine are always calling...and are always waking me up!
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azureus06 0.1.0 leopard geckos, 0.2.0 giant day geckos, 1.0.0 gold dust geckos, 1.1.0 stenodactylus geckos, 0.0.1 crested geckos, 1.0.0 anoles, 0.0.1 red eyed tree frogs, 0.2.0 green tree frogs, 0.1.1 golden mantella, 0.1.1 painted mantella, 2.1.0 dendrobates azureus azureus06

Hi, im trying to breed mine, but i can never find the eggs in the sand. The female is always hiding it somewhere deep, although i think that her clutch was infertile...how did you find yours? And what did you do to stimulate them to breed? Mine are always calling...and are always waking me up! ..Good luck with your hatchlings.
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azureus06 0.1.0 leopard geckos, 0.2.0 giant day geckos, 1.0.0 gold dust geckos, 1.1.0 stenodactylus geckos, 0.0.1 crested geckos, 1.0.0 anoles, 0.0.1 red eyed tree frogs, 0.2.0 green tree frogs, 0.1.1 golden mantella, 0.1.1 painted mantella, 2.1.0 dendrobates azureus azureus06

I keep mine (1.2) on about 2 inches of sand with an under-tank heater on one side. The females always lay their eggs on the hot side of the tank, and bury them. I just go through the tank once every couple of weeks with a plastic spoon and carefully dig all the sand on that half of the tank. I am careful to go slowly because I read that the eggs need to stay the way they were laid - as if they have a top and bottom and should not be rolled over. I have never tested this theory. As I scrape away the sand slowly, I can usually spot the eggs in time to scoop under them with the spoon and remove them to the incubator dish.

Good luck with yours, the hatchlings are very entertaining - they are always waving their tails around in the air like tiny cats. A friend of mine jokingly refers to them as my little sand kittens.

-Sean