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My female just layed her second clutch of eggs, and I want to know if I'm doing okay. I missed the first clutch as I was gone for several days and they had mold when I found them. I found this batch this afternoon, I think she just layed them within the last 24 hours. I've got them in a heated aquarium with moist substrate (soil right now but changing it to a substrate that won't mold once it gets warm and the right humidity. The temp is about 80 degrees. I'm not sure what the substrate is but its the kind you use in phototrons, looks like moss. I figured it would work better than the soil. I'll try and get some pics of the eggs, I've never tried to hatch any before so I want to get some help to ensure their survival.
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Heather
1.1 leopard geckos: Geico and Tiny
0.1 husky/hound mix: Savannah
0.3 pet rats: Faith, Zelda, and Cherry

Here's a pic of the eggs in the substrate. I hope I'm doing okay, the temp is at a constant 80 degrees, the substrate is moist but not dripping wet either. They look a little dirty because they were layed in the soil. I have a lid on the tupperware container applied loosely with some holes in the top i just took it off for the pic.
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Heather
1.1 leopard geckos: Geico and Tiny
0.1 husky/hound mix: Savannah
0.3 pet rats: Faith, Zelda, and Cherry

I used vermitulite as a incubation media and it worked fine
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Heather,
One thing that I saw someone do that I think is a really good idea is to make a mark (with a sharpie or something) on the top side of the eggs so that you know which side is the top. If you move them to change the substrate or if any of the babys hatch and move the eggs, you'll want to make sure those eggs are back in the right position with the mark on top. I don't have any experience with this, but know that the eggs can't be turned or the developing babies will "drown" in the yolk sack. The mark will help you know which side is up all the time.
Just a thought, Dean