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two fertile eggs, still appear viable--very recent lay. put damp soil arond 'em.. (laid in wet hide) and put back in near heat lamp. what now?

OK then! Lets see you have no incubator but have eggs??? Not the best of ideas but i'll try and help! Firstly take the eggs out and put them into a seperate sealed container with your incubation medium be it perlite, vermiculite or soil?now make it damp the best method is wet it and then squeeze out all excess water. Now put a mark on the eggs with a soft tipped non toxic pen as they are when u uncover them. Then put a little pit into your new container and place the eggs here without turning them! Then put the lid on the box and place them over a heat mat but you will need to check the temperature inside the new container. It should be 80*f for females and 88*f for all males or 85*f for a mix of both. Hope this helps ya.

it was an oops! i ordered a hovabator but its not here yet. thank u very much for your help!