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OK heres the deal. I recently acquired some leopard geckos. One pair is easily older bigger and healthier than all the others. A few weeks ago they caught me by surprise by laying eggs, 2 which looked unhealthy and somewhat crinkled so I discarded them. Today they surprised me again by laying 2 more very big and healthy looking eggs. I had no intention of breeding them and had no idea of them breeding. I cant even tell which is the female, a few weeks ago I saw the larger of the two hovered over the eggs with her tail up, so I figured that was the female. Today the smaller of the two was hovered over the eggs which they put in a dry feeding dish and covered with sand. I don't want to disregard of these super healthy eggs so I grabbed some calcium sand, mixed it with water by misting it, put it in a rubbermaid container, and put the container over a heatpad controlled by a thermostat set to 90. Is it common for one female to lay seperate clutches weeks apart? Or do I have 2 females which I highly doubt. What recommendation can you give me so I do not have an incubator, vermiculite, or any type of moss, sand is the best I have right now. Please help me if you can THANKS.

Hi

I don't know anything about Geckos. If you haven't already though, try posting this in the Gecko forum. You may have better luck getting someone to respond. Good luck.

There are plenty of sites on the net that explain the process of breeding leopard geckos & incubation of the eggs. I randomly selected one site, but if you search, there are more. I would be weary of using a calcium based sand to incubate the eggs. The incubation temperature will determine the sex of the hatchlings. I believe that the female geckos can retain sperm to produce fertile clutches without the presence of a male per each clutch.
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