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Well, my female laid her eggs last night, alot earler than I expected. I ordered a Hovabator for reptiles, but it won't be here until next wednesday. I put the eggs in a container with moist perlite, and then buried the container halfway in the sand in the tank ontop of a heating pad. Will the eggs be ok until I get the incubator in? The lid is on the container, so the humidity is staying in, and it's atleast 80* here in the daytime, and the tank is plenty warm. I'm hoping that they'll be able to survive a week like this before the hovabator comes in. Let me know what you think I should do.
Thanks,
Rob
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My first eggs ever sat on my book shelf in a platic container for a week under a heat lamp. I didn't have an incubator at the time just like you. 80 at day is fine, but try to keep them at 80 even at night times. If its a constant temp in your tank, put the container in there.

My first 2 eggs hatched fine without an incubator for there first week or two.
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I'm incubating mine on an adjustable heating pad right in the adults tank, in a seperate container. I know plenty of people who have done this, successfully-- I will be able to tell you soon how well its worked for me, but I'm 4 weeks in with a nice pink candle glow!
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my leopard geckos were incubated over and adjustable heat mat and they have just ahtched and are both fine