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Hi,

I need some quick help with some new eggs laid last night. I have a trio of pictus geckos and the other night I found 2 eggs laid in their feed dish. One looked like it had been crushed, but the other looked healthy so I put it in some moist vermiculite. I read on the web they need to be kept at around 85 degrees, but the hovabator incubator I have doesn't drop below around 90 so I've been keeping them in a warmer part of the house. Is it best to be a little cool, or a little hotter? Does anyone have any ideas on how to cool down the incubator? I also haven't seen anything on what humidity level the eggs need to be kept at. I've also read pictus geckos lay eggs like crazy once they start. Mine are about 1 1/2 years old now, so is it a problem to let them lay for a bit, or should I separate the male? Anyways, let me know if you can help me out.

I don't happen to know a whole lot about them other than yes they breed alot, and the eggs are so very fragile they say you should not pick them up with your fingers as they can be crushed easily.
Your suppose to use a spoon and kind of shovel them on

Anyway I heard the temp is about 83 for incubation, and in answer to your question better to be hotter or cooler, I would always rather my eggs for other lizards I breed be on the cooler end if temps flucuate than too hot and cook.

As far as the incubator, it has to be in a place where the temps are below 83 to get it to stabalize at 83. Do you understand what I mean?

Example: its about 90 degrees outside where I live right now and but I have the central air on and set about 72 so the room where my incubator is can be kept at 83 - 84 to hatch my collared lizard eggs.
BUT... I have turned off the air in my reptile room to keep it warm and it gets in the 90's so there would be NO way I could keep an incubator in there and have it work properly at a low temp of 83

Got all that? LOL
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I was able to screw around with the temp control on the hovabator and get it around 85 degrees, so now the egg is warming nicely. Thanks for the help.