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? about egg incubation

cesar_gecko85 Apr 27, 2010 02:43 AM

It's been about 5 years since I purposely bred my leopard geckos. About a month ago I took out my female gecko, after noticing her sides bulging. She was definately gravid. That night she laid the eggs after I placed a nest box in for her.

Anyways, since it's been so long I am rusty on how to incubate them. Luckly I still had my Little Giant chicken incubator, and I had set it up a few hours before my gecko laid her eggs. Anyways, I'm using vermiculite for the first time. I used to use perlite or peat moss with great results.
Now I'm not so sure. Both eggs are nice and firm (like they should be) but one was glowing reddish, I could see small veins, and I say was, because it has changed to slight yellowing, or maybe the veins are growing more. The other eggs, also firm, has no sign of veins. So finally my question is, are my eggs any good, are they dying. I plan on keeping them going until I know for sure, whether that means the go "soggy" and sink in, or mold.

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John_Yezbak Apr 30, 2010 07:05 PM

Sounds like the first one may be good. It can be difficult to see veins inside the egg. I just look for a pink glow when I candle them (first few days). As the embryo develops it gets harder to see what's going on inside. If they candle pink at first just keep incubating them until they hatch or deteriorate.

Good Luck! Let us know what happens.

John Yezbak

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