[migdem]

Hi all,
Anyone could help me out on this because today I found out that the female laid out 2 eggs and I do not know what to do.

Thanks

[Gex-co]

You can take a deli cup with very tiny holes and fill it with vermiculit like half way. Then moisten in slightly and submerge the eggs about half way in the media. You would also need to find a spot to keep the eggs around 82- 86 degrees for the next few months. I hope this helps.

[migdem]

Unfortunately the eggs were squashed by geckos the eggs were too soft. I think the main problem was that i did not have high humidity.

[Gex-co]

Soft eggs can be caused by a few things. Calcium deficits or just being infertility. Being they were your first eggs I would say infertility.

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[acpart]

It's likely that your gecko may lay 2 more eggs in 2 weeks, so you have some time to get ready. I will say honestly that fat tail gecko eggs are a little harder to incubate successfully than leopard gecko eggs, for example. I have about an 85% hatch rate with the leopard gecko eggs and 50% with the fat tail eggs.

Make sure, unless you have an eco earth or other soil-type substrate in your tank, that you have a lay box filled with something the female can dig in to bury her eggs. Keep a close watch so you get the eggs as quickly as possible. Unless you buy an incubator, you'll have to find somewhere to incubate the eggs at the temperatures mentioned above with high humidity and without fluctuations. If you're keeping the female by herself and she hasn't been with a male, the eggs are infertile anyway so there's no need for all this. If you got a female that was already gravid, then all you can do is the best you can. If you're keeping a male and female together, then this is what happens and you should either make the provisions you need to deal with the eggs, or separate the geckos.
Good luck,

Aliza

[migdem]

Calcium deficiency definitely no because all the crickets that i give them are dusted with calcium. A Chicken incubator is good to hatch the eggs? I have Coconut peat moss. Is this good?

Also i have a male and a female in the housing I think it will be fertile right?

Also how should i leave the box humid in the incubator?

[acpart]

Yes, you can use a chicken incubator for the eggs but don't turn the eggs over. Your best bet at this point is to google "leopard gecko breeding" or "fat tail breeding" and read some care sheets because there's too much info to put in a post. It's more likely that you'll find info about the leopard geckos and it's pretty much the same except that the fat tail eggs should incubate at 82.5 F minimum (the leopard gecko eggs can go a bit lower).

Aliza

[migdem]

Ok thanks