[ilcapo21]

So ive been reading and talking to people, i was told that Coleonyx variegatus bogerti do use lay boxes, and i was also told not to bother, because they wont use it, My question is how many of you guys use a lay box. If you do, and they lay in there, do you leave the eggs in there to hatch by themselves, or do you remove them and incubate. Also what do you put in the lay box, sand and coconut?

[acpart]

I have not yet gotten any bogerti eggs to hatch, but have had quite a number of infertile eggs. Last year, I had 1.1 and the female laid a few clutches all over the enclosure despite having a lay box and spending a fair amount of time in there. I now have 1.3 of which the previous female remains (new male). They have laid at least 8 clutches, all seemingly infertile, (the male at the time was very young and may not have been mature) and every one was in the lay box. My plan is to incubate any viable eggs in the incubator with my leopard gecko eggs. I don't trust that the temperatures in the enclosure will be correct or steady enough for the eggs to hatch in situ.

Aliza

[ilcapo21]

Ok thank you i think i may put one in there and see how it goes, are there any courtship rituals with these animals? Any signs there going to mate?

[acpart]

I don't know that I've seen the male rattle his tail like the leopard geckos do, he just seems to run down the female, bite her neck and get into position.

Aliza

[GoldenGateGeckos]

My C. variegatus lay their eggs in a lay box, which is a plastic mealworm cup with a small hole cut in the lid, filled 1/2 way with 50% moist peat moss and 50% vermiculite.