C. irianjayaensis egg, Surprise!!

monremonda · #1 07-12-2007, 12:30 AM

I was cleaning out the tank that I house my trio in and instead of the usual spot cleaning I decided to turn the soil a bit as it was begining to become compacted and I found an egg. My larger female laid one dud egg a while back but it did not look like she had done any digging, so I figured that the eggs had been no good as it was her first clutch. I could not believe how big it was, almost the size of a ping pong ball!!

Anyway, I planned to move it to an incubator set at about 77 deg in a cup with moist vermiculite. Does that sound correct.? Any suggestions would be great. This is not my first gecko egg by far, but it is my first from these guys, any thing would be helpful.

Thanks

Jaguar Gecko77 · #2 07-12-2007, 02:45 AM

pix pix pix show us the pix heh i love boaring things like eggs....lol anyways that sounds right im a 75 guy myself but 77 is well within the safty range other then that Its just like any other egg make sure theres nothing stuck to the egg thats going to grow mold (ie. moss), keep it humid but not wet basic stuff and you should be good. You probibly guessed all this but i like afirmation from other breeders and keepers it makes you feel confident. yeah back in my noob days i wish i had a great site like this...i would have saved soo much time and corrected so many mistakes lol
well good luck,
David-

monremonda · #3 07-12-2007, 10:56 AM

I would post pics, but I am unsure how. It sounds like you need to post them somewhere else first and then link to them. What kind of place would just let me post my picutres?

Thanks for the advice on the egg though, that makes me feel a lot better to have my ideas confirmed.

Bowfinger · #4 07-12-2007, 02:16 PM

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would like to see as well when you have time, congrats on the eggs man!

monremonda · #5 07-13-2007, 10:09 PM

Here are the expecting parents, hopefully. I will post a pic of the egg when I have a chance.

DDReptiles · #6 07-13-2007, 11:15 PM

Very nice

Keep us posted on the egg!!

Daniel1990 · #7 07-17-2007, 01:16 PM

cool geckos...

monremonda · #8 08-03-2007, 11:26 AM

two more eggs last night! WOO-HOO!!

sikorae · #9 08-04-2007, 04:48 PM

Nice adults well done and good luck with the eggs.

Bowfinger · #10 08-04-2007, 05:48 PM

This is one of those geckos that come in like crap, many die, comparable to P.mosabe in my opinion on difficulty...but do great and look awesome when established. Hopefully more captive breeding will show people how they look when healthy, a very impressive animal in size, looks and behavior. Keep us up to date on the eggs as I will always be interested in captive bred babies. I have yet to receive good eggs out of my established trio... I lost a whole shipment (except one struggling male) from I think it was kerd, they all came in dehydrated and one had a half healed broken jaw. This seems to be the norm for these imports and obviously gives people the wrong impression of these giants.