[Morke]

Ok! So one of my 4 females just got layed!
Bad joke

No, really, I woke up and i found two perfectly shaped and white eggs sticked to the vivaria glass
What should I do? Should I cover them with some container with holes? Or just let them be the way they are?
I've been reading a lot but I would appreciate some data from the experts

[Riverside Reptiles]

Different people do different things. If you're worried about them getting damaged, you can take a "dixie cup" type paper cup and cover them with it and tape it to the glass. Or, you can just leave them alone. I give my tokays bamboo and pvc tubes and they often lay inside of them. In that case, I often remove the whole tube and stick a new tube in. But really, all you have to do is nothing as long as there aren't other females in with them (in which case you should cover them as other females will likely eat them).

[Morke]

Originally Posted by Riverside Reptiles

Different people do different things. If you're worried about them getting damaged, you can take a "dixie cup" type paper cup and cover them with it and tape it to the glass. Or, you can just leave them alone. I give my tokays bamboo and pvc tubes and they often lay inside of them. In that case, I often remove the whole tube and stick a new tube in. But really, all you have to do is nothing as long as there aren't other females in with them (in which case you should cover them as other females will likely eat them).

Well, there are 3 females in that vivaria, so i'll cover them asap.
Any tips on the humidity? Should I put vermiculite or perlite in the dixie cup?

[Riverside Reptiles]

Assuming that the environmental conditions are proper in the enclosure, there should be no need to do anything to the eggs other than wait for them to hatch.

[Morke]

Well I've placed a plastic container with some holes and I've also added wet perlite to the container so the eggs won't dry because of the container holding the misting from the eggs. Is that good? How much humidity is "too much" for vittatus eggs?

[Riverside Reptiles]

No that's not good. These are not like incubating soft shelled gecko eggs. Not all gecko eggs are the same. You don't want vermiculite or perlite in there with them. You can mist them if you want, but they don't need it. With these guys, you really should be able to just leave them alone and let them hatch out. The container is only over them to protect them from being eaten or otherwise damaged. Not for retaining humidity. If you leave them with so much humidity, they're likely to mold up.

[Morke]

Thank you very much for the help.
Vermiculite removed.
Isn't it dangerous that the container, although it has holes, will hold almost all humidity from the eggs? I mean, they won't dry out, won't they? assuming they are hard shelled eggs like you say. Also, is the container needed? Can other females eat the eggs even if they are already hard shelled?


It's almost impossible to find good information about this guys. How new are to the hobby really? I thought they were very common.

[Riverside Reptiles]

They are quite common. But they're quite inexpensive and easy to get wild caught. So most people don't bother breeding them unfortunately. The other reason that there isn't a lot of specific information on them is that their care is pretty much the same as tokay.

Yes, the females can eat the eggs very easily. I'm not sure why you think that the eggs need so much humidity? Again, as long as the conditions in your enclosure are good, you really don't need to do anything to the eggs. They will hatch just fine on their own. You can uncover them if you choose, but with multiple females, I'm willing to bet that someone will eat them as they are a great source of calcium and the geckos know that.