[miss libby]

Just caught this girl an hour ago and shes pretty close to laying a
couple eggs. I plan to give her a place to lay her eggs and then release
her back onto the wall of my house. Ive never hatched an egg before
so im sorta nervous and i dont have an incubator but i think i can
make a suitable place to hatch them. She is a commom house gecko
or a mediterranian gecko as i was told tiny is. wish me luck.





if anybody thinks she might have trouble laying the eggs please let
me know she looks so small to lay such big ones to me but i know
it must be possible.

[Kevin McRae]

Let her go, if you want to hatch eggs go get a pair of leopard geckos.

[Precision Herp]

First thing you should do before trying to incubate eggs is atleast figure out what species she is. Look at pictures online of what you think it could be. If it's something else, take some pictures of her and post them on this forum and hopefully someone will be able to identify it. When you figure out which species it is read some care sheets online about them and figure out what their eggs need to hatch right. Google Common House Gecko Care for example. If you're not ready in time, let her go back into the wild before two future geckos are compromised and possibly her. If you are going to try to itake care of the eggs, I guess eggs of a House Gecko would be better to start with, if that's what it is.

[miss libby]

I already have 6 leopard geckos and why would i start with a leopard
gecko if i dont have an incubator? NOTICE MY SIGNATURE.
And I said it was a mediterranian gecko better known as a common
house gecko and i have found a care sheet. What im worried about
is her getting eggbound. These geckos are all over my house and all
over my friends houses. Ive caught a gravid house gecko that laid
an egg but that was before i ever owned even one gecko and knew
nothing about them. I really cant think of anyplace in my yard that
she could lay these eggs where they would be in a safe and proper
place for them to hatch. She literally lives on my house walls.
One of my co-workers just hatched one of these kind of gecko eggs.
He is asking me for tiny mealworms that it can eat. The last one of
these geckos that i caught wouldnt eat so i had to let it go. But tiny
the near hatchling that i have does eat. She hasnt eaten yet and
if she wont eat soon i will have to let her go. Here she is from the top.


thanks for the replies...

[Precision Herp]

And I said it was a mediterranian gecko better known as a common
house gecko and i have found a care sheet.

Sorry, I saw "or" inbetween the two names and never thought about them being the same thing . Didn't mean to sound like you don't know what you're doing, I was just tryng to give as much possibly helpful information as I could.
About the gravid female:
Maybe she's to young. Make sure she has a good place to lay her eggs where shes comfortable. I would make sure shes fed well and that its warm enough for her.
If she still doesn't lay the eggs soon you might want to try a warm water soak. That could be very tricky with a small flat arboreal gecko. If you figure out a way to, make sure to watch the gecko and don't let the water get to warm. You might want to read the first 7 posts here: http://geckosunlimited.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6426
As for the hatchling not eating, I would try feeding her crickets instead of meal worms. Crickets move faster and entice the gecko to chase it. Crickets are also much healthier staple food then mealworms. Hope any of this helps.

[Precision Herp]

I've seen geckos lay eggs that seemed much harder for them to lay then that gecko. She'll probaby lay them just fine. Are these common on and around your house? If their common in your area she'll probably be able to find a good place to lay them. Be careful about keeping geckos captive and then letting them go after they get used to food being given to them and not having to work for it.

[SelectGex]

If there isnt a suttiable place for her to lay her eggs outside then they wouldnt be thriving on your house, would they?

[Kevin McRae]

Fine, heres some advice. feed her plently, give ehr a shallow dish of calcium and she'll be fine.

[Brian]

I've never seen turcicus use calcium dishes although I never had them that long.

So these are firmly established there now?

[miss libby]

Precision Herp, I didnt mean to sound rude, and thanks for the link. I think
you mis-understood me about the hatchling not eating. Its the older ones that i
cant seem to get to eat. The hatchling eats very well. Thats little tiny, I have
pics of him or her eating in a recent post. I plan to get some pinhead crickets
when i go to the pet store today. Maybe she will eat one of them. Thanks for
the advice i appreciate it. They are all over the place as long as its moist
they are present. They climb around on the stucco and hide under the
boards around my windows. They are quick, the only reason i caught her
is because she is full of eggs. Glad to hear you think she will be fine when
laying them. If she is scared will she not lay them? I have no problem
letting her go. SelectGex you are right there must be somewhere i
just dont see how they find a place the way they live on my house and
on my walls, ive never seen an egg on the ground or in a plant. I do
have a dish of calcium in with her plus i am dusting the mealies. I
would say yes they are very established.