[pigslayer]

Ive heard do not turn the eggs,but has anyone ever heard of finding the red ring in the egg and makn sure that is upright

[Allee Toler]

In the first, I've heard day, 12 hours, 3 days, depends who you're talking to I just leave them in the position they're laid in, the embryo is floating and will float to the top and attach. I've also heard of someone finding the embryo, and turning it to so it's at the top then marking it and leaving it in that position.

[pigslayer]

Originally Posted by Allee Toler

In the first, I've heard day, 12 hours, 3 days, depends who you're talking to I just leave them in the position they're laid in, the embryo is floating and will float to the top and attach. I've also heard of someone finding the embryo, and turning it to so it's at the top then marking it and leaving it in that position.

so is the red ring lookn thing the embryo

[lindsaydo]

Yes it is, when my gecko laid, the embryos were already at the top, so i just left them there. It is a good indicator of which way they should be.

[Allee Toler]

Originally Posted by lindsaydo

Yes it is, when my gecko laid, the embryos were already at the top, so i just left them there. It is a good indicator of which way they should be.

If you've ever watched a female lay, some of mine have kicked the eggs around to turn them with their back feet. I just leave them where they are, all mine have float to the top by a day or two.

[lindsaydo]

yeah she stood on them, and she is hefty, so i took them away straight away so she couldn't do any major damage with her claws. I know it probably wouldn't do much, they have to be quite tough, but it was my first time watching, and well, I am a Dr. in Paranoia after all.

[Allee Toler]

Originally Posted by lindsaydo

I am a Dr. in Paranoia after all.

I hear ya. Can't blame you either. Lol. Better safe than sorry! I leave them in their position just because that's how I found them. I know if they're good eggs then the embryo will attach in the proper place.

[pigslayer]

thanx for info

[SaSobek]

I actually don't think it matters at any time. I have been late collecting eggs up to like 10 days and i still just pick them out sometimes they roll around on the table and they always still hatch. i have had babies hatch and mess up all the other eggs in the incubation box and the babies are always fine.

the reason that i think this is true is because in the wild they are communal layers so multiple females will lay in the same spot for the whole season. as other females lay the kick around the eggs that are already laid. If there was something that they had to stay up right they would all die and the last eggs would be the only ones to hatch.

my thought is that most geckos that bury their eggs and only lay two at a time and live in groups like this you do not have to be as careful with keeping them right side up.

when you are dealing with say alligator eggs that they are all laid at the same time by one female in one nest then yes you should not rotate them.

but as far as leopard gecko eggs i wouldn't worry about it. because from experience turning them over dose not effect the babies in any way. it is also true with some of the other species that i work with as well.