[Beren]

Hi
I have a wc female tarentola which was "abandoned" at the pet shop I worked at during Xmas, and although here, in Spain its ilegal to have native animals I kept it over the winter to fatten her and set her free in spring. The thing is, the climate has been crazy over the past 2 months so I haven't set her free yet, I was gonna do it this weekend when... she laid eggs.
2 eggs at the moment. And I have maaany questions.
For instance, the incubation time, I've read it can vary from 3 days to 10 weeks depending on how long the female has retained them inside... is this true? has anyone here bred them before? In which case, at what temperature? humidity? Do the eggs go directly onto the damp vermiculite/coco fibre or in a container with sand/dry vermiculite and that on top of something else with damp vermiculite??
My reptile room is at 28ºC (82.4ºF), could I incubate them at room temp?
Thank you, any info is welcome!

[Beren]

Nobody? well...thats a disappointment

[ptenopus]

incubate the eggs at your room temp that you stated. They take 70-100 days to hatch. I incubate my tarentola on dry sand but with high humidity which is accomplished by placing the eggs in a small container on dry sand, and then placing that container inside a larger container containing damp sand or perlite or vermiculite or whatever you choose. i dont put a lid on the small container, but definitely put one with air holes on the larger container.

[Beren]

ok, just like I was doing then...
I can already see veins on the eggs
The thing is, when the hatch they are going to be the size of a soldier ant... what do you feed your hatchlings? drosophila? bufalo larva? micro runner??
Thanks for answering!

[ptenopus]

feed em 2 week old crickets. They will be pretty small, but not super tiny