Hey, one of my females may be pregnant :s can someone please gimem a list of things i will need if she is? Nest box, incubator?? etc. it was a lil unexpected seeing as they were together for such short a time. Neways all suggestons are apreciated, btw her waight has been up around 32-33 grams. TY
Maybe pregnant??
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castelnaui
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Hi again!
Hmm, they were already together or not :? :roll: ?!? I didn't get it so exactly ...?! May be becuase english isn't my native language ...
If they haven't been together she can't hardly be pregnant!
If they were together she will be pregnat for sure ...
The weight is from my opinion the lowest minimum ...
If she is pregnant she will be laying in about 4 or 5 weeks!
Yes a nestbox would be great or surely easier for you to find the eggs, if she takes that box for hiding her eggs ...
Important is that the place to lay the egg is humid, warm, a lot of soil to grasp and well hidden ... and that all other places in the cage are not as intersting for laying her eggs ...
Otherwise she will put it may be on the floor, where may be the eggs have to dry place or in a pot of plant were the eggs are the evetnualy as well not well put in the soil and have to dry or other excamples ...
I have less soil on the ground, all pot for plant are covered up with stone and only one pot is filled up with loosy soil for the eggs in a corner which is covered easily with a bark ...
Just to give an idea ...
As I would advise an incubator ... In the net may be you can find as well some instructions to build on on your own ...
Greets
Peter
Hmm, they were already together or not :? :roll: ?!? I didn't get it so exactly ...?! May be becuase english isn't my native language ...
If they haven't been together she can't hardly be pregnant!
If they were together she will be pregnat for sure ...
The weight is from my opinion the lowest minimum ...
If she is pregnant she will be laying in about 4 or 5 weeks!
Yes a nestbox would be great or surely easier for you to find the eggs, if she takes that box for hiding her eggs ...
Important is that the place to lay the egg is humid, warm, a lot of soil to grasp and well hidden ... and that all other places in the cage are not as intersting for laying her eggs ...
Otherwise she will put it may be on the floor, where may be the eggs have to dry place or in a pot of plant were the eggs are the evetnualy as well not well put in the soil and have to dry or other excamples ...
I have less soil on the ground, all pot for plant are covered up with stone and only one pot is filled up with loosy soil for the eggs in a corner which is covered easily with a bark ...
Just to give an idea ...
As I would advise an incubator ... In the net may be you can find as well some instructions to build on on your own ...
Greets
Peter
hey thanx Peter! yes they were together for a short time before i realized that they were not fully grown and should be seperated. what should i look for in an incubator?? and where/how should i incubate? ive been looking and ive found the Herpovate to be popular, but i was hoping for something a little bit smaller 
because im really only giong to be incubating a few clutches, im not on a grand scale or nething. Anyways thanx agian and hope to hear back soon
because im really only giong to be incubating a few clutches, im not on a grand scale or nething. Anyways thanx agian and hope to hear back soon Crested Lady
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Hi rshiery88,
You can tell if your female is gravid by gently palpating her belly for eggs. They'll feel like two oval pebbles and may move slightly. (Be VERY gentle if you do this.)
For my layboxes, I use tupperware containers that are large enough for the female to turn around comfortably. Make sure that the laybox substrate is nice and moist. You can use a variety of different substrates such as coco-fiber, peat moss, sphagnum moss, etc.
Once a female lays her eggs, I place them in a home-made incubator. You don't need anything fancy for crested geckos. Just a Tupperware with a few holes in the lid and moistened perlite or vermiculite. Place the eggs in the perlite, put it on a shelf at room temp, and wait. Be sure to check the moisture of the perlite every so often so it doesn't dry out.
Good luck!
You can tell if your female is gravid by gently palpating her belly for eggs. They'll feel like two oval pebbles and may move slightly. (Be VERY gentle if you do this.)
For my layboxes, I use tupperware containers that are large enough for the female to turn around comfortably. Make sure that the laybox substrate is nice and moist. You can use a variety of different substrates such as coco-fiber, peat moss, sphagnum moss, etc.
Once a female lays her eggs, I place them in a home-made incubator. You don't need anything fancy for crested geckos. Just a Tupperware with a few holes in the lid and moistened perlite or vermiculite. Place the eggs in the perlite, put it on a shelf at room temp, and wait.
Be sure to check the moisture of the perlite every so often so it doesn't dry out.Good luck!
Hey, thanx Sarah, ill check her out, i apreciate your advice, ill do that exactly. I was worried id need to buy an incubator or somehting big off the net. Now i can't wait to see if she is, so i can dote over the eggs lol. Thanx again ooh btw what does it mean when ppl ehave Lepards 2.7.1 in thier signature?? I know it has somehting to do with thier breeders but i dont understand.
Now i can't wait to see if she is, so i can dote over the eggs lol. Thanx again ooh btw what does it mean when ppl ehave Lepards 2.7.1 in thier signature?? I know it has somehting to do with thier breeders but i dont understand.Hey, thanx Sarah, ill check her out, i apreciate your advice, ill do that exactly. I was worried id need to buy an incubator or somehting big off the net. Now i can't wait to see if she is, so i can dote over the eggs lol. Thanx again ooh btw what does it mean when ppl ehave Lepards 2.7.1 in thier signature?? I know it has somehting to do with thier breeders but i dont understand.
Now i can't wait to see if she is, so i can dote over the eggs lol. Thanx again ooh btw what does it mean when ppl ehave Lepards 2.7.1 in thier signature?? I know it has somehting to do with thier breeders but i dont understand.castelnaui
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Hi,
If you don't want to incubate a lot of clutches, so seperate them again (I guess you did already, if I understood you right) ...
But anyway it could of one copulation form 3 to 5 clutches because the female can retain sperm ...
Would be a pity if you let them laying eggs and don't incubate them ...
In front is usally written the species
for example in my Signature:
Rhacodactylus ciliatus (crested geckos)
Then:
1.0 means one Male
0.1 means one Female
0.0.1 means one unsexed juvenile gecko
So in my example:
2.4.4 means 2 Males, 4 Females, 4 Babies (or just unsexed)
Hope, this is enough expained ...
Greets
Peter
If you don't want to incubate a lot of clutches, so seperate them again (I guess you did already, if I understood you right) ...
But anyway it could of one copulation form 3 to 5 clutches because the female can retain sperm ...
Would be a pity if you let them laying eggs and don't incubate them ...
In front is usally written the species
for example in my Signature:
Rhacodactylus ciliatus (crested geckos)
Then:
1.0 means one Male
0.1 means one Female
0.0.1 means one unsexed juvenile gecko
So in my example:
2.4.4 means 2 Males, 4 Females, 4 Babies (or just unsexed)
Hope, this is enough expained ...
Greets
Peter