Homopholis fasciata eggs!!

[Dyesub Dave]

Well I decided it was finally time to totally clean out the enclosure for these geckos and to my surprise I found two little white eggs under the substrate. Now I've candled them and neither of them look fertile but I'm going to try to incubate them just in case.

I did a good cleaning of the glass (as it was full of water spots among other things ) and had previously decided that the layered substrate wasn't what I should be using for this species. I've had them for about 1-1/2 years and hadn't found any eggs (until now). I'm now using coco-fibre mixed with sand for the substrate. I also cleaned all the furnishings and added an extra piece for cork bark and made a little cave out of it.

The one thing that kind of surprised me is that I thought I had a 2.2 group of these geckos. Since they come out at night I don't really get to see them much. However I noticed that the one with the slightly stubby tail is bigger than the rest and has HUGE calcium sacs. None of the others have noticeable sacs so now I'm wondering if I have a 3.1 group of these geckos.

I'll try to get some pics up later but any thoughts or suggestions any of you have would be appreciated!

Thanks .. Dyesub Dave. :biggrin:

 

[Alekk]

Well i won't give You any suggestions since i don't know that much about them, but it's always nice to hear something about H. fasciata. Personally i find that species hard to keep and breed, mostly because they are very shy and you don't know for sure whats going on in your terrarium. I'm waiting for some pics good luck !

ps. did You applied winter season ? what temperatures they have ?

 

[crestedtimm]

I would say to incubate on dry medium, such as sand, perlite, or peat, in a small delicup/no lid, inside of a shoebox containing a very wet medium. I would also fold a piece of news paper approx the same size as the box, and this is placed on top of the egg cups, keeping condensing water from dropping onto eggs, and also serving as your humidity indicator.

I would incubate at approx cage temp for your adults, if not 5-10 degrees cooler day and night.

By no means do I want you to lose your eggs by trusting MY opinions, but hopefully you will develop a method you trust based on my opinion and those of others.

If anything I said needs to be clarified in its application, I will take pics.

Very best of luck!!! I love the fasciata and cant wait to have a breeding group of my own.

Timm

Ok, maybe this is a species that needs a lower humidity incubation? I have incubated H. sakalava as I outlined abouve, took over 100 days or more (I forgot about them...) But like I said, I would incubate as I outlined above. Set em up, put em up, and forget about them for a few months.

 

[Dyesub Dave]

Hey ... thanks for your replies. They did get a slight cooling over the winter.

I ended up using a small tupperware container that has a small hole in each corner of the lid. I moistened some Repashy Superhatch for the substrate. On top of the Superhatch I used a plastic juice lid filled with sand. I made little indents in the sand and placed the eggs in them so that they wouldn't roll.

I was sure that these eggs were not fertile because they were a greenish/yellow inside but figured that I'd keep them just in case. Just the other day I noticed little pink blood vessels in the eggs so it looks like they're good!! :banana:


Now the hard part .... WAITING!! :roll:

Dyesub Dave. :biggrin:

 

[Dyesub Dave]

Well it's been at least 4 months now and still no babies! I hope the eggs are still good. I've read that it can take up to 6 months for these geckos to hatch.

Anybody with experience hatching these geckos that can confirm incubation time?

Thanks ... Dyesub Dave. :biggrin: