(Phelsuma Grandis)Giant Day Gecko Eggs. and colour.
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JIGSAW818
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fertile egg with the baby inside. but near the end of it's incubation time the eggs is yellow inside.??
PrestonG
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If it is more than 3/4 of the way through incubation you should not be able to see much of anything when candling because of the baby would now be taking up most of the inside of the egg and you would not be able to see through it, if that makes sense. If they egg was pink to start then went to yellow some time later sounds like the egg stopped developing and is dead. That has been what I have seen. I try never to crack eggs open till they have doubled the normal incubation time as some can developed at a different rate.
JIGSAW818
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Then my giant day gecko egg had died. What a shame. I will post pictures later.
daggekko
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Preston described it pretty good. They almost turn opaque or maybe blackish(that doesn't feel right, but sounds right). 2 weeks away from my last set of eggs hatching I could barely see any pink, saw no yellow and saw baby gecko foot! Apparently sometimes you can see the babies move in the eggs too!!
JIGSAW818
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Dude I'm so upset. He was doing so well. My egg was pure yellow inside no baby moving at all.
JIGSAW818
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Thanks dude yourself and Terradas are chill laid back people to communicate with here on GU unlike some other people. But yeah She is going to lay soon and hopefully I can catch that one on camera too
And damn 8 babies? you have your hands full man.lol
daggekko
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Yeah I'd rather be laid back and help people out to grow more into Phelsuma than be a jerk and have people decide this isn't for them.
Yeah I have 7 young/ baby P laticauda and 1 young P Pasteuri. On top of this fact I have 5 females that hopeful will start/ continue to lay eggs. I moved those 6 eggs when I found them(all at once) so I figure that's how they all went bad. I am going to try hatching the P laticauda with the adults to see how the parents are- will they eat the babies or not? I want to know what kind of results I'm going tO get. I know you can raise Gekko with their parents. I know too that some people don't advise this.
And besides, what's the point of being upset at something you cannot change? The least you can do is try to learn something from it!
Yeah I have 7 young/ baby P laticauda and 1 young P Pasteuri. On top of this fact I have 5 females that hopeful will start/ continue to lay eggs. I moved those 6 eggs when I found them(all at once) so I figure that's how they all went bad. I am going to try hatching the P laticauda with the adults to see how the parents are- will they eat the babies or not? I want to know what kind of results I'm going tO get. I know you can raise Gekko with their parents. I know too that some people don't advise this.
And besides, what's the point of being upset at something you cannot change? The least you can do is try to learn something from it!
JIGSAW818
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Dang dude sorry for your loss, They have been there a while i can't wait for the babies.
terradas
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Wow, hidden eggs huh? That's great! Honestly, if you can move them to the incubator without risking damaging the eggs I would do it. This way you have more control over heat, humidity and predation by mom.
Good luck with these guys! I finally moved mine to the incubator and the first clutch should hatch soon. I candled them yesterday and all I could make out was a foot and the inside is dark. They're over 60 days now so I'm just counting down.
Good luck with these guys! I finally moved mine to the incubator and the first clutch should hatch soon. I candled them yesterday and all I could make out was a foot and the inside is dark. They're over 60 days now so I'm just counting down.
daggekko
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I was thinking along the lines of temperature fluctuations. If your eggs have been sitting in a spot for a while at a certain temperature and you move them to a different temp that it could cause and issue like mine where I had 4 eggs go bad. I honestly don't know how much this could matter but I figure if the eggs look good where they are then it might be a good option not to mess with them. Plus, with 5 eggs if the 1st and/or 2nd get eaten you will know to remove the eggs for sure in the future!
JIGSAW818
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Here's the deal the last 4 were killed and eaten by the dad, The dad is so big and heavy and scared to jump to the hanging pothos plant I have seen him fail numerous times, The mom lays in there with the eggs, they are looking good, They should be fine she won't eat them I have seen her lay in her bamboo with two eggs for weeks, I have a tokay with two lamps and these grandis with two lamps, i don't want to be running the Incubator and have my landlord see her bill and be like Wtf? So no Incubator :/. Oh and you guys, one of the eggs survived the ordeal with the dad, it was kicked out of the bamboo by the dad and seperated from the other egg, So I put it in the pothos plant waited a couple weeks and candled it, the egg is still very much alive, pink and growing veins. i can see nothing but an eye since then i have not touched any of the eggs I get the LED light and point it towards the egg. I'll keep you guys updated, my only concern is if and when the babies hatch there is a possibility the dad will try to snag one of them. I wish they were like tokays where the babies can live with the mom and dad for a period of time.
I totally agree with what you are saying, there is no use in being harsh or unfriendly, better try to help people out! We probably all make mistakes, but fortunately it is not the end of the world most of the time If you care about your geckos, eventually you will find the optimal conditions for them and in the meantime they hopefully do quite alright anyway.
I can't believe that I have a baby at home now! But that is one baby out of 6 eggs.. Some were infertile, some just looked bad, and some I damaged when I moved them.. But still, one managed to hatch, and now I know how to better take care of the eggs in the future! Also, I have tried to block the entrance to places where it is impossible to collect the eggs, but my female keeps finding new impossible ones.. :shock:
If you care about your geckos, eventually you will find the optimal conditions for them and in the meantime they hopefully do quite alright anyway. I can't believe that I have a baby at home now! But that is one baby out of 6 eggs.. Some were infertile, some just looked bad, and some I damaged when I moved them..
But still, one managed to hatch, and now I know how to better take care of the eggs in the future! Also, I have tried to block the entrance to places where it is impossible to collect the eggs, but my female keeps finding new impossible ones.. :shock: