Created gecko breeding questions?

[iJessie]

As the title says I have a few questions ! If you have pictures for some of the questions that would help!

How do I know when to seperate the female and male?
Can someone post a picture of their home made incubator ?
What do I do once the eggs are laid?
Is it true that if you turn the egg the gecko will die?
How do I 'care' for the eggs?

 

[CrestedRick]

New England Herpetoculture LLC - Gargoyle & Crested Gecko Breeding Care Sheet

Read this and if you still have questions look through this subject and in the crested topic

 

[Aimless]

JB's Cresties has posted several youtube videos of candling eggs at different stages and what to expect (among other things).

 

[iJessie]

I sub her on YouTube , I've just bearded you can't turn the eggs or they die,?

 

[Aimless]

yes, do not turn them. when you find them, it's good to mark the top with pencil or soft-tipped ink pen so you remember the orientation. some time in the first X number of hours, the embryo attaches at the airspace at the top. if you roll the egg for any length of time after this happens the embryo can suffocate.

now...this is the conventional wisdom. how much time? I have no idea and haven't done the studies. right away if you're careful about lighting you can see the cheerio, though; the cheerio needs to up and you're fine

 

[amarkakis]

I just got my first eggs about 3 weeks ago. Pretty sure they are fertile....but one is growing white fuzzy mold and was found dented, any input on that would be awesome.
The other egg looks good though.
Thanks

 

[Aimless]

don't toss any eggs until they shrivel away to nothing or smell badly. sometimes really nasty looking eggs are still OK inside.

what do you see when you candle?

can you (very carefully) wipe off the mold?

 

[amarkakis]

don't toss any eggs until they shrivel away to nothing or smell badly. sometimes really nasty looking eggs are still OK inside.

what do you see when you candle?

can you (very carefully) wipe off the mold?

I am trying to post a picture of the good egg and the one that had mold (I cleaned it off)
I will get some pictures of me candleing the two as well

 

[amarkakis]

Here they are candled.

 

[Aimless]

3 weeks? I can't tell from the pics; do you see any veins at all? and, are you keeping them in the same orientation as they were laid?

 

[amarkakis]

No I transferred them to a perlite filled incubator.
I saw veins in both when they were first laid. No not so much. Only in the better looking egg is see them very little.

 

[Aimless]

Well if they're not in the same orientation you may have lost your babies they should be pinkish with visible veins. They might be bad...but just in case don't toss them yet. If she lays more they must be kept in the same orientation or they will not thrive. The embryo attaches at the top and needs the air.