Breeding question

[iJessie]

Last night I was about to go to bed and I checked on the geckos and one of the females was in the lay box, she was still there this morning.
I'm thinking of maybe taking burrito ( the male ) out for now since it is there first time breeding I don't want them to be to stressed and not lay or something like that ....
Hes still trying to mate with them even though they are both gravid..

What do you guys think I should do ?

ALSO, they are in a big bin with holes in it, so I cant use a heat lamp.. What other ways do you recommend heating up the tank a little? I already have a heat pad under the tank...

 

[Khaleesi]

Incubation can go from around 65 days at room temperature, to all the way up to 120 days and beyond. If you keep your home on the cooler side, your eggs may take longer to hatch, but this is thought to be beneficial to the growing embryo, as it has time to absorb all of the egg's nutrients and may be stronger when it does finally hatch. In my experience, eggs incubated on the hotter side, at around 78 F+, seem to hatch out smaller with less-developed crests and tend to be a bit more flighty upon hatching. I find that about 70 to 72 F is a decent incubation temperature.

- JB's Crested Gecko Info

I haven't had experience here, but from everything I've read, I would remove the male like you are thinking. They can stress them out pretty badly which can obviously negatively affect the gravidity as well as cause them to drop their tales (if they haven't already).

 

[badgsx]

Why do you want a heat lamp/heat pad? Are you asking if you should add heat because you are incubating the eggs in the container with the parents? I would separate them only because its really late in the year for them to be breeding. Let them rest a few months and put them back together around April or so. I've never used any heat for my crested's and here in MA the temp has already dropped quick. My gecko room was just below 60 this morning and everything's fine.