flying gecko eggs

[sarahdixon90]

hi i just got a pair of breeding flying geckos and there are 4 eggs on back wall of cage behind rocks attached to back wall is there something i should do or do i just leave them there i have done some research but didnt find an answer so if anyone could please help me out it would be much appreciated.

thank you

 

[Tamara]

We usualy tape a deli cup over the eggs so when they hatch it's easier to catch them out, and that way we are sure the parents don't eat them.
Don't try to remove the eggs because that will break and kill them.

 

[Pirarucu]

As said, make sure the female can't get to them, and give her some extra calcium supplementation. If she isn't getting enough, she will eat the eggs to get back the calcium she lost.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

We usualy tape a deli cup over the eggs so when they hatch it's easier to catch them out, and that way we are sure the parents don't eat them.
Don't try to remove the eggs because that will break and kill them.

Tamara ~

Have you ever punched several holes in the deli cup you use to cover the flyer eggs? I did that for the CB flyer I hatched.

What do you also think of leaving a small damp cotton ball within the deli cup you use to cover those eggs?

 

[Tamara]

Hey Elizabeth, i forgot to mention but we always puncture 4 small holes in the containers for airflow, 2 on opposite sides.

We never tried the cotton ball but it should help to create a more constant humidity, that's actually a very good idea.

Though we also experienced that clutches that are exposed to more natural conditions like temp and humidity drops most of the times might take a little longer to hatch, but also produce bigger and stronger hatchlings.
We had a few times that the clutch came loose from the surface it was glued on and we found it on the bottom of the enclosure, in that case we put them in one of our incubators, and the few that hatched in the incubator have always been a little smaller and more fragile.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

Thanks for this info, Tamara.