Crested Gecko Laying Eggs. Help!

[LightningGecko]

Okay, so i'm new here, and I joined to ask a question about my Female Crested Gecko, Apollo.
I've had her about three months now (I got her just after Christmas) and she is about 3 years old. She is an ex breeder, according to her previous owners. She has no tail due to being a breeder.

So I was cleaning her out yesterday, and I found some eggs (I was very surprised when i found them, and quite excited too for some reason). They were old, as they were slightly moldy and had several dents in them. I recall a few months ago she was digging a small hole near the back of her tank.
Now, she is doing the exact same thing. She is making a small hole near the front of her tank, and she is acting the same way she was before, so I think she is laying.
Is it possible for the eggs to hatch if I keep them at the right temperatures? Or will they be infertile because she hasn't mated for a year or two?
I have heard stories about the Leopard Geckos retaining sperm, but none about Cresties.

We are also going away on Friday (great timing to start laying, Apollo...) , and she is going to my friends house. Should I remove the eggs (if there is any) or keep them in there until I come back? and should I increase the temperature of the tank to suit their needs?

I'm not looking to start a breeding business, but if I could save the tiny lives of her babies, I would try as much as I can to help them hatch.

Many thanks for reading this, and I hope you all could provide some answers for me, before Friday!
-LightningGecko
((I have been posting this on other Forums as well, so I can gather a range of advice.)

 

[CrestedL]

I am not an expert in the laying eggs business and such as mine is a male, but I do know that yes females can retain sperm and they also lay dud eggs, I don't know what a fertile egg is like so you should do some looking up on that or a more informative source can answer, but if it's a dud I don't think you would need to keep the egg in there, but if it's fertile you should definitely take it out to incubate. Like I said, this may be wrong since im not really a pro at the whole breeding thing but yeah, tried to at least give a little input

 

[LightningGecko]

Thankyou for the reply! I will do more research on eggs and stuff. If and When she lays them, I might move them into a old cricket box with substrate and keep it in her tank, but near the heatmat, so when I away they can get the heat, even if they are duds or not. I think I might care for them if they are fertile, just in case lol.

 

[CrestedRick]

Keep the egg in the tank and after a while you can candle them. Ie hold them over a flashlight and see if you can see a bullseye and that will help tell you if they're fertile or not.

 

[Aimless]

this is a great source of information. she also has several youtube videos of candling during incubation.

I'd be inclined to remove them for incubation. moisture can vary pretty wildly in a viv and you don't want to drown or dessicate them in the substrate.

also, it's a myth that breeder girls always lose their tails

 

[CrestedL]

Sorry for my information then >_< it's innaccurate