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JOSH ALEMAN
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 PLEASE HELP!!!

my leo geco gave 2 eggs yesterdaY 050107 and i want to know do i leave them in the egg laying cave or do i make a incubator of my own i cant buy an incubator right now it will take to much time for shipping PLEASE RESPOND
05/02/08  06:44pm

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   Message To: JOSH ALEMAN   In reference to Message Id: 1723486


 PLEASE HELP!!!

an area of the cage floor that is warm from the UTH should suffice to be a good heat source for a temporary tupperware tub /incubation chamber (if you have room), technically you could go without a humid hide for a few days unless a gecko is about to shed...
just check the temps of the inside of it using a probe thermometer, and use a container that has no openings, just so the geckos don’t accidentally push the eggs around...
you may have to raise the UTH so that the inside of the incubation chamber is between 82 and 88,
84-86 would be ideal for making males and females,

the biggest hurdle i can see is how to keep the proper moisture ratio in your temporary incubation chamber.
this is very tough unless you have good medium to use....
I am assuming since you don’t have an incubator , you don’t have incubation medium either...
this is the difficult part, you can get lucky, but....
if you want to be serious about the eggs surviving you should get a hovabator , at least...and the proper stuff to incubate with...like perlite or vermiculite (there are other options)

-D
05/02/08  06:52pm

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   Message To: ThatGuy101   In reference to Message Id: 1723499


 PLEASE HELP!!!

not mutch u can do really just freeze these one and by next time u will be ready with your incubater if ur serious bout breeding them
tony
05/02/08  07:39pm


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