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#1643827
Lhs2008chick
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 PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!! (skink eggs)
so i work at petsmart and our skink just laid eggs... theyre police is to not keep them so somone took them out of the tank and in a warm wet paper towel.. they were teir for over an hour and felt soft to me... a few have little dents in them (im assuming from how they were sitting... i now have them in my tank at home, theyre in reptibark because thats all i have its misted with a 75watt sun glo bulb over them... i have no idea what to do or if theres even a chance of them making it since they were out of the heat for so long! plz help! any imput is greatly appreciated!!!!!
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03/01/08 04:51pm
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#1645342
Jiffyyy
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Message To: Lhs2008chick In reference to Message Id: 1643827
PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!! (skink eggs)
Hey.. I have no clue if skink eggs work the same way, but I breed leopard geckos, and one of my girlies laid two eggs under a rock cave on the dry side of her tank(she has a nestbox, I guess she just didn’t want to use it) anyways back to my point, I didn’t have much time to look for the eggs, I knew she laid them(from the size of her belly) but I didn’t find then for at least 24 hours later. by then the eggs were starting to shrivel and dry up. so I put them in an incubator, I added more water than normal. and out of the 2 eggs, Hatched one extremely healthy baby! so you have a couple choices, you can throw out the eggs leaving no chance for survival at all. Or you can make a homemade incubator(all I use in a small tupperware container half filled with vermiculite and moist to the touch, put in the side of the tank that has a temp of 80-90 degrees) again I have no clue if this would work for skink eggs but it worked for my Leo eggs :).. also make sure the eggs never get turned!.. the embryo inside will definitely die! good luck! :)
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03/02/08 08:33pm
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#1646763
Lovetheleo
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Message To: Jiffyyy In reference to Message Id: 1645342
PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!! (skink eggs)
what kind of skink was it?
most likly the person moved them too much and they wont hatch anyway
also sometimes females will lay infertile eggs(not sure about skinks)
but at our store one of the femal leos laid eggs but she was alone so they couldnt have been fertilized
good luck though what was said above sounds pretty good
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03/03/08 08:59pm
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#1656544
Jazza3
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Message To: Lhs2008chick In reference to Message Id: 1643827
PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!! (skink eggs)
you have to keep them in wet moist soil don’t handle them but it is proberly to late how long have you had them
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03/11/08 01:15am
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#1669739
Felmarg
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Message To: Jazza3 In reference to Message Id: 1656544
PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!! (skink eggs)
Am I wrong or do skinks not lay eggs? I know for sure that blue tongues don’t lay eggs but i am not sure about other species. What species is it?
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03/21/08 11:02am
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SLIM30287
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Message To: Felmarg In reference to Message Id: 1669739
PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!! (skink eggs)
some skinks do lay eggs i.e. the five-lined skink. most reptile eggs need the same requirements. i breed bearded dragons, leopard geckos, blue tongues, water dragons and pythons. if the eggs were infertile when they were laid then they will be a yellowish colour. the minimum temperature should be around 80F in the incubator.i use vermiculite which soak to keep humidity and then a layer of moss on top, the moss helps with mould. reptile eggs get larger while developing, you can also check the eggs with a small torch with the room darkened for any chance of seeing any veins, in later stages you can also see movement hope this helps steve
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05/07/08 01:19pm
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#1737724
Monkjr
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Message To: Lhs2008chick In reference to Message Id: 1643827
 PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP!!! (skink eggs)
i think ur supposed to put them in a hgole but w/out covering them and kepep em moist any way thats what u do with red ear slider turtle eggs
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05/16/08 08:49pm
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