> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:13:40 -0400
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> My leopard gecko just laid her first clutch of eggs. They were both still=
> soft at the time and one of them just totally collapsed. It didn't calc=
> ify like the other one did. The other egg is perfectly nice. I put the=
> survivor egg into a container with most perlite and put a plastic cover =
> with tiny holes in it to keep the humidity up. It's in a 88 degree envir=
> onment. Can anyone give me some pointers, since this is her first clutch=
> . =20
I'm not the expert many others on the list are, but in my experience it's
not uncommon for the first eggs of the season to be a sort of trial run -
they may not be perfectly formed, or even fertile. Sometimes the gecko
seems to "know" this, and doesn't bother to bury them properly. They may
even be laid in the defecatorium (toilet corner).
So don't be disappointed if the other egg doesn't develop. The next ones
will likely be ok. Be sure the gecko has a little dish of calcium supplement
so she can lick up as much as she wants whenever she wants. Also, at 88F,
the hatchlings will be male. If you want females, the temp should be kept
under 83F. The first two weeks of incubation are the important ones this
way.
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