Re: [gecko]Broke egg UPDATE

[Julie Bergman]

Hi Mike,

maleldil wrote:

I wanted to give an update on the situation. When I got home this evening the baby had broken out of its membrane and was lying on the gauze in amniotic fluid and yolk. I thought it was dead but it was breathing a bit. So I rushed it to the vet. The vet removed the yolk sac and I have the gecko back home again. It wiggles and squirms every now and then. I put it back in the incubator and I'll leave it there until it stands on its own. I'm a little worried about feeding since it has lost a large portion of food via yolk. I'm a little nervous about humidity as well since the incubator is really dry.

 

You can change your incubator humidity by adding a dish or deli cup full of water for starters. I always do this in dry-type incubators.

The situation doesn't look good but it doesn't look particularly bad either.

 

 

Hang in there! Be sure to keep the little guy hydrated. I would put this guy in a clear 16oz deli cup (pre-punched of course) sprayed with water droplets and then put in some paper towel strips for hiding places.

Julie B.

Thanks for reading,

Mike