Help-Thick Tailed Geckos layed eggs??

[Vixen]

Er what :?

Lol :lol:

Dougie just stick them in a container with moist vermiculite and place them in a warm room somewhere between 26 - 29 degrees , they should be fine until you can get an incubator.

 

[method]

Dougie what Vix suggested would be good for now, if you have time or money when you get home try to build something similar in Neph's guide: http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/...-to-building-a-cheap-and-ugly-incubator-69524

Doesn't have to be as "fancy", a single foam box can work as long as there is a tray that can suspend the container with slightly moist verm which contains the eggs.

 

[Chris1]

umm,...an aquariium heater melted my carpet and almost burnt my flat down when my stupid boyfriend put it on the floor without turning it off,..

dont people use heat cord for that?

 

[method]

umm,...an aquariium heater melted my carpet and almost burnt my flat down when my stupid boyfriend put it on the floor without turning it off,..

dont people use heat cord for that?

Definatley recommended but by the sounds of it he doesn't have one available, would strongly suggest getting one over using an aquarium heater though.

 

[Chris1]

Definatley recommended but by the sounds of it he doesn't have one available, would strongly suggest getting one over using an aquarium heater though.

thought so,...

tell ya mum to pick up a heat cord while shes out,...i consider an aquarium heater way to risky, i'd rather lose the eggs than risk that,.,...

 

[dougie210]

Well there in bunbury there are no heat cords and the only thermostat is 205 bucks

 

[dougie210]

Here is what i was thinking to use :

It consists of: A foam box, which an be obtained from a restaurant or school canteen, an aquarium heater, set to 28 degrees celsius - always have a backup in case this one fails, a thermometer (CHECK THE TEMP AT LEAST ONCE A DAY), i used a floating thermometer used in fish tanks, a plastic container, in here goes the mix.

 

[dougie210]

Oh and thats a picture of it-(Note mine, its the dudes who made the incubator for his, i am using it as example

 

[MoreliaMatt]

i would put the eggs in a sealed container on moist vermiculite and leave them in the warmest room of your house.... Thicktail eggs are nearly bullet proof.... they will hatch, but it will likely take a while longer than usual at lower than usual temps...
If you have another animals enclosure (like a beardy or something) put the egg container in there to hold a better constant temp.

 

[Rocky]

Well then don't make a comment if you can't help!

Well that was slightly hypocritical.

Oh and thats a picture of it-(Note mine, its the dudes who made the incubator for his, i am using it as example

I don't know anything about water, humidity may get to high? But i think that keeping it in a warm place until you can get together that materials, (soon) it should be fine, take a thermostat out of one of your animals enclosures for the time being, you can get everything for a decent price at www.herpshop.com.au

Good luck! But next time, try and be a tad more prepared before putting a male and a female together

 

[cris]

Here is what i was thinking to use :

It consists of: A foam box, which an be obtained from a restaurant or school canteen, an aquarium heater, set to 28 degrees celsius - always have a backup in case this one fails, a thermometer (CHECK THE TEMP AT LEAST ONCE A DAY), i used a floating thermometer used in fish tanks, a plastic container, in here goes the mix.

I have tried very a similar setup, it is great at keeping constant temps but water consdesed on the lid and eggs and i managed to kill a clutch of macs and half a clutch of spencers(perfectly healthy eggs)...

I think sitting them on a wire rack above the water would probably work better. It is really the sort of thing you should be trialing before you get eggs, so you know its safe.

 

[dougie210]

Ok, well guys i scrapped that idea to incubate that way, so in the time being, i got a tuppawear tub, put some holes in the lid then did a 50g vermiculite:50g water mix into the tub, then put some finger holes put the eggs in the tub(without rollling them) The i put the container in the middle of there parents enclosure so that they can get heat-(i dug into the sand a bit, as where it was it was only getting 25-26 degrees so i put thet in the hole)Then i ordered a 25w Heat Cord from URS and i will put that into the foam box we have, with a thermostate, 2 thermometers(1 in tub, 1 on cord)- Oh but where do i put the thermstat prob??On the cord near the tub?/

 

[MoreliaMatt]

so in the time being, i got a tuppawear tub, put some holes in the lid

why did u put holes in the lid??? its gonna dry out the eggs......
move them to a sealed container!

 

[dougie210]

oh ok

 

[dougie210]

Ok, yep-I just changed the lid to one which hasn't got holes

 

[MoreliaMatt]

good work!

keeps the humidity up....

open once every 2 weeks to exchange the air in the tub to fresh air......

 

[Rocky]

How are the temps in the area where the eggs are? How many eggs? Good luck!

 

[Twiggz]

Well i must say that in three pages of comments dougie210 has probably at most received about 1 pages worth of worthwhile assistance. I really take my hat off to all those people quick to jump in a slam the kid for not having the time to use the search function. Seriously he's 14- cut the guy some slack, and if you dont have useful knowledge or your not able to offer assistance on the issue at hand then dont waste HIS time. Its about time some people grew up on here.

 

[Twiggz]

On a serious note:

Dougie210- as someone has already pointed out, thick tail eggs are pretty hardy and tolerant. Depending on what sort of ambient temps your getting in your area/house etc, you may not really need to got out and spend all that money on equipment for an incubator. I quite often incubate my eggs by just placing them on a book shelf in my room and temps would be in the range of 20-24deg.

You seem to have the egg conatiner worked out now which is good, just be sure to open it up once a week to circulate some air.

If you have any problems or other questions mate, send me a PM and i'll help out where i can.