My Gecko has laid eggs; what do I do?

[Snakebuster]

Hello APS users,

One of my 2 marbled geckos has laid an egg! I was not sure if it was gravid or not, but I had suspicions, because the used-to-be-gravid-one was fat, and now is thin.
I do not know the sex of the other gecko. I'm not sure which one laid the egg, but I think I have a vague idea. How do I know if its fertile or not? It feels healthy, It feel like its full of something. I think it must have been laid 1-7 days ago. I think its 60 days for them to hatch.
I have no incubater, but I think I have heard that you can put the eggs in a small tub of sand, gravel, leaves, etc, and then leave the tub on a windowsill. This is what I have done. Have I done the right thing?:| Whats more, I can only find 1 egg, there should be 2! Why is this?

Tom

 

[Chrisreptile]

I would take it from the window sill and place the container in a spot with a more stable temperature.

Make sure that there is enough moisture in the container.

"candling' the egg with a bright torch will help you see veins (life).

 

[JasonL]

Get some sphagnum moss, squeeze the begeezes out of it so as much of the water as possible is squeezed out, 3/4 lightly fill it with the moss, put the eggs in, lightly put some moss over the top, and leave the container sitting on a shelf in a warmish room, but not in direct sunlight at any time... leave the eggs be and refrain from playing with them.

 

[Snakebuster]

Get some sphagnum moss, squeeze the begeezes out of it so as much of the water as possible is squeezed out, 3/4 lightly fill it with the moss, put the eggs in, lightly put some moss over the top, and leave the container sitting on a shelf in a warmish room, but not in direct sunlight at any time... leave the eggs be and refrain from playing with them.

I have no moss, would anything else sub it?

 

[Jdsixtyone]

How bout ontop of the heat mat or under the basking light? Thats what i do for some types of lizards

 

[JasonL]

I have no moss, would anything else sub it?

Can't buy any? from any Nursery and most Hardwares...

 

[Snakebuster]

I would take it from the window sill and place the container in a spot with a more stable temperature.

Make sure that there is enough moisture in the container.

"candling' the egg with a bright torch will help you see veins (life).

Hi,
I have placed the container on top of the mantlepiece shelf. I have also torn some sponge off a sponge, and placed that in the tub to increase humidity.

 

[Snakebuster]

Can't buy any? from any Nursery and most Hardwares...

I'll see if I can

 

[Snakebuster]

Also, please remind me how I would candle a gecko egg.

 

[Snakebuster]

How bout ontop of the heat mat or under the basking light? Thats what i do for some types of lizards

I'll do that

 

[JasonL]

For those geckos, room temp is fine, no need to cook them on mats or under lights, if you can keep them at roughly 20 - 25 degrees for most of the day, that will be enough.

 

[pythons73]

Also, please remind me how I would candle a gecko egg.

Put a torch-LED light under the egg,if there fertile you will see veins,if there infertile you wont..MARK

 

[Snakebuster]

For those geckos, room temp is fine, no need to cook them on mats or under lights, if you can keep them at roughly 20 - 25 degrees for most of the day, that will be enough.

Alright, i'll forget the heat mat

 

[Jdsixtyone]

Just get some moist sand for now and hurry up and get vermiculite or something simmilar!!

 

[Snakebuster]

Put a torch-LED light under the egg,if there fertile you will see veins,if there infertile you wont..MARK

I candled the egg, and there are lots of dark, thin, shadow veins. Is the egg fertile?

 

[Jdsixtyone]

Yes and please make sure you dont turn the egg otherwise it will kill the embryo.

 

[Snakebuster]

Yes and please make sure you dont turn the egg otherwise it will kill the embryo.

Oh, no, before you sent this post I didn't know, I think I must have turned the egg several times in candling and transferring! Is the egg ruined?

 

[naledge]

Oh, no, before you sent this post I didn't know, I think I must have turned the egg several times in candling and transferring! Is the egg ruined?

I think the animal can drown if it's not left the right way up.

 

[Snakebuster]

I think the animal can drown if it's not left the right way up.

And what way up is the right way up?

 

[Snakebuster]

Come-on, I need an answer desperately from the last post I made on this thread! And also, I cannot find 2 eggs in the enclosure. I have triple checked. But marbled geckos almost always lay 2 eggs at a time! Is it possible that the gravid gecko has laid the first egg, and will lay the next very soon, or do they always lay them one after the other???