Saltuarius swaini egg help

[AUSGEX]

Hi guys
my saltuarius swaini just laid two eggs I had no idea they she was up the duff. So I have a few questions.
1. What temps do they need for incubation I have read that they can be incubated at room temperature is that true?
2. How long should the incubation take?
3. I am using perlite and I have a mix of 40g of perlite to 40g of water is that too much or perfect or anything else?
any other info will be greatly appreciated

also the eggs are covered in peat moss should I clean them up of leave them as they are( if I need to how do I clean them) I will attach a picture in a minute if I can figure out how to upload on my iPhone

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I can't upload pictures at the moment, but to give you the idea of the look of the eggs they are completely covered in peat moss you can see the tiniest bit of the white on the eggs will these be Ohk is the any method of cleaning them without harming the eggs or should I just leave them as is ill try upload pics tomorrow some time any advice would be great

 

[dscot60]

I have no idea on eggs but hopefully someone will be able to give you advice on them goodluck

 

[AUSGEX]

This is a picture of the eggs as you can see they are covered in peat moss

 

[AUSGEX]

Bump

 

[SamNabz]

Hey mate, I've never bred swaini but I would imagine they are similar to the rest of the Saltuarius geckos.

Here's an excerpt from an S. salebrosus care sheet on Rob Porter's website (Livefoods): "Remove the eggs and incubate then at an incubation temperature of 26-28°C, at which the eggs will take up to 100 days to hatch."

Source: Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko - Live Foods

Lower temps are said to achieve better results with leafy eggs, so I would set the incubator at ~26°C. As for the peat moss on the eggs, I wouldn't bother cleaning them up.

Good luck, mate.

 

[GeckoJosh]

I have not bred this species of leaf tail so I can't really help you much, The advice Sam posted is what I would go with.
Also dont worry about cleaning the eggs, just keep it in mind next time you use it in your lay box lol, it must be near impossible to candle them.

 

[AUSGEX]

Hey Chris, I've never bred swaini but I would imagine they are similar to the rest of the Saltuarius geckos.

Here's an excerpt from an S. salebrosus care sheet on Rob Porter's website (Livefoods): "Remove the eggs and incubate then at an incubation temperature of 26-28°C, at which the eggs will take up to 100 days to hatch."

Source: Rough-throated Leaf-tailed Gecko - Live Foods

Lower temps are said to achieve better results with leafy eggs, so I would set the incubator at ~26°C. As for the peat moss on the eggs, I wouldn't bother cleaning them up.

Good luck, mate.

hi Sam thanks for that mate really appreciate it
Dylaan

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I have not bred this species of leaf tail so I can't really help you much, The advice Sam posted is what I would go with.
Also dont worry about cleaning the eggs, just keep it in mind next time you use it in your lay box lol, it must be near impossible to candle them.

yeah it is near impossible to candle them unfortunately, it was near impossible to find the buggers in the nest box they were well buried lol will most definately be using sphagnum moss next time

 

[geckodan]

In peat moss, leaftails nearly always lay close to the bottom although my caudiannulatus layed only 3 cm down yesterday just to prove me wrong. You can still candle them if incubated in peat moss laying boxes - that's all I use. Just do it in a dark room - pink side up is the setting position.
Variable low temps work best - pick a cool spot on the floor and set the box there. Your perlite mix is fine.

 

[GeckoJosh]

Its interesting that you also find variable low temps work better. I also find that with P.platurus, whenever I try to be all exact with an incubator things stuff up, now all I do is incubate them in a closet that is in a cool area of my house and I have been getting perfect hatch rates.

 

[geckodan]

Its interesting that you also find variable low temps work better. I also find that with P.platurus, whenever I try to be all exact with an incubator things stuff up, now all I do is incubate them in a closet that is in a cool area of my house and I have been getting perfect hatch rates.

It's the same for most rainforest gecko species or deep cavity nesters. You need to remember 'what would happen in the wild'.