Help!? Gravid Leo?

[FoxxCola]

I recently was given some leopard geckos, a male and a female. I think the female is pregnant! lol here are some pictures, what do you think?
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I am so sorry, my camera sucks. Can anyone tell if those are fatty deposits, or eggs? lol... They are kind of behind the ribs, I think that they are eggs, It's always good to get a second or third opinion though

 

[Beazer]

I'm 99% sure she is gravid. Just be sure to make a nesting box and give her proper vitamins and calcium. After she lays might want to give her an extra dose (depending on how much you are giving her already) of calcium a week. After she lays, it looks like youll be playing the waiting game, but its all worth it lol.

-Jon DeLong

 

[FoxxCola]

This is so exciting! :app I didn't know we were going to be expecting! Anyway, I did give her a nesting box, and I have been giving her calcium every other day. Plus the vitamins I give her once or twice a week; and the little dish of calcium that is in there all the time. Should I seperate her from the male? They get along quite well, and there is only two of them in a 40 gallon. But I don't want him to stress her out or something. I also made an incubator. Spring is the time for babies! I now have a baby iguana, black and white argentine, and soon to be leos, yay!

Thanks for your help!

 

[Beazer]

Just keep an eye on when she lays so you can get the eggs right away (sometimes they dont lay in the box and it sucks lol). As far as seperating the male, it depends who you ask. I like seperating males from females just so they dont over breed and possibly from the egg laying cause calcium depletion. If your house stays a constant temp. You can find a shelf or somewhere safe to just put the container containing the eggs in it. I use to incubate mine in my bathroom closet and it stayed around 76ish and had no problems. Its really exciting opening the container and seeing a baby gecko lol.

 

[FoxxCola]

I can't wait now!! lol. So, I don't need a heat pad under my incubator? I don't think that my house gets that warm..it stays around 19c which is 66f I think? But I just made one like the ones on Youtube. The Big tub filled with sand, a little tub inside the big tub, filled with vermiculite. The only bad thing about that is, is that it is getting too hot. These are my first eggs, and I don't want to kill them! lol

 

[FoxxCola]

Oh man... I think I am in some trouble now... She layed her eggs last night while I was sleeping and now they are stuck to the bottom of the lay box and to each other as well! What do I do? Are they goners? The lay box is small enough to fit in the incubator I made so they are in the laybox inside the incubator, what do I do??

 

[Beazer]

I think you have already done the right thing by putting the box in the incubator. Do you have any pics of this situation? If we could see the lay box, where the eggs are stuck, the incubator, etc. we could try and come up with a few ideas.

-Jon DeLong

 

[FoxxCola]

Well, she layed them in the corner of the laybox and it looked very awkward. I didn't think that they would survive like that. So I put a tiny bit of water underneath and picked them off ever so gently. They did not rip or anything, I was very careful. I marked them and put them safely back into the incubator in seperate containers. Now I am playing the waiting game. :| Did I do the right thing?

 

[Beazer]

Sounds good to me. And dont be too worried that you might have shaken them up or anything, within the first 24hrs (correct me if I'm wrong) the eggs are actually quite tolerant ofa little shaking and moving and upside down movements. Can't wait to see how it goes, best of luck!

 

[FoxxCola]

Thats good to know. I did try my best to be careful with them.

I woke up this morning though and one egg is dented. I think the other one is about to as well. I tried to raise the humitity incase they are drying out. But I think they are just infertile I will keep them in the incubator until I am absolutly sure though.