breeding

[Pookie]

I've attempted to incubate my gecko eggs in the past w/o any sucess. The first few times i tried to incubate them i had them in a small aquarium w/ moist vermiculite and a UTH. The humidity was great but the eggs collapsed. Could it be that they weren't fertile? Or am i just doing something wrong? I only have 1 male and 1 female. Should i get more females or males? Maybe i should use an actual incubator instead of a home made one? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks!

[Samba]

I'd be very interested to know as well... because I also have a 5 gallon "incubator" with a UTH, and have had success with it in the past....

Have you actually seen your geckos mating? Do you geckos live together or separately? What temps do you get with the UTH?

It could be a number of things, but I'm sure that we'll figure it out here... =)

P.S. I've also had a female in the past (a supposed 'hot' female) that laid eggs all the time, but they were never fertile... She was too aggressive for any males I had to attempt mating... But not just 'hot' females, but even normal, docile geckos may lay eggs that aren't fertile for no apparent reason... I'm not sure why this happens, though... Good Luck! =)

[Pookie]

I don't recall ever seeing my geckos mating :( They do live together. And it's been so long, i don't recall the temperature (suggestions would be great). My female isn't agressive at all, and they seem to get along. They're always together. Maybe he just doesn't find her attractive? :)

[Tim and Julie B]

Perhaps you should try removing him for a couple of weeks and then put him back in with her. Might get some "action" then:D.

I have a male and female that always produce infertile eggs, but when bred to others the eggs are always fertile. There was some talk a long time ago about locale specific mating with leos, and how certain geckos never produce offspring together.

Sounds like the eggs were infertile, not a faulty incubation system. This year I used a styrofoam fish shipping box filled 1/8 full of damp vermiculite (to maintain ambient humidity) and used the normal deli style cups to incubate each pair of eggs and had a 100% success rate. No fancy incubator needed!

Julie