PICTUS EGGS!!! What to do??????

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Hello everyone!

Well, after 4 months of waiting after buying my pictus geckos, I HAVE EGGS! YAY! Anyways, im rather at a loss on what to do with the eggs. I discovered them last night(sunday) at about 11:00. Anyways, i grabbed a little bit of sphagnum, sprayed it down really well, fliped it over so the dry stuff was on top, gave it a couple shots of water(mist) and then went to the cage to move the eggs. I put the eggs onto the moss(without rotating them) and from a distance gave them a couple sprays. The container was like a small clear cream cheese container(for size reference) and had a few holes in the top. I put them beside a heating pad piece that was sticking out from my corn snakes cage which maintained a constant 86F in the warm end to i figured that should hold the eggs at about 80-82 till i got something set up. So I really just want to know how to incubate the eggs. Thanks for all your help! Also, when should she be laying again? Thanks again.

C.

[silent_truth]

Congrats on the new eggs! Though this is my first year breeding geckos, I have found out a few things about differences in species' eggs. Leopard gecko eggs obviously need to be kept quite humid, to the point where condensation may be visible on the sides of the container. However, I lost my first three pictus eggs when attempting to incubate them at a slightly lesser humidity level. Now I am keeping them at a very low humidity, without moistening the vermiculite at all. They seem to be doing a lot better but only time will tell. There is so much disparity in caresheets about the humidity to incubate pictus eggs at. The best way to find what works is to try. Monitor the eggs closely and if you see mold, then the humidity is too high. These are great geckos to improve your incubation techniques with as they continually produce year round. Congrats again and goodluck with the eggs!



-Adam

[CHRISANDBOIDS14]

Thanks. Well I have heard a humidity of 60-70%. Anyways, i will try some slightly moist vermiculite, and see how it goes as i expect several more clutches on the way. And I have another female aswell. Thanks. Anyone else?

C.