Hey guys...
A friend of a friend of mine dropped off some eggs for me yesterday, and she says they're fat tail eggs. There's two of them, and they look great, nice and white except for a bit of denting. She had originally believed she had two females and never witnessed any breeding. The gecko which, if there was a male would have to have been the male, was put down about a month ago due to an intenstinal prolapse. She found the eggs last night around 6 PM and called me. She mentioned she wanted them to survive if they could, so I told her to candle them... over the phone she said she could kind of see red stuff, so I told her to bring em over. She kept them warm and safe on the way over, so I don't think the drive hurt them any.
My questions are:
Fat tail females don't just lay eggs without breeding like female chameleons and chickens do they? The deceased gecko would have to have been a male, correct?
And, I've got them incubating in vermiculite @ 80-83F (I'm still trying to bump up the temps as I had some crestie eggs in there before she called that were cooking @ 74 F.) Is that a good temperature? I was only able to check a few caresheets, but I wanted information from those who are experienced as well. I've used an eye dropper to moisten the vermiculite around the eggs just a tad, so hopefully the dents will go away.
Any extra information you can give me would be great, I have next to no experience with fat tails or their eggs.
Thanks guys
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