gecko just laid egg need help

[trout guy]

okay my leopard gecko just laid an egg. i dont have an incubator at the present time, so ill have to substitute. does any one know any methods of incubation. ok the egg is still very soft how long should i wait to remove it for incubation THE GECKO LAID HER EGG ON THE HEAT ROCK. vani also get the correct temps.

any help is highly appreciated thanks,
nick

[Tim and Julie B]

Only one egg? How old is she? Do you have any incubation medium such as perilite or vermiculite? How long after she laid it did you notice the egg? If is remains soft and does not become firm it is probably infertile. But never give up on an egg! As far as not having an incubator you "could" place the egg in a deli cup or tupperware container filled with substrate that is slightly moistened, and put a lid on making sure you have about 5 holes pierced into the side of the container and place it on a closet shelf that is warm. Other than that I don't know what else to say. But you should try to be ready for any eggs, especially if you have a male and female together. Cheers!
Julie B.

[trout guy]

well she layed another egg last week and i think she has another one coming. shes about a year and a half now. when i got there the egg was still moist and had slime on it. the last egg she laid had a vissible embryo in it.

nick

[Tim and Julie B]

If she's laying eggs a week apart and you think she will be laying another one, 3 laid at such big intervals is probably not the best sign. But if the last one is fertile that's good. Hopefully this one will be too. How are you incubating the other egg? If it is working okay just use the same method. By visible embyo do you mean that it is visible now, or when it was laid?

[trout guy]

the other egg didnt survive. when i say visible i meant after it was layed. there was a small embryo surrounded with several blood vessels. the egg ended up leaking after a while. the color of the egg was blotchy. it was translusent and spotted with white. thanks for the info

nick

[DragnDrop]

You can incubate the egg(s) in her cage until you get a more realistic incubation setup. Put some moist peatmoss, vermiculite, perlite or even sphagnum moss into a delicup. Nestle the egg in there, buried about half way. Put 3-4 pinholes in the side of the cup or lid, and put the whole thing inside the cage with mom in the warm area, so it can be between 80 - 88 F. Next, take the heat rock, cut the cord off and use it for landscaping material. Heat rocks aren't safe - they can cause burns to the gecko, they often overheat, and don't warm up the enclosure either. Use a UTH or lights to heat the cage.

[Alicewave]

Oh goodness. I'm gonna echo some stuff because it's the way I am. Chuck that hot rock or cut the cord and use it for decoration. They are extremely dangerous. If you want to make a makeshift incubator you can take a cooler, pour some water in the bottom, submerge an aquarium heater in the water, configure something to hold the eggs above the water (like bricks and a screen) and then put the eggs in a delicup with some moist vermiculite or perlite as stated above. Although I think DragnDrops method would be easiest for you. Or you could spring for a Hovabator. Good luck.