Leopard Gecko Egg Incubation: ALL you NEED to know & MORE! (Unique Situations Included 2020)

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Hey Guys! Once again let me know what you think and Please recommend future topics if there is something you'd like to see. Feel free to ask me more questions and until next time, Have a Geeky Gecko Great Day! 😀😍🌄

[@frankcuzzolina9947]

Nice! Incubation videos are always helpful! 😊😊🦎🦎

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@frankcuzzolina9947 Thank You!😊😊🦎🦎

[@susanseye4art]

substrates? ecoearth for laying and incubation

[@susanseye4art]

your experiences on substrate use and what to use as well as vermiculite

[@jharris1711]

Thank you SO MUCH for this in-depth, step-by-step video! Had my first pairing today (Mack Snow W&Y Tremper Albino crossed to a Tremper Sunglow w/ blood genetics in her lines) This video helped a ton 🙏

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

That sounds amazing, keep us updated and let me know if i can help in anyway, congrats and have fun! :D :D

[@jharris1711]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations My female just produced her second clutch; the first was infertile. One egg looks deflated but the other is great! Just wanted to ask how many days after should I candle and how often should be alright? Thank you!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@jharris1711 You can Candle as soon as the female lays, and then you can candle them as often as you'd like, but keep this in mind, it shouldnt matter too much, because you are just taking the egg out for a sec and then putting it back in, but the more you candle your eggs, the more temperature flucuations you get durring the development of the embryo. Like i said this shouldnt matter too much, but my personal recommendation, i usually candle right when the egg is laid, and then I practice putting embryo side up (little red dot side), its not needed for leos but i practice it because I do this with ball pythons more, and then I "might" candle after about a month or so just to see if the embryo is developing, i usually dont, but in some cases just to check on progress i might. The best best thing do do honestly, lock that egg away in an air tight container, and don't touch the container unless you have to put more eggs into it as the female lays over the course of the next few months. I know its soooo hard not to mess with them, but if an egg is bad there is nothing you can do. Now if the humidity levels in the egg box holding the eggs is too low you will get dimpled eggs, that you can do something about, add more water, and if the egg is bad, it will most likely get moldy after a few weeks and you can removed it. But try to to worry, sit back, enjoy ur geckos and b4 you know it you will have eggs! :D

[@jharris1711]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations I've got four eggs in the incubator from this pairing! Expecting them to hatch in MAY!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@jharris1711 NICE!!! keep us updated!

[@cwadru5504]

Damn you’re so informative and awesome with these videos! I appreciate you sharing your wisdom with us.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

ty so much see you next time! :D

[@nb-tv7tg]

This video helped me a lot in a few years I’m gonna get a leopard gecko and I’m gonna sell the baby’s but I need 2 females and 2 males so I can breed them extremely fast the others I’m gonna sell after 4 years of selling them I’m gonna get 2 of the females and males from the hatching eggs so after that I’m gonna sell them over and over and over again it’s like a circle that never ends! ❤

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

awesome plan!

[@coldcut10045]

yea we’ll i’m literally gonna sell 1 million of them so

[@MyBabyZombie]

Thank you for this. Now I kind of know where to start. I’ll probably have a lot of questions in the next few weeks as I recently discovered one of my leopard geckos is pregnant for the first time🤰

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Congrats! I have lots of vids on the topic and feel free to mesage me on IG, FB, here or email TY :) www.geekygeckocreations.com

[@nurlanaygun7388]

great channel!! thank you bro for all your information!!

[@bolezy9070]

I'm the same with cleaning my stuff. I actually wash everything with hot water and blue dawn dishsoap.

[@J1407BAstronomy]

I am thinking of breeding and the reptibator seems perfect for me

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

yup its def good! :D

[@radicalreptilez6971]

Great video! I am only ten but I would love to breed geckos when I’m older.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

tyty u got this! :D

[@GameOfMorphs]

From what ive seen personally when they lay the eggs outside of the lay box they are either no good or they lay box is too small

[@frankcuzzolina9947]

Thanks that's good insight! Appreciate ur feedback!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Thanks Game of Morphs, that is some good input! More data we track, more we can figure these guys out! 😁😁🦎🦎

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@frankcuzzolina9947 yup certainly is!

[@GameOfMorphs]

:D

[@paltro]

Very informative video. Thanks!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Thank you for the watch and ANYTIME! =D

[@InjectorGadget]

Interesting question: What is the degree of accuracy when trying to make a male or female based off the temperature you provide in the incubator? On a percentage scale perhaps? If you've kept that data, I'd love to know. 🙂

[@rdnkenki]

In the breeding profession, OCD is not a bad thing!! Well done video!!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

very very true! :D :D

[@Stacker_Actual]

Yo yo!! Dogface here again broskee!!! Wonderful video man!! I’m back with another question lol. Do you put water in the channels of your incubator as well? Or just water in the medium used to incubate the eggs in within the container?? Seems like the only reason the incubator itself would need to be humid is if you kept all the lids off of the container correct?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

No water in the channels. Just in the medium and we use air tight containers with no holes 1:1 ratio. You are correct incuabtor only needs to be humid if all the lids are off good job :D :D

[@Stacker_Actual]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations Who’s better than you!! Thanks again man 🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@Stacker_Actual ur awesome thanks man! :D

[@adultstory8510]

I really need help right now for my leopard gecko egg I'm a newbie keeper. I have my leopard gecko egg first clutch and it's 3 days now since the egg is layed, when I get the egg in the female inclosure it's both look good and fertile but in the first day it's starting to dent and everyday the dent get even bigger I keep my egg in 25 to 28 Celsius I wonder that if some can give me a advice to save the egg I think it's a humidity problem I think the moisture is not enough and it's hard to maintain high humidity in low temperature anyone please tell me what can I do to this

[@blessedproduction6109]

Very infornative. Ty so much

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Thanks Kevin, appreciate your feedback! :D :D and support!

[@jakegreenleaf1284]

As the gecko eggs incubate do you check the weight for humidity or add water all my eggs last year dried out so I'm looking into better ways great info thanks👍🤞

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

I never check on them. Set and forget :D 1:1 ratio of water to vermiculite and air tight container and thats it :) . . . .sometimes eggs are bad, but text me if u have quesstions/problems and we will diagnose :D 480-299-7657

[@Joemama-qc5ww]

Do you know how long the eggs can go unincubated? My girl laid two last night and I was not prepared for that. I am almost 100% sure they are fertile since I put them under the light and they had big red circles with a dot in the middle. I put the eggs in some moist dirt in a container for now and placed them above my girls heating pad for now since I don’t have an incubator and cannot get one until later today. Do you think they will be okay? I checked them this morning and they have little dents to them and I don’t know if it’s because the dirt is too moist. Also, i could barely see any embryos now, maybe the dirt is just making them hard to see now?. I don’t know if I already killed them. Should I even bother buying an incubator? Sorry for all of the questions!

[@SupremeGecko]

Great video. As mentioned sometimes the lay outside if the eggs are infertile. Great point about studying them. Very important.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Thanks Wally! Yeh I will def data track the ones laid outside now to see the statistical probability of infertility compared to ones laid inside! Thanks for your experiential feedback and insight as well! 😁😁🦎🦎

[@SupremeGecko]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations My pleasure entirely. Great video.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@SupremeGecko Thanks Again Wally! 😁😁🦎🦎🦎

[@maguape16]

So I dont need to add water into the bottom of the reptibator? I've read they need high humidity like 85-95 but is that of the overall incubator or each container? And how do I know the humidity level in the small containers?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Hi i tihkn we spoke on live chat but correct no water into the bottom of the reptibator only water content into the egg container holding the eggs and make sure that container is air tight. I can show you a picture of mine on the next live stream but in this video it shows exactly how i do it too :)

[@maguape16]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations yes sorry just lots of questions. Didn't really prepare for this. That was last thing I was unsure of. Thanks again 😊

[@buddhabbuddhism8420]

Awesomeness! Ty for the step by step. First comment?! Do they still claim first? Haha

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Yes! You got the first very nice haha. And thank you for your encouragement! You can absolutely claim first! Was that an "official" thing before lol, I don't remember, I need your help explaining it to me! :D

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

You even beat my own "pinned" comment I still have yet to put on this video, Kudos to you my friend! :D

[@rebeccakeen836]

I have 2 eggs stuck together all the way from end to end in the middle 😅 I can't get them apart, what do I do? Just incubate them together?

[@jordyn1213]

What do you keep the humidity at for the eggs?? The last clutch mine laid molded😭😭

[@rdnkenki]

Have you had any lay 1 or 3 eggs instead of 2?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

1 is common, 3 ive never had, im waiting for the day that happens to record it lol

[@Idris1514]

Where did you get your incubators ? And you said 82° is for females, my gecko was incubated at 84.5° what gender do feel it’ll be ?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

If you lok on craiglist for "Hova Bator" or "Repti Bator" these are to commonly sold incubators on the market. Reptile stores also sell "Repti bators" for around $50 i think. I recommend ReptiBator over the Hova Bator, but either will work. If you search reptile incubators, there are a number of models on the market some cheaper some more expensive. If you incubated at 84.5, and the temperature at the eggs location was 84.5 I would think you'd get a mix of males and females. Females typically incuabte at 79-82, males at 87-90 and a mix of males and females at 84-86

[@Idris1514]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations Okayy thank youuu!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@Idris1514 Anytime my friend! 😁😁

[@bubblesimmer1938]

My girl layed her eggs but the embryo was at the bottom. I flipped it so not to drown the embryo. Was this right to do?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Yes Embryo up seems to be the most common moethod, there is something in biology where maybe if the embryo is already stuck on the bottom for a certain amount of days you should leave it, however for now, to keep it simple, just always flip them embryo side up and try to check every 2 weeks when she lays so you catch them as early as possible :D

[@bubblesimmer1938]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations I got scared and ended up putting them back the way they were layed and I believe that was their downfall, now I definitely know for next time. Waiting on another clutch any day now, we've switched substrates for her egg box and incubation to vermiculite as well. Better luck this time!

[@MyBabyZombie]

Eek! She just laid the first clutch. How long before she lays the next clutch? So exciting!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Awesome! Mark on your calendar, to start checking 2 weeks from the time she lays her clutch to the time she will aprox. lay the next clutch. But check a couple days before just incase. It's usually 2-3 periods of time that the geckos will lay in. COngrats :D

[@MyBabyZombie]

@Megan Packer you’re probably asking geeky gecko creations and not me but I didn’t reintroduce the male. I actually moved him to another enclosure. I read that you should separate them after she becomes prego otherwise he’ll keep trying to mate with her and it’ll stress her out. Mine has laid about 6 eggs so far and I have them in a incubator.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@Megan Packer they should be fertilzed for the whole season but in my opinion and what i am practicing right now is repairing the male with the female if i see an infertile clutch or in general about 2-3 times per breeding season, like every 2-3 clutches, and if the female doesnt want to pair dont worry about it, the sperm from the male should be enough after 1 breeding but i feel like odds are better if u try to pair more than once per season

[@solar-jaymi]

Do you ever gotta change the humidity in the container?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

We spray once a week, or as needed which could be 2x a week if it dries out, we dont ever change the substrate itself unless they poop in it, eco earth has an amazing ability to stay clean.

[@Jnglfvr]

Do you ever go back and add more water to the vermiculite?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Yes! After 3-5 months i usually just spray a slight amount more into the vermiculite. But I found it might not be completely necessary, but makes me feel better that there is more moisture in there. But just be careful, dont add too much more, just a couple sprays.

[@aliahcarrillo7894]

Witch incubator is better? (I’m sorry if you already answered this in the video I’m not good at paying attention)

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

The reptibator is better in my opinion :D

[@JohnLopez-jt1cj]

Does the incubator have to be that size?

[@sircallahan4204]

What brand of vermiculite cause I was told I got the wrong stuff

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

I get mine from amazon, but they dont seem to sell the fine grade anymore so I order from google from this brand, www.amazon.com/Super-Coarse-Vermiculite-Professional-Grade/dp/B0BMTHLTW9/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1BYWM5B37Q6G&keywords=vermiculite&qid=1681614205&sprefix=vermiculi%2Caps%2C287&sr=8-5&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.18ed3cb5-28d5-4975-8bc7-93deae8f9840

[@sircallahan4204]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations I ended up finding 100% vermiculite and 100% perlite at Lowe's so I'm set now lol. Got my first ever eggs 2 days ago from my Skittles cross het pos eclipse and I'm so excited for when they hatch

[@cbrunk5370]

The beginning of the video you where talking about the geckos sometimes not wanting to lay the eggs inside the bin. I have noticed one of the 30 geckos I am breeding does this. All of the females are set up the exact same way. I keep the bins moist but not over saturated. None of my other females do this but this one in particular does it every time. I will note that she was given to me from a friend that had her housed with a male and I think she was to young. This is indeed her first time for laying eggs and most have come out duds. She has layed 4 rounds and most of the time only laying one egg at a time. I have had 2 eggs from her that are successful. as for genetics she is tangerine het tremper (albino). Maybe this can help with your studies as to why.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Absolutely thank you. That is good input! As I was reading, I thought to myself, maybe stress could be a factor in laying outside the lay box, but you said ur gecko that does it, lays infertiles right? do you know this for sure, like, were you able to incubate the eggs and they were no good, or were the eggs unsavable when you found them so you were never able to incubate them? Also the successful eggs she laid for you, were they laid inside or outside of the bin?

[@cbrunk5370]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations yes, all of her eggs have been laid outside the bin. The infertile ones I was able to tell right away. They where brown in color and lacking in substance, and when you light them up there was nothing, no red, no veins. At first I though it was that they where drying out too fast, as I am still new to this. This is my first year breeding leopard geckos. The two eggs that where fertile where discovered on the paper (different rounds) one good and one bad, both times. So the good ones happened when she laid two at a time. The two good ones have not hatched yet but when I hold them to the phone I can see them. The first one should be hatching very soon. I expect within the next two weeks. She has yet to lay one egg inside the lay box. It could still be stress, maybe, as she was housed with the male for a long time before me and when they where given to me I was told they where both female. I went through sexing my geckos myself as a learning process and discovered the one she was housed with was indeed a male. They where both still too young, definitely not up to size yet. I was not sure of her calcium levels, it is safe to speculate on that, and her tail was rather skinny. While egg laying I have manage to get a little weight on her. She still may lay a few more. My other geckos where planned and have had no issues, no infertiles, some have only laid one egg here and there, and all use their egg bins. I just started hatching the first few of them last week. I think that is about all the details I can think of on it.

[@ariahamaral]

how often can i open an incubator?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

U can open it as many times as you need just make sure to close it asap each time. :)

[@julieannpmu]

what about my gecko that lays her eggs in her water dish every single time then burries them

[@NathansWildLife]

Is the water tap water?

[@Guadalupeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

Hey man!,Can you even incubate gecko eggs by just spraying water and then put a blanket ontop im a kid with barely any allowance lol

[@jazzymin1871]

Would the plastic containers melt in the incubator

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Nope, not at all, incubator only goes max 90 degrees, to melt these tubs would need like 200 degrees or more probally :)

[@krille3201]

mine laid hers in her water dish but it wasn't full only a little water in it

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

How did the eggs turn out?

[@supersteve2536]

If the female isn’t ovulating, can I still put the male leopard gecko in eclosure of females?

[@desertdragonworksaz]

One of my females insists in laying in her water dish. One time, the eggs were in there at least 36 hours... but all of them have hatched out just fine! So - kinda weird.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Yeh ive only ever had that happen to me once but i heard about other people experiencing this too good thing they were good! :D

[@desertdragonworksaz]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations I was really worried! I had a hard time peeling them off of the glass water dish (to this day there is residue despite many soakings and cleanings!)

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@desertdragonworksaz wow lol thats crazy!

[@elizabethtait1806]

Hi, iv been watching your videos and finding them really helpful. I have one question, if you could help please. My female leopard gecko laid 2 infertile eggs without a male. My question is does this mean i can't mate her until next year now.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Females can lay infertile eggs during breeding season without a male, this is more rare, but does happen. Most of the time, if the egg is not fertile the female will reabsorb her ovulations every 2 weeks when she starts new ovulations every 2 weeks. But if you pair her with a male now, she will start having a chance to lay fertilized eggs, female ovulate 2x a month for about 4 motnhs and then they are done for the year.

[@elizabethtait1806]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations thank you for replying back 👍 also thank you for your information.

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@elizabethtait1806 of course anytime! :D

[@elizabethtait1806]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations I put my male in the same tank as my female leopard gecko and she accepted him straight away 😂, I'll see what happens in nxt couple of weeks. Iv also copied your breeding chat which I thought was a fabulous idea 👍

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@elizabethtait1806 oh TY! yeh let us know how it goes! once they breed, female should start building eggs and laying within 2 weeks :D

[@charlieecharliee]

What size is rack box?

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

6 qt for babies, 12 qt for 1 adult, 28 qt for group of 4 females

[@yaya4061]

What kind of substrate do you use for the lay box

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Lay box is Coco fiber brick bought at pet store

[@yaya4061]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations okay thank you so much!

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@yaya4061 Anytime! We are here to help! =)

[@Kai51606]

Thank you so much for making this video 😂

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Hey Thank you so much for tuning in! Sorry ur comment got pulled back for some reason but i just saw it now and greatly appreciate ur feedback! Happy Holidays!

[@NathansWildLife]

My room is on average in the day 80-90 degrees at times kinda cooler

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

oh nice, thats pretty warm, tropical area?

[@NathansWildLife]

dry area I just have reptiles so it makes it warmer but I live in San Diego California

[@NeneTheToad]

I bought these cute little containers so i put an egg in each room

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

oh nice!

[@joshuaortiz8091]

I’m confused on why you need a male and a female incubator

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

Good question, so leopard geckos are one of the few species that actually can determine the gender of the hatchlings depending on the temperature they are incubated at. So for females you want to incubate at 79-81 degrees and for males 88-89 degrees, and for a mix of both, 85 degrees :)

[@joshuaortiz8091]

@@GeekyGeckoCreations thx

[@GeekyGeckoCreations]

@@joshuaortiz8091 sure anytime!