4 leopard gecko eggs

[LepardGeckosRock]

I was wondering how you tell if the eggs are fertile. I have candled them with this like one led mini flash light and they are all completely red, but i don't notice any veins. So when i candle them and there red does that mean there fertile?

 

[Olympus]

Yes, very likely. Infertile eggs are typically yellow.

 

[LepardGeckosRock]

ok thank you for the response.

 

[tb144050]

I've got my first 4 eggs in the incubator right now and just took pics last night. Only 1 egg has ever shown veins and it not candles RED. The other 3 eggs now candle YELLOW/GREENish. 1 fertile out of 2x "first time breeders' first clutches" is somewhat normal .

Here's the pics I posted yesterday in this very same Incubation section of the forum:

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April 4, 2014
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-9 days since A1 & A2 were layed by Ruby
-2 days since B2 & B2 were layed by Rosie

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.^^Lid condensation...2 holes in lid...heaviest condensation over Empty section.
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A1, 9days old, starting to dent slightly..never had a vein.
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.^^A1's dent is on the top right side of the egg.

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A2, still has a red vein, feels more firm than A1.
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B1, 2 days after Layed by Rosie, no vein.
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.^^B1 @ 9o'clock position.

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B2, 2 days after layed by Rosie, no vein.
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.^^B2 @ 6o'clock position.

.^^That "reddish/brownish blotch is NOT a vein...just one of the "stains" (from cocofiber??) that is on a few eggs.

 

[SCGeckos]

This was taken after around 25 days of incubation.
You can clearly see that the egg on the right is fertile while the egg on the left unfortunately is not.

 

[LepardGeckosRock]

Well im liking my chances of getting some babies. Last year for the first clutch i didnt have a incubator, and the second never ended up hatching. My female looks gravid again so maybe 2 more eggs (although im running our of containers to put eggs in ). How long from lay do you say it takes for the eggs to hatch.

First Clutch: 3/4/14
Second Clutch: 3/22/14

There incubating at 85 degrees and humidity is about 75, does it need be higher if so how do i get it higher ive tried to keep it higher. And also do you guys have better results using the GEO for your eggs?

 

[tb144050]

There incubating at 85 degrees and humidity is about 75, does it need be higher(?)

The important things that all incubation methods share:
-store eggs in a HUMID environment, but...
-DON"T let the eggs get WET.

The GEO allows you to store the eggs on a "dry" platform ABOVE a wet substrate. The air around the "dry" platform is humid because of the 85F wet substrate.

If you have your eggs planted directly into a small recess in the substrate, follow the recommended RATIO's to ensure the substrate is properly damp but not excessively WET/over-saturated.

Humid = good.
wet eggs = BAD.

 

[LepardGeckosRock]

I did the multiplying by .8 or whatever it is for both containers. Next reptile show (even tho the season will be over) ill get a geo the morning reptile show.