I have two African fat-tailed geckos that I bought on February twelfth. It is the fifteenth and one of my geckos has just laid one egg. I didn‘t know that either of them was pregnant and I missed seeing which gecko was the mother, for they are both females. The only thing that I could think of to keep the egg warm was to get a small, about 4 inch deep Dixie cup with a lid and fill it with loose coconut fiber substrate (which I use for their bedding) and mix it with warm water to make a soft damp mush to lay the egg in. So, my real questions are:1. Will loose coconut fiber substrate work to incubate my single egg?2. How do I make sure it doesn‘t get too humid?3. How often do I need to check the humidity?4. Will the egg naturally be soft shortly after delivery? 5. What do I look for to make sure it is a healthy egg?
if youre getting a juvenile i might propose putting it on reptile carpet to thoroughly do away with the prospect of impaction. even whilst it does advance up i might nonetheless propose carpet reason its lots greater fee-effective
I'm not sure if this will work. I recommend using vermiculite, a substrate material used in soil for house plants. You can get it cheaply at any hardware of plant store and it will hold the proper moisture levels you need to incubate. Do this quickly before the egg drys out. Good luck; I hope this helps
