gecko egg question!

so i have a few pairs of uroplatus species and my uroplatus phantasticus female laid eggs for me and im hoping that i didnt kill them.

so i found one egg in the substrate stuck to aspen shavings and i picked up the shaving with the attatched egg and placed it into an incubator. the egg must have been layed anywhere from 1 am last night to 7 pm today. the aspen that it was on was a little wet when i found it. could this have hurt the egg at all?? did i find the egg too late??

20 mins after i put the first egg in the incubator i looked in the enclosure to see a freshly laid second egg stuck to the bio vine. i didnt want to touch it an have it get stuck to my finger so i used two aspen shavings to scoop it up. it kinda rolled from side to side a couple times but not completely over and i placed it next to the second egg in the incubator. could the rolling have hurt the egg at all?

i would have picked it up with my hands but these eggs are literally the size of peas and very squishy and stickey. did i do much damage to them when i picked them up?? the first one didnt roll at all but the second one did a little and it was fresh out of the mom.

what do you guys think??

if it was fresh you are ok it wont hurt it until the embryo is actually grown inside then rolling can cause them to suffocate.

it was fresh by minutes so hopefully im good. i guess i'll find out in 60+ days.

i know it must be different for each animal but what is a realistic time for embryo development? how do you know when rolling an egg can kill it?

Hi,

Just wanted to ask if the eggs still look good?


dr del

no. the eggs molded up but i asked around and most likely they where bad to begin with. phantasticus are pretty challenging to breed. i have better luck with my ebenaui.

Aw,

Sorry to hear that.:(

But good luck in the future with them and congrats on the ebenaui. :salute:


dr del

bummer Well next time