Hi! So Lea (my leopard gecko) is getting big and I was hoping to breed either her or Lenetta. A friend of mine got a male and is okay with doing a breeding project, and so I am hoping to do that, but I had a few questions:

1). What time of year is best? I know that their breeding season is January to September, but what time is best?

2). How do I incubate the eggs? I have a hova-bator incubator for chickens (I can take out the egg turner) and I have a Sterilite plastic shoebox full of vermiculite that I can moisten and use.

3). How do I raise hatchlings? I know how to care for juveniles but not hatchlings.

4). I give all of my geckos a dish of Calcium w/ d3 but should I do that for hatchlings?

5). Should I dust the hatchlings food with calcium and multivitamins?

6). When should the hatchlings first feeding be?

7). when should I give them a water dish?

8). Do I need to have the adult male go through a cycling period?

9). How can I be sure that my female actually uses her laying box? She doesn’t use her humid hide for shedding anymore and I’m not sure if she’d use a laying box.

thank you all for your help, and hopefully I’ll have some baby geckos to show you soon!