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    I was waiting to see what you guys thought about this. My first thought was that 2-3* variance is unlikely to make any difference, since nature certainly isn't totally consistent either. We seem to be on the same page- I've always tried for consistency within a few degrees when hatching snake eggs, & unfortunately I don't think anyone can say exactly at what point it's going to matter.
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    Re: Leopard gecko breeding questions

    Awesome, thanks.

    Since Lenetta will probably lay more eggs pretty soon here (if it's 15-21 days after the first clutch then she should lay between April 5 and 11), which I will want to incubate for females, will it mess anything up with the first eggs if I switch them from staying between 87.5 and 89.1 to staying between like... 81.5 and 83.1? At that point (15-21 days after being laid) will it change their gender or something? And if I do that, should I gradually change the temps or what?
    My name is Josiah, proud owner of Lenetta and Lea the leopard geckos and Bluebelly the fence lizard.

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    Sex is determined in the first 3 weeks of incubation (according to Ron Tremper). So my opinion is that you should change the temperature for the next clutch to about 85*, about a half degree per day/a degree every 3 days starting when the clutch is laid, and then for the 3rd clutch change the temperature to 82* (assuming you want all of the following geckos to be females). That shouldn't be harmful to any of the eggs and it should increase the chances of females for each of the following clutches.

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    Re: Leopard gecko breeding questions

    Awesome, thanks! I’ll let you know if I have any more questions and will keep you posted when the next clutch is laid!
    My name is Josiah, proud owner of Lenetta and Lea the leopard geckos and Bluebelly the fence lizard.

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    Re: Leopard gecko breeding questions

    Quick question (yeah, that didn't take long ):

    There's quite a bit of visible condensation on the inside of the egg boxes. Does that mean the air is too humid?
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    Condensation is normal and shows that the humidity is good. The only thing is that you don't want the condensation to land on the eggs. Tilting the egg box a tiny bit (like putting a small dowel or something under one side of the cup) so the water rolls down and falls on the substrate instead of the eggs would help. Other than that everything sounds great.

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    Re: Leopard gecko breeding questions

    Awesome, thanks! I should expect the next clutch like 15-21 days after the first was laid, right?

    also, I can see something that looks like an egg developing in Lenettas belly. It’s really small right now, but still…
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    Usually it's about 2-3 weeks, so hopefully you get more eggs soon!

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    Re: Leopard gecko breeding questions

    The eggs were looking a little wet and one had a bit of green fungus on it, so I moved them to a box with .75 parts water to 1 part vermiculite. That was yesterday. Today, the fungus has not come back that I can see (I gently scraped it off).

    I candled the eggs, and I'm not sure what it's supposed to look like. It's been 8 days since they were laid. When I candle them I see a faint red oval, but it's not as clear as it was when they were first laid. I also don't see the red dot in the middle. What should they look like at this stage?

    Also, the outside of the shell was a little strange. It didn't look smooth like it had before. They looked like they had small cracks not actually open but really weird.
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    Being too wet and growing fungus are signs of too much moisture. So moving them to a new container with less water is one way to fix that. If they keep having problems adding a tiny pinhole or two for ventilation could help, but only if they continue having problems, they should be good now.

    It sounds like the embryo is growing, it's best just to leave the eggs and not open the container much or candle the eggs, so I don't know what they should look like at this stage. I would bet that they are fine and continuing to grow.

    It sounds like the outside of the egg has a covering of residue, maybe goo from laying or some dirt from when it was laid. It could also be from it drying out but if there's condensation on the sides of the container I doubt that's the problem.

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