when hatching

[ADEE]

The eggs are in a glade box thing with a tight fitting lid.. my question is, when the eggs are close to hatching how do you make sure they have enough air.. of course we open the lid once a day to ventilate and i *think* we would see them starting to hatch but then what?

Dont they have an idiots book for this type of thing?!

[yellermelon]

Ive had hatchlings in a air tight container for a day or so with no problems...

[mlededee]

Reptiles don't use nearly as much air as mammals do. They will be fine in the incubator for 24-48 hours. The biggest concern is moisture as they need a lot of moisture in order to have their first shed so you just want to make sure they don't dry out in there.

Most likely you will go to ventillate the container one day and a baby gecko will be sitting in there looking at you. They hatch fairly quickly so unless you happen to be watching when they start you probably won't catch them in the act.