It's the way I did it when I first started breeding reptiles and it has worked ever since. This can get more complicated and can take longer so I suggest the way I explained it earlier. This for me has been the easiest way to get the right humidity but another way a lot of people use is to measure out water and vermiculite and do a ratio of the two. If water drips out it's too wet and if you can't make it into a ball that sticks together it's too dry. The sweet spot of humidity for leopard gecko eggs is achieved by using vermiculite or perlite (or a medium like those) and getting it wet enough that it compacts into a ball when you squeeze it but no water drips out. Incubating eggs is a big part of reptile breeding and there are some things you want to keep in mind when doing it.įirstly the humidity, eggs must be kept humid enough where they will not shrivel up and dry out but not too humid that they get moldy or wet. But the basic principals apply to a lot of species, however it's important to do your research on whatever species your breeding to know the specifics on incubating their eggs. Many commonly kept reptile species lay eggs, with some exceptions like boa constrictors which are live bearers. So i'm going to talk about some of the basic principals behind incubating reptile eggs but more specifically for this article I will be talking about leopard gecko eggs. One of the most important steps in breeding is incubating the eggs, which is something that I receive a lot of questions about. One of the most exciting parts about keeping reptiles is breeding them and hatching out babies.
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