How to Breed Leopard Geckos in Incubators

Incubating Leopard Geckos is rewarding and with some effort you can produce males and females with some degree of certainty. You only need a few supplies from a gardening store and Leopard Geckos eggs. If you want to produce male Leopard Geckos, you'll need an incubator, but for females, you can keep the eggs in the container at a certain room temperature. This guide will help you start your breeding program.

Things You'll Need

  • Digital scale
  • 24 oz. plastic food server with lid - 4 1/2 inches wide by 7 1/2 inches deep
  • Perlite
  • Water
  • Plant mister
  • Leopard Gecko eggs
  • Black marker
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Instructions

  1. Incubation

    • 1

      Weigh your plastic food server. Write down its weight.

    • 2

      Leaving the plastic food server on the scale, fill it to 2/3 full of Perlite. You can get Perlite at a gardening store.

    • 3

      Add water for hydration. You will use 0.8 parts water per one part Perlite. Write down the weight of the plastic food container with the Perlite in it and remove it from the scale. Subtract the weight of the food container from the weight of the container with the Perlite in it. Multiply that number by 0.8. That is how much water you'll need.

      Weight your plant mister. Add that number to the number you came up with when you multiplied by 0.8. Now, pour water in the plant mister up to the needed weight.

      Mist the Perlite with water until all the water is gone.

    • 4

      Nestle the eggs into the Perlite four across and five down.

    • 5

      Place black marks with the marker on top of the eggs. This is so that when you check the eggs each week, you can move them back into their original positions if the baby geckos have moved them. The baby geckos can drown in the eggs if they are turned.

    • 6

      Place the lid on the food container.

    • 7

      For producing females, place the food container in a room kept at 79 to 82 degrees F. For producing males, place the food container in an incubator at 87 to 88 degrees F.

    • 8

      Open container once a week to check on the eggs. Turn eggs back to having the black mark in place if the eggs are moved. You will not need to add water again.