How to Care for a Leopard Gecko Egg

If you've provided the proper environment for breeding and laying of clutches for your leopard gecko, you will soon find two eggs in the moist breeding hide. While you can take your chances and let the eggs stay where they are, to ensure proper hatching, you should remove the eggs and care for them yourself.

Things You'll Need

  • Incubator
  • Thermometer
  • Spray bottle
  • Perlite
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Instructions

  1. Care for Your Leopard Gecko Eggs

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      Fill a plastic storage container about 2/3-full with perlite. While you can use any size container you have handy, a square or rectangle dish, about 4-inches deep works will holding multiple leopard gecko eggs.

    • 2

      Spray water on perlite until it is moistened throughout, but not soggy or soaked. If you use a scale, the water should double the weight of your container with perlite.

    • 3

      Remove eggs from vivarium without changing the orientation or the egg. Be careful not to roll or turn the eggs; place them exactly as they were laid.

    • 4

      Scrape a small bed in the perlite for your egg to rest in. You do not need to dig a deep hole, as your egg should only be covered about half way.

    • 5

      Cover your container with the lid. You may poke holes in the lid to provide air or simply place the lid on without tightening it completely. If you choose to close the lid completely, you should open the container twice a week to promote air circulation and to check on the leopard gecko eggs.

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      Place the container into an incubator. While you can create your own incubator using a Styrofoam cooler, a small fish tank or other container with a heat source and a thermometer, commercially available Hova-Bator provides a inexpensive method to incubate eggs with very little hassle.

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      Set the temperature to around 80 to 82 degrees F for all females, 84 to 86 for a mix of female and males or 88 to 90 for all males.

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      Check the eggs twice a week, keeping the humidity steady. The perlite should remain moist or the eggs will dry out. If it is too wet, the eggs will mildew or mold. Use a spray bottle to add water in small amounts around the eggs. Do not spray the leopard gecko eggs directly.

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      Wait 6 to 12 weeks for your leopard gecko eggs to hatch. Lower temperature eggs take longer to hatch.