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Re: help with gecko eggs!
OKay heres what you need to do.
Go get a small container, some perilite without anything (fertilizer) added to it. Mix the perilite with enough water that you can squeeze a handful and no water drips out. It should be moist, not sopping wet. Usually 2 parts perilite to one part water. This will keep them humid enough so they don't dent in.
Place your eggs 2/3 of the way into the perilite, put the lid on it and leave them up on a shelf or in a closet where it will stay between 72-76 degrees. Then open the container about once a week or so for about 30 seconds and give it air exchange.
Now as far as the egg that is already dented, mist the egg lightly. It should pop back out within 24 hours. NEVER throw an egg out unless you are 100% positive its bad (smells really bad, caved in and moldy) I have had eggs dent in and hatch out no problems.
Also there is a way to tell where the top of the egg is. What you want to do is get a small led light, or tiny maglight. Go into a dark room and candle the egg (shining the light behind the egg) look for the "cheerio" or red circle of veins, that is the top. Place that upward. From now on always check for that ring and mark the top. Now sometimes that ring won't appear for a couple weeks, so its best to just mark them as you found them.
The embryo will not attach itself to the egg wall for about 24 hours, so you have a little wiggle room if you find the eggs right after the female lays them.
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