Moist Box for leopard gecko query!!!

[geckoface]

When using a tupperware box with lid for a moist hide with a view to eggs being laid.Is it better to cut a hole into the side of the box as i have done in the past or the top of the box?

What are people preffered medium for use in moist hides?sphagnum moss,vermiculite,perlite,cocoa fibre????

thanks alot for your advice

[SleepyD]

Originally Posted by geckoface

When using a tupperware box with lid for a moist hide with a view to eggs being laid.Is it better to cut a hole into the side of the box as i have done in the past or the top of the box?

What are people preffered medium for use in moist hides?sphagnum moss,vermiculite,perlite,cocoa fibre????

Most of my girls tend to lay in their moist-hides (holes cut in sides) and ignore any special layboxes Have also tried various mediums and have to say moss tends to come tops for me ~ others may have different ways

[shep1979]

mine have the holes cut in the top of the box and i use moss

[Shiraz]

I've used dampened plantation soil and she lays no problem in to that. the only thing is that the male likes to sleep in it and stops her getting into it sometimes.

[SleepyD]

Originally Posted by Shiraz

I've used dampened plantation soil and she lays no problem in to that. the only thing is that the male likes to sleep in it and stops her getting into it sometimes.

that's easily solved .......... move the male out into his own viv ~ that way she gets the laying box to herself and there's no chance of her getting stressed by not being able to get in to lay her eggs when she wants

[geckoface]

thanks guys and gals,i have had success with ice cream tubs about one and a half inch deep with vermiculite in the past with a hole cut in the side. i just wanted other opinions as many people seem to put holes in the top but surely not all geckos work out that they can get in through the top do they??? I like sphagnum moss so may well try that.I use it in my moist hides anyway so will probably just leave those as laying spots.

What medium do people use for hatching the eggs? thanks again

[messengermatt]

our girlies like to lay in moss in a special hide for them. sometimes they will lay in vermiculite too.

[SleepyD]

Originally Posted by geckoface

What medium do people use for hatching the eggs?

I use perlite for incubating eggs in ~ have tried other mediums but didn't go a bundle on them

[geckoface]

thankyou very much all.sleepydee i am most impressed by your website and what lovely geckos i must add.I shall try perlite for incubating then.What do you use a laying box?is it dark inside?do you put moist hide over the heatmat?then just keep ensuring its moist?

[SleepyD]

Originally Posted by geckoface

sleepydee i am most impressed by your website and what lovely geckos i must add.

aww thankyou

What do you use a laying box?
I use plastic chinese take-away tubs, ice cream tubs and tupperware containers as lay boxes/moist-hides ~ I don't make specific lay-boxes as all my females tend to use their moist hides

is it dark inside?
no ~ most of the boxes are clear/light opaque so you can see what's happening

do you put moist hide over the heatmat?then just keep ensuring its moist?
most of my moist-hides are placed mid-viv and/or more towards the cooler end and I check/spray as necessary ... usually about every 2-3 days