Leopard gecko eggs, Please help,

[mr gooch]

Hi all, my female laid 2 eggs last night, this is her 4th clutch this year, what is the best way to incubate as i have lost all other clutchs, Really crap at incubating eggs,
Any advice greatly recieved, Also she has lost a hell of a lot of weight she is now 38g, Should i seperate her from the male to stop them breeding cus i know thats a cuause for irregular weight loss,
thanks

[kingy2184]

dunno if this is any help but its pretty much how i will be setting mine up
how to make a homemade incubator - Scottish Exotic Reptiles Forum

[mr gooch]

Nice one thanks Kingy2184, Ill give it a shot,

[forgottenEntity]

Originally Posted by mr gooch

Any advice greatly recieved, Also she has lost a hell of a lot of weight she is now 38g, Should i seperate her from the male to stop them breeding cus i know thats a cuause for irregular weight loss,
thanks

Once she's producing fertile eggs, there's no need to keep a male with her - he's done his bit and chance are she will retain enough of his sperm to last out several clutches at least.

38g isn't a great weight for gravid females so, yes, I would recommend splitting her from the male.

Do I gather you've got just the 2 leos together anyway? 1 male to 1 female? If so, again, not a great idea because the males tend to pester the females a lot... and with only 1 female to pester, it can be a contributing factor to a female losing weight.

[mr gooch]

Yep, Thats right Forgottenentity, They are housed together just now, Kind of half way through building a new viv, and my spare one has a mates beardie in it until he comes home from holiday,
Guese its time to go shopping for a new RUB and new female,
She weighed 45g last week but after she layed last night i weighed her in at 38g, Is the difference the weight of the eggs!
Im sure ive been told that unless she is naturally small 50g is the breeding weight,

[SleepyD]

as said would definately seperate her from the male ~ I keep the males seperate from the females all the time (apart from a few days to do the job ) to avoid the males pestering/stressing the females

Im sure ive been told that unless she is naturally small 50g is the breeding weight,

general guideline is 50g-55g but most of mine are a lot heavier then that as breeding can take a lot out of the females.
How often and how much are you feeding her?
would recommend feeding her as much well gutloaded livefood as she'll eat everyday to stabilise her weight loss and help her gain some.

[mr gooch]

She is eating about 5 locusts a night, need to keep an eye on that cus she wont stop eating them, Crix shel eat bot 10 on a good night, Very good hunter and eas well, Ill up her food and gutload crix n locusts, How long until she is back up to weight or is that difficult while she and the male are still housed together?

[SleepyD]

Originally Posted by mr gooch

How long until she is back up to weight or is that difficult while she and the male are still housed together?

would say chances are that will be difficult while they're together so would seperate asap Once she's on her own then given she's still eating she should start gaining weight (barring more eggs appearing) and recouping her energy reserves ~ the problem arises when gravid females stop eating as they can get seriously underweight with the chance of their immune system going.
Would keep her seperated until at least next season (preferably longer) to give her a decent break now.

[mr gooch]

Thanks Sleepy D, Will seperate them as soon as i can find a new vivand feed her up,