eggs

my female just layed her first eggs today! i haven't counted exactly how many yet because im going to wait until tomorrow to put them in the incubator. She's soaking right now and is drinking a ton. Couple questions though. . .what temperature do you incubate the eggs at, and for how long? What should i feed her to get her big and fat again?

Thanks a lot.

she layed 15 eggs, some were duds though. I've got them incubating at 83 degrees.

Just to let you know ahead of time, it's my first breeding season. From what I've read, 83 is fine (actually, anywhere from 82-84 will do). What type of thermostat are you using? What is your incubator made of? And finally, what is the heat source? I'm using a herpstat digital proportional thermostat attatched to flexwatt in an old cooler.
Good luck!
-Drew

I am using a hovabator with a digital thermometer that has a probe inside the egg container. Thanks a lot.

Watch out - be very sure to monitor the temps, the "wafer thermostats" in hovabators don't provide much control. You can hatch eggs, but you just need to monitor the temps more. I know because I tried hatching leopard gecko eggs using a hovabator once, I thought I had the right temperature, but in a couple days when I checked again it had risen too high. That's why I didn't take any risks this time. Now I have a digital proportional thermostat, which adjusts the temperature several times every minute, to ensure accuracy.
-Drew