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Crested eggs! and pics of the female laying!

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whoa! what a surprise! LOL

i just put the lay box in with her 10 mins befor i saw this, she was looking huge, i wasnt expecting eggs though, at least not this fast

she only laid one egg though, but it's fertile :D

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Awesome!

Those are awesome pics!!!! I love to see them lay their eggs, it always amazes me!!

My female always digs a deep hole, and then lays them while her body is in a vertical position, which I haven't seen in anybody elses pics of crested females laying.

It's a great feeling having eggs!

Good luck,
Amanda
 
thanks!,

im a leopard gecko guy, but cresteds are my equal favorites, i think they are awesome, and having eggs from them feels great!

i cant wait to see a little head sticking out of that egg, haha, that will be an awesome feeling!
 
Wooohooooo

LOL! Congrats Dan! Now its all about waiting the 70 odd days...:raspberry
 
Crongrats Dan. I guess she was gravid when you brought her home. Now you don't know what to expect to pop out of the egg. LOL
 
Wow Dan, those are some pretty awesome photos right there! That sequence is perfect.
 
very nice...congrats and good luck...
mine have hatched btwn 55 and 65 days at room temp here in ny

hopefully you'll see this soon :)
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thanks rachel, i cant wait till i see that! haha

i have the egg in my female incubator which runs at 80(used for leos, lol i know cresteds are not temp sex dependent)
 
Awsome!!! I sware crested are like herion.. from what i hear its like anyway:)
 
I guess I should stay away from geckos. The last thing I need is another expensive addiction. :rofl:
 
I've heard differing opinions about putting the eggs in an incubator when room temp is fine for adults...but have heard that higher temp ones (can't remember temps exactly) seem to hatch in less than 60 days, some at 52 days...
though mine hatch in a good amount of time (sorry for the quality of last pic)...55-65 days, usually 59-62....I really haven't heard of them taking longer than 70 days...but supposedly can take as long as 90
 
Great pictures!

Cresteds aren't temp sex dependent? I thought I read in the Rhac book that they were? I will have to check again....
 
there are differing opinions...I don't know the exact temp I like (room temp) but my first 4 are all female, my holdback subs and ones I've sold seem to be female, getting feedback, (maybe one male in my holdbacks but not sure yet....)
still early for me to have proof...I have 2 adults from last year and sold 2 that are all female...then I lost over 20 eggs last winter...so there was a gap btwn those and the next batch of oldest ones...so I'm waiting to see how they turn out (oldest are 6 months and look female but I like to have no doubt) and will hopefully be able to keep 2-3 females out of my 4 holdbacks...and there's someone who wants any of mine that are male if I get one lol...which works out well
 
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