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unplanned leo egg laying - need help

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I bought a pair of leos from a local pet store about a month ago, the male had some medical issues which the vet diagnosed as parasite related, the female was never examined, she recently started swelling up and we thought it was parasite related so we started to treat her as well, 3 days into the treatment we take her out (tonight) and the swelling was gone. We figured the treatment was working! Great! As my wife is misting their humid hide she noticed 2 weird white little lumps under the moss. Sure enough she had laid a pair of eggs! We didn't even think she was old enough so we're totally unprepared for this. I obviously don't have an incubator and am really tight on cash at the moment. What should we do about this?
 
You can leave them in a tupperware container with perlite or some other medium right in your enclosure in an area that will stay at 80 degrees or so and they can incubate in that way.
 
i would separate to two , because she will continue to lay if she is with a male, even if she isn't big, or strong enough to do so. over laying can lead to a lot of health problems, especially if she is not of the right size.
 
what I would do if you were not trying to breed the leopard geckos then I would bring the male back to the pet store/breeder and either get your money back or trade it for another female.If you were trying to breed her then a good website to order a incubator is www.lllreptile.cothey start at 40$
(thats were I get mine)
80-83=female
84-85=mix
86-90=male
:)
 
thanks peeps! Good and Bad news update...
the bad news is the little male that came with her didn't make it after all. He suffered from health problems since the 3rd day we had him and it just wasn't meant to be. He was just a little guy, skinny tail ect. Definitely not the father of Zelda's (the female) eggs.

The good news is that Zelda is in excellent health and has laid 6 fertile eggs for us since this post! Her tail is really starting to fill out nicely and her attitude couldn't be better.
Unfortunately I mucked up one of the eggs from her first lay by turning it when we discovered them, (it dimpled in after a week) but the other one to that pair is pretty pink now and looking good in firmness and all that. We went to a show this month and got her a very handsome fella that looks just like her but with a LOT more orange on his tail. (Super hypo carrot) and a nice little female companion who is a spectacular looking Enigma het for redstripe! The newbies are adjusting to human interaction well and I'll have some pics hopefully by this weekend! :)
 
Congrats on your eggs. My two females lay eggs in spite of their not being a male present. I'm thinking of picking up a male over the next few months to try my hand at producing some little ones. :) I will continue watching this thread to see how things go for you.
 
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