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Geckos1218
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 Need help

i have 6 eggs at home in there cage from a eastern fence lizard how long does it take for them to hatch and should i put a heat lamp on or will that roast them please help i want them to hatch with no problems
07/16/08  12:35pm

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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1797799


 Need help

well they may not even be fertile and if you left them in the cage overnight they are probably already dead sorry
07/16/08  09:16pm

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Geckos1218
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   Message To: Reptileruler1   In reference to Message Id: 1798640


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how do you keep them alive i hatched about 12 when i was ten i found them in the back yard and i puy them in a bucket full of sand and they hatched
07/17/08  09:42am

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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1799104


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you need to get a little rubbermaid bin put some perlite in it and then put the eggs in it put the lid on it open the lid once a week for ventilation you will need to keep the eggs at 78-84 and keep humidity at 75-80%



07/17/08  01:20pm

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   Message To: Reptileruler1   In reference to Message Id: 1799303


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thank you but whats perlite i will do all of these things for her next batch of eggs
07/17/08  06:51pm

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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1799688


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you can get it at walmart in the gardening section



07/18/08  01:26pm

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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1797799


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In preparation for the next batch of eggs, give your mama a quart size deli container of damp sand about 3 inches deep to lay her eggs in. Put a loose cover over this, like a piece of bark, for privacy and to give her a sense of security. The morning she looks thin again, she has laid her eggs. You can carefully retrieve them, being careful to not change the position they were laid in, and put them in the perlite or vermiculite, like Reptileruler1 suggests.
A link to a homemade incubator:
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The value of giving your mama a sand nest to lay in is that the eggs will not dry out overnight, and she will not become egg bound from not having a suitable place to bury her clutch in.
07/19/08  10:02am


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