Eggs? Who might be the mom?

llefevre · #1 04-30-2011, 10:59 AM

I just joined this forum not expecting to ask questions quite so quickly, but this morning we found what looks like eggs in our Viv.

We built our 220 gallon ecosystem into the wall, and I don't believe that the eggs are viable, because we don't have mating pairs of anything. It contains an adolescent female chameleon, an adolescent chinese water dragon (which we think is female, but all my research shows that I won't really know until she's full grown. A flying gecko (which we had a pair, but I don't know which gender we have left) and a recent addition of a female fat tailed gecko. (12 years old)

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Here are pictures of the eggs and the possible maternity minded candidates.

Pavel · #2 04-30-2011, 12:38 PM

Love your flying gecko! I missed out on an offer for one of these. I guy I knew offered me one for the price of shipping but at the time I didn't have the room. I was and still am sooooo bummed about that. *sigh* I've occasionally seen them for sale but they are way outside of my price range.

I agree the eggs are not likely viable. The one in particular looks like it has already begun to collapse. Most likely gecko eggs. Btw, that isn't a "fat tailed" gecko -- it's a leopard gecko.

llefevre · #3 04-30-2011, 04:25 PM

I enjoy the flying geckos, we lost the other one due to their exceptional ability for camoflauge. lllreptiles.com has one on their site for sale for a reasonable price. We got ours at living safari in Salt Lake, and we have been very pleased with the health of all of the animals we purchased that day. Living Safari

The leopard gecko was brought to me by a friend last night. She felt that Leo would be happier in my palidarium than in the little cage she's lived in. If they are gecko eggs, she would be the only one I could see laying eggs that size. I have another baby leopard gecko in there, but that one wasn't interested in the photo op and the eggs are bigger than her head!

jdecker5563 · #4 05-01-2011, 11:30 AM

are the eggs the right size to be the flying geckos? cuz geckos like those, cresties, and tokays will often lay their eggs sticking to wood like that.. i havn't ever seen leopard geckos do that.

llefevre · #5 05-01-2011, 11:47 AM

I don't know much about the mechanics of egg laying. The eggs are about the size of small marbles. The flying gecko is flat. At it's thickest, it is maybe 1/4 inch and the eggs are probably 1/2 inch across.

jdecker5563 · #6 05-02-2011, 10:03 PM

hmm, well leopards dont stick their's like that, and the eggs arent like perfect marbles there more oval shaped. climbing geckos tend to have the rounder sticky eggs.

llefevre · #7 05-03-2011, 08:35 PM

That sounds like it rules out the leopard geckos. The chameleon lays her eggs in the sand. Unless there is some possibility for the water dragon, it sounds like my flying gecko is female. She and the water dragon were the two I had questions on gender. The cwd, because it is difficult to tell before they are mature, and the FG because she's too quick to look!

Peperomia · #8 07-03-2011, 09:26 PM

Definitely flying gecko eggs, they're the only species you have that sticks their eggs to branches like that.

Please move the leopard geckos to a different tank. A fat tailed might have been okay, but leos are absolutely not meant to be in a tropical tank. Also, you know your dragon will eventually eat everyone else right?

llefevre · #9 07-06-2011, 07:05 PM

I believe that we actually have the opposite problem. Our paludarium was designed for the chameleon, so it is screened on both sides for ventilation. In our arid climate, it is near impossible to keep the humidity up. The area where the Leos live is about 90 degrees and 30 percent humidity. The tropical critters stay over the water where the humidity stays higher.

Yes, we do realize that the dragon can only stay in there while she is young. When she gets older, she will have to have her own environment.