Second Baby Hatches

This morning I woke up again to a little baby gecko in my incubator. I must have just missed seeing the actual hatching because the baby was very tired and still had the yolk sac attached. I left him in the incubator until he had absorbed most of his yolk sac and was exploring. I decided to call this baby Roshi and his sibling Broly. Since the eggs were incubated at 85 degrees they have a good chance of being male or female so I will not know the sex for sure until they are older. Roshi has been put in the small tank with Broly. At the moment Roshi is exploring his surroundings as his brother did yesterday, and Broly is resting inside one of the hides.

The first Hatchling

So far this season Gwyn has laid 4 clutches of eggs (8 eggs total). The first four embryos died well before their expected hatch date, but this morning there was a little surprise waiting for me in my incubator! I saw that one of my eggs had collapsed and there was a tiny gecko running around the incubator! Unfortunately, I missed the actual hatching process but I am hoping his clutch mate will be hatching within a day or two as well.

I quickly set up a small plastic cage and 50 watt heat lamp that I used when Cyra and Gwyn were babies. I provided the little guy with a place to hide and a small shallow dish of water. He will not eat until after his first shed.

The baby looks nothing like Cyra and Gwyn because he is a normal Leopard Gecko. His stripes will turn to black spots with a light yellow background as he gets older. Here are some pictures. I have yet to name him/her.