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leopard gecko egg questions?

ok so on the 16th my leopard gecko had laid her 1st set of eggs i just came back from vacation { on the 14 , and they was staying with my mom } so i diddnt even no she was preg , but on the 16 when i went to go clean out there cage i seint 2 eggs my boyfriend and i was running around like chickens with are heads cut off trying to figure out what to do we 1st called some vets listed in the phone book for reptiles they said use a incubator i asked yahoo answers they said a incubator would kill them . I figured the vet knew what she was talking about so i went and bought 1 and then i looked on the internet how to set up a incubater and i follewed what it said and , last night i started smelling something rotted and looked at the eggs and i guess we did something wrong . so in the future when my baby lays eggs what should i do please be exact because i've searched the internet all day and cant find what i need to know she is only 11 months please help i want heer to have healthy babies . p.s. if it helps the temp in there was 81.3 the whole time please tell me what to do should i use the incubator or not {its a chicken 1} dont knoe the diff IM NOT BREEDING THEM WHEN I BOUGHT THEM FROM THE STORE WHEN THEY WAS BABIES I HAPPENED TO GET A MALE AND FEMALE AND I DONT WANT TO SEPARATE THEM

Public Comments

1. try www.kingsnake.com for all things leopard gecko - including incubation. also try Reptiles magazine-- local library should have back issues- for articles on leopard gecko incubation, etc. The mag is probably even online.
2. Do you have a male gecko? Is he in the same cage with the female? If not, there are no babys in the eggs. They lay eggs like chickens do. Unless the male fertalizes them, you won't ever have babies. Unfertalized eggs rot. Warmed unfertalized eggs rot faster. Next time she lays eggs (and she will) throw them out before they stink. Don't breed. Leopard geckos aren't rare. It isn't as easy as it seems. You will lose money. Pet stores don't take them. You will be stuck with hundreds of baby geckos.
3. Relax. When eggs rot like that, they were infertile. It is very common in the first pairs of eggs. Nothing you could have done. I kind of agree with the poster above. Breeding leos won't be profitable unless you are discovering some rare mutations. But if you find a "mom & pop" store that can take them you could be in the gravy. Just remember that they'd have to compete with Petco & Petsmart, who often sell them for $20...