Introduced my new pair together!

[kc--leigh]

So I put my RTB female Peaches and my male Osiris together and Osiris was really happy...if you know what I mean. Heck he tried to mount me before I put him in her cage, then he decided to hunt her down lol. I'm really excited about this. I just got my first Leopard gecko eggs this week and they're incubating away, and now I will hopefully have some Crested Gecko eggs in the near future! I will hopefully have another pairing of my female Cyerra and male Sprite. They are just at weight , plus they are both frog butts. I figure in one to two months they will be ready to go because I want them over 35 grams instead of at, mainly for Cyerra. Also Sprite seems a little smaller and I may not pair him with her if his body structure seems too small.

Just a few questions about what to keep my eggs in when I hopefully get them. I've seen Deli cups used, tupperware, and bead boxes. I've heard people using tupperware containers and they were not closed tight enough and a baby will get out. So are bead boxes better? I have a ton of deli cups for my leos, but they go into a incubator, so I really don't want a stack of deli cups on a shelf.

Also I use cocofiber perlite mix for my leos with no problem, and I incubate in just perlite. I've heard great things about vermiculite and would prefer that over what I use for my leos for my cresteds. Would I mix it with the cocofiber or should I get organic soil? Any reccomendations on where to get or what brands to use would be great.

[Se-chan]

I use vermiculite mixed with perlite. About an even ratio. Works for me. I use small plastic storage containers for my eggs. The kind that have 'handles' that hold the lid on tight. No bigger than a pencil box. I drill small holes in the side so that the container can breathe but babies cant get out.

[kc--leigh]

Thanks! I just got my wood burner, and have been going crazy making hatchling boxes, partly because I have two female leopard geckos laying and most are looking fertile so I want to be ready. I couldn't find vermiculite any where near me, but I found Spaghum peat moss. I got it (I can always use it for the house plants instead of layboxes) and have heard that works good too. I currently have a perlite cocofiber mix in there now, just for shedding help until I got the peat moss.

I've heard that cocofiber will stain or possibly leach into the eggs? Is this true. It hasn't stained my leopard gecko eggs. Because I would like to do a spaghum peat moss, cocofiber mix. I'm worried about her eating the perlite.
Thanks.

[Se-chan]

Vermiculite http://www.bigappleherp.com/Big-Appl...culite-8-Quart

Perlite http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Perlite-Co...#ht_1553wt_905

[kc--leigh]

Thanks!

[Untaimed]

I'm using a mix of eco earth & forest moss (by exo terra) as my laybox material & I'm incubating my crestie eggs in a round plastic food container (chinese takeout type) on a GEO over a vermiculite/perlite mix. I bought my vermiculite, perlite & GEO from Pangea.