In fact, you get to have a powerful job, if you wish, since gecko eggs are temperature sex dependent. This means that the sex of the gecko is not determined at fertilization, but is set during the first two weeks in captivity by the high daytime temperature you expose the eggs to. Now that you have learned a bit of science you can place your new eggs in a plastic container of moist potting soil, Vermiculite or Perlite. Young will emerge on their own in 60-70 days using this method of incubation. Care of the young is the same as for the adults.
Plastic shoeboxes are ideal homes for babies.
The young need to be fed live insects daily or they may bite off the tails of their cagemates. Always sort the young to size every two weeks as there will be one or two babies that outgrow everyone else and once this competition begins it is only a matter of time before a small gecko will be eaten by its big brother or sister. If you wish to feed baby mice to an adolescent gecko you can achieve larger size and for a female you will get more eggs laid per season. Females are usually able to lay up to the age of 8 years without problem. If you have made a choice to select a leopard gecko as a pet, all you have to do now is find a healthy specimen.