My crested gecko hatchlings!

[Meg90]

I had three fertile eggs, and I managed to hatch all three!

One at 65 days, its clutchmate at 67 and a seperate clutch at 62 days. All are around 1g. (the weight of a single paper clip!)

Here they are:
my first hatchling, I'm tentatively calling it Wicket. A few hours old in this picture...

And here, at one day old

This is the clutch mate (meaning, both from the same parents) I'm calling it Trouble at the moment! This is trouble fresh out of the egg. The coin is a nickel

And here, at one day old (he's got spots!)

And here, lastly is my little miracle baby. This one hatched early, from a dented egg! The egg got the dent yesterday, which usually means that humidity was low in the incubator, and the egg loses water mass, essentially drying out the baby inside. I cried this morning when I found it that way. I thought I had murdered the little life inside of it! I re-moistened the substrate and put a single drop on the egg itself, hoping to revive it, and when I got home tonight, I found this:

I was shocked! Its a beautiful baby. I don't know what to call it. But it needs a special name, after all it went through to get here.

Here's a pic of its poor dented egg

Aren't they beautiful? These are the first individuals I have ever hatched in my entire life! I am still stunned, amazed, and awed that these little lives have emerged....

I now have six crested geckos! And more eggs incubating, plus I'm adding another female to the group in August...they are starting to really outnumber my torts. And we all know the remedy to that!

 

[Isa]

Congratulations Meg
our 3 babies are beautiful, they are so small and so cute . I really like the names Wicket and Trouble, do you have any ideas for the little last one? I am really glad he is ok

 

[bettinge]

Congrats....they are very nice!

 

[Chewbecca]

Congrats!!!
I think your hatchlings are the first I've ever seen that did NOT look like red flames.
I swear, every crested gecko hatchling looks like a red flame to me straight out of the egg.
It generally takes 24 hours or so (or the first shed) for them to start looking any differently to me.

They're ADORABLE.

I cannot wait until mine are of breeding age and size.
Especially my gargoyle geckos.
oooh, I've got plans.

A lot of times the egg WILL dent right before the gecko hatches out of it.

 

[Meg90]

Thanks everybody!

I asked someone about the dent thing...I thought it meant hatching too, since that happens with other species, but the gecko experts told me it was the moisture thing...I litereally cried! I mourned that little baby all day, and then come home to find him sitting there! I almost had a heart attack!

All three cuties managed to hatch while I wasn't there! One, when I was out of town, the other, right after I went to work, and the third, when I just wasn't looking! ahh!

I think I've hatched out a bi-color (though I don't know in what hue yet since the red can go away) a dalmatian, and what looks to be maybe a little harley!

I am still amazed that the clutch mates look so different!

 

[Crazy1]

Meg they sure are cute. What about calling the last one “Miracle”. When I read the post the first time I thought that is what you had named it.
Thanks for sharing them with us. Let us know what you decide to name him/her.

 

[BigBiscuit]

I have never fancied myself a lizard lover, but I keep coming back to this thread to look at these little cuties.

Great pictures.

 

[Clementine_3]

They are just absolutely adorable! I love a baby anything but have a soft spot for geckos in general (I have four Leo's). Congrats on your babies Mama!

 

[terryo]

Congrats Meg....they are soooooooooo cute! And tiny...I can't believe how little they are.

 

[dmmj]

LOL they look like fake rubber ones to me, gratz

 

[Madortoise]

Congratulations, Meg.
That is so awesome. I remember when I first helped my cat's labor with a litter of 4 kitties. It was so involving. Geckos are so self-sufficient. I like how they are already clinging onto the plants the day after and seemingly enjoying themselves.
They are all so cute!

 

[Meg90]

Thanks! I've had a couple more hatch since then!

 

[Stephanie Logan]

So how about some new photos? I am sure they have grown and changed since July.