Incubation
Eggs of iguana are approximately 1.5" by 1" oval shape. They do not have those hard calcium shell like you see in chicken eggs. They are very soft and delicate especially right after oviposition, so be careful when handling.
Right after laying, eggs should be removed carefully and set them in the incubator. You should not turn the eggs. Incubator can be made easily as follows.
- First, get a aquarium tank. If you have an old aquarium tank, you can use it.
- Pour water about 5cm depth.
- Place some bricks so the top will come above water level.
- Set your heater and thermostat. Be sure that the heater will not come out of the water.
- Place a plastic container.
- Put wet vermiculite(add water 1:1 by weight) about half height of the container. You may find vermiculite at gardening shops or ask your gardener.
- Set the probe of thermometer in the vermiculite. It is better to use min-max recordable thermometer.
- Adjust your thermostat so that your thermometer will indicate 30 degree(86F). It should be kept between
+/- 1 degree.
- Place eggs half burried in the vermiculite.
- Place a lid of the container lightly and cover the aquarium.
- Check eggs at least twice a week. Remove eggs if it is obviously bad. Fertile live eggs are white and the surface looks dried. If you find dark colored (brownish), mold coverd, wet, shrunken eggs, they are probably bad.
- Be patience for 70 to 90 days.
