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Leave it alone, other than to add water, for a week and then handle it for 15 minutes on day 8 and add 15 minutes per day until you hit 2 hours. More importantly, feed and then don't handle it for 48 hours after you've fed.
I would highly recommend this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Corn-Snakes-Captivity-Professional-Breeders/dp/0976733412
Everything you need to know is covered in his book. Best of luck!
I got my first beardie earlier this year, breeder recommended this book and so far it’s been very helpful to reference: The Bearded Dragon Manual, 2nd... https://www.amazon.com/dp/1620082535?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
You need to research very heavily on the needs of your new Leopard Gecko when it comes to calcium & Vitamin D3 supplementation, as well as considering a UBV light alongside a normal heat lamp. Some dispute the UBV with Leopard Geckos, again do your research.
The multi-vitamins, calcium, and vitamin D3 need to be on varied schedules for use in the food you feed your gecko with.
You can overdose with the vitamins for example, so be careful with your dosage.
If you fail to give your leopard gecko calcium powered on Dubai roaches or crickets for example, and you also neglect D3… your leopard gecko over time will get the irreversible Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) which makes your gecko’s bones become limp and less usable. It’s a noticeable deformity, very sad reality that can’t be fixed, but it can be prevented.
This manual I just bought can be of help, drafted by well credentialed people, like a biologist, a vet, etc:
Depending on age you might need to figure out how often to feed them. Babies need to be fed every day for example.
Leopard geckos can live up to 20 years on average, so your pet gecko is a commitment, but they are a beginner level pet. I just bought a Leopard gecko on July 4th, doing lots of research myself already.
Good luck with your “Leo” !!
Also, I highly recommend this book. It is the best book out there and has everything. You can read it whole and use it as a reference manual.
Get yourself this book! It is the bible and works as a reference manual so you dont have to read the whole thing, you can lookup what you need although I suggest reading it
Get the book a passionate journey with short tailed pythons by Rich Crowley amazon link
Bearded Dragons: The Essential Guide to Ownership & Care for Your Pet https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1518814654/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_TSBVCJH8HFVVZYTETP4P?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
We bought this book off Amazon when we got our baby beardie. My daughter, who is 9 yrs old, loves it and has found it very informative.
Our beardie is fed twice a day, breakfast and dinner. He eats at 8am and 5:00pm. These are his cricket feeding times. He also gets fresh greens twice a day (9am and 6pm). I work from home so we follow a pretty strict routine, including a bed time and wake up schedule. However, I spoke to a vet before setting up a schedule. I highly recommend reaching out to a vet!!
Congrats on your soon to be beardie!! I hope you enjoy having him/her as a pet 😊
The Leopard Gecko Manual has some good information that's mostly current (the latest edition is from 2017).
I also recommend the Leopard Gecko Manual. It's a little bit out of date, but most of the facts are still sound. It's well written and has great pictures. I use it in my classroom.
The gestation period with hissers is about two months but hisser females can control this process and essentially hold onto their ootheca for years if they feel that conditions are not right.
(The only female I personally monitored gave litters exactly four months apart.)
Her bin sounds fine so I don't think you need to worry about too much. You can also give them fresh fruits like oranges, apples, peaches and melon that are said to be helpful in convincing hisser females to release their young.
Funny detail is that the roach bible claims rose leaves are helpful also so I guess you can get her flowers too. 😅
If I remember right, it's not in print or something? You'll have to keep an eye out for it, I was lucky and get mine here on Amazon about 5-6 months ago for $30 or less. Good luck!
You didn't mention what kind of snakes you are looking for.
I got my first 2 snakes from Don Soderberg at South Mountain Reptiles. Over 40 years of experience breeding cornsnakes, and has published a book on it. Don responded in detail to multiple emails, sent me updated photos of a few snakes I was interested in, and all around was pleasant and professional. If you are interested in cornsnakes I think Don is an easy recommendation to beginners.
Not specifically on Boas, but this was helpful when I started out.