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While romping in the park during a run today, Sam and I found a gecko egg under some bark. All the rest had been broken and/or eaten by something (a rat?). Mom and Sam were on a walk some time ago and a gecko popped out from under some bark and really surprised Sam. So today when he was saying “gago lives day-o” we finally put 2 and 2 together when he pointed into a big knot hole in the bark – gecko lives there! So we looked more closely into the bark and found some eggs! How exciting to find baby gecko! I have a little glass jar with a cork that I keep in the stroller for just these sorts of things. Usually I collect beach glass, but today it was perfect for transporting the precious cargo. We are keeping it moist and the temp will stay around 80 in our home. Because gender is driven by incubation temperature, we expect a baby girl gecko to hatch in about 6 weeks – if the egg was still viable. Temps higher than 85 are more likely to yield males, less than 85, females. Females hatched at higher temperatures (closer to 85) tend to be more aggressive and don’t make for good mating partners. Very interesting preschool lesson today 🙂 Why send Sam to preschool when he and I can enjoy learning about nature’s wonders together? He’s also learning some Hawaiian. It’s a well-rounded mommy preschool 🙂